Basbousa (middle eastern sweet cake)

Name: Basbousa (middle eastern sweet cake)
Cuisine: Pakistani
Ingredients: 1 cup sugar; 1 cup flour; Half cup yogurt; 1 cup semolina; 2 tsp baking powder; 2 tsp vanilla powder; Half cup of shredded coconut; Half cup oil; 3 egg; 1 cup sugar; Half cup water; Half tsp of lemon juice; Half tsp of rose water

bake_a._cake @cook_23602847

Faisalabad

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It is a traditional Middle Eastern sweet cake that originated in Egypt. It is made from a semolina batter and sweetened with orange flower water or rose water simple syrup. ... The Persian name for the cake, Samali, has also entered the Greek and Turkish.

bake_a._cake @cook_23602847

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Ingredients

For dough
1 cupsugar
1 cupflour
Halfcup yogurt
1 cupsemolina
2 tspbaking powder
2 tspvanilla powder
Halfcup of shredded coconut
Halfcup oil
3egg
For Syrup
1 cupsugar
Halfcup water
Halftsp of lemon juice
Halftsp of rose water

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Steps

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Preheat the oven at 180 degree for 30 minutes
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First,mix all the dry ingredients.
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Then beat the egg very well...
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Now add yogurt and oil in the eggs...and beat well
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Now add all the dry ingredients in the wet mixture...
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Put it in the baking tray...and draw the lines on it with knife...like pieces
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Put the almond (or whatever you like) on the top of each piece...
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Bake it in a preheated oven at 180 degree for 25 to 30 minutes..
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After baking the basbousa cut it into pieces and put the syrup on it...after that leave it for about 20 minutes to absorb the syrup very well...
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Enjoy it with the tea or after lunch and dinner...❤❤