Basbousa Arab Sweet

Ingredients

• 1 cup ghee
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 cup yogurt
• 30g corn oil
• 20g yeast
• 1&1/2 cup warm water
• 1 cup crushed coconut
• some flour
• 1 oz fried almond (to garnish)
• 1/2 oz peanut (crushed) to garnish
• 3 cup sugar (for the syrup)
• 2cup water (for the syrup)
• 2 tablespoon lemon juice
• 2 cup semolina

Method

1. Mix the ghee, semolina and the crushed coconut in a bowl, add yogurt and half the warm water. Leave the mix aside for 2 hours
2. Add the yeast and the other half of the warm water little by little and mix well with your fingers.
3. Bing a tray about 50 cm in diameter; spread some flour on its surface then spread the mix you have. Bake in a heated oven at 250 ° C
4. Pour on top the syrup which you prepared by boiling the water, sugar and lemon juice. Leave to cool. Garnish the Basbousa you have with fried almond and crushed peanut.

Footnotes

Tip
Treat your guest from About her Food with our recipe for Basbousa

Nutrition Facts

High and Heavy Sweet