Basbousa

Name: Basbousa
Ingredients: 2½ cups coarse semolina; 1 cup desiccated coconut; 1 cup caster sugar; ½ cup self-raising flour; 200 g thick yoghurt; 200 g unsalted butter, melted; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 25 blanched almonds; Milk if needed; Syrup; 1½ cups caster sugar; 1 cup water; 1 teaspoon lemon juice; 1 teaspoon rosewater

Basbousa was pinched from <a href="http://www.bestrecipes.com.au/recipe/basbousa-L6355.html" target="_blank">www.bestrecipes.com.au.</a>

"This sweet semolina cake with rose water and lemon syrup is very popular in Egypt and throughout the Middle East. It is normally baked in a large tray, cut into diamond shapes with an almond on each piece, and finally soaked with the deliciously sweet syrup...."

INGREDIENTS

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2½ cups coarse semolina

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1 cup desiccated coconut

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1 cup caster sugar

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½ cup self-raising flour

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200 g thick yoghurt

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200 g unsalted butter, melted

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1 teaspoon vanilla extract

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25 blanched almonds

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Milk if needed

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Syrup

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1½ cups caster sugar

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1 cup water

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1 teaspoon lemon juice

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1 teaspoon rosewater

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