Basbousa soaked in Orange & Honey syrup

Name: Basbousa soaked in Orange & Honey syrup
Total time: 2700 s
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup semolina/suji /rava; 1/2 cup desiccated coconut; 1 tsp Baking powder; 1/2 cup palm jagerry or brown sugar; 1/2 cup curd; 1/2 cup milk; 1/4 cup butter; 1/4 cup unflavored oil; 1 tbsp orange zest; 1 tsp vanilla essence; 3/4 cup orange juice; 2 tbsp honey; As needed Some crushed pistachios; As required Some desiccated coconut

Swati Keshri 👩‍🍳 @SwatiKeshri_8918

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Basbousa is a popular and traditional Middle East dessert that is prepared with semolina and coconut are soaked in flavored sugar syrup. I have slightly modified the recipe and prepared it in orange flavor and without sugar . This cake is crumbly, juicy, moist , delicious and very healthy. Do try this Basbousa you will surely love it

Swati Keshri 👩‍🍳 @SwatiKeshri_8918

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Ingredients

45 minutes

1 cupsemolina/suji /rava
1/2 cupdesiccated coconut
1 tspBaking powder
1/2 cuppalm jagerry or brown sugar
1/2 cupcurd
1/2 cupmilk
1/4 cupbutter
1/4 cupunflavored oil
1 tbsporange zest
1 tspvanilla essence
For syrup
3/4 cuporange juice
2 tbsphoney
For garnishing
As neededSome crushed pistachios
As requiredSome desiccated coconut

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Steps

45 minutes

1

Firstly, Grind semolina for a minute to make it powdery.
Seave semolina along with baking powder.
2

In a grinding jar add curd, palm jagerry, butter, oil and orange zest grind all together.
Transfer this mixture in a big bowl. Add desiccated coconut and vanilla essence.
Now add semolina and milk in portions, mix it well with soft hand and make smooth lumps free batter.
3

Grease baking mold with oil and flour.
Transfer prepared batter in the greased mold. Bake it in preheated oven in 180degree C for 25-30 minutes.
4

Meanwhile prepared syrup.
Squeeze out juice from oranges.
Add honey and give it a good mix. If you want to use sugar instead of honey then mix sugar and juice cook both till sugar melt.
5

When basbousa cake is baked completely. Take it out from oven and pour 1/2cup juice mixture when cake it hot.
Keep some juice for serving.
Now keep it in refrigerator for 1-3 hours.
6

Take it out from refrigerator. Garnished with pistachio and desiccated coconut. Serve with Tea or as a dessert. Enjoy

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Swati Keshri 👩‍🍳 @SwatiKeshri_8918

on April 02, 2021 17:07

My Facebook page is @swati's Food Diary .I am a food Blogger and love food Photography. Cooking is my passion , I always try to create recipes with Healthy and basic ingredients.