Middle eastern dessert

     Basbousa

Basbousa  is a traditional middle eastern dessert. It is a semolina cake sweetened with sugar syrup. There are many ways of mslimv this delish recipe. Each of miidle eastern countries make it in their own special way.

RECIPE:

Ingredients:

Semolina cake

• 1 cup granulated sugar 
• 1 cup milk
• 2 cup semolina
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• Nuts 

Syrup

• 2 cup sugar
• 2 cup water 

Directions:

1. Mix all the dry ingredients of the cake (except nuts).
2. Then add milk and mix well.
3. Grease the pan and pour the batter. Let it rest till semolina absorbs all the milk.
4. Till then prepare your sugar syrup.
5. Add water and sugar in a pan and let it cook on medium heat till it boils and then turn off the stove.
6. Then you can form any pattern on the cake u like diamond , square and fill the blocks with any nuts u like 
7. Bake the semolina cake  in preheated oven at 170°C for 35 to 40 mins until it turns golden in colour.
8. Pour the room temperature syrup on the cake.
9. It is best if u let it rest for 4 hours or overnight before serving.

Do try the recipe and let me know how it turned out in the comments section below.