Delicious and Easy Basbousa

Ingredients

• Half kilo semolina
• 250 grams regular sugar
• Half cup syrup (qatar or shira)
• 2 tablespoons powdered milk
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup water or less depending on the semolina type
• 1 tablespoon tahini to grease the pan
• Nuts
• Syrup (qatar or shira) to soak it
• Ghee
• How to make the syrup (qatar/shira):
• The delicious and easy basbousa method from a chef and friend on the Sho Tabkhine Today website:
• Um Taha Al-Hamwi
• Click on Um Taha's name to visit her page on our site and enjoy her wonderful recipes
• For more Arab sweets recipes, try the homemade Barazek method via this link: Homemade Barazek recipe
• For more easy recipes with syrup, here is the almond baklava method via the following link: Almond Baklava recipe

Method

1. Mix the semolina, sugar, powdered milk and baking soda
2. Add the syrup and rub it into the dry ingredients well
3. Add the water and mix the ingredients by stirring, not kneading
4. Grease a 30 cm pan with tahini so the mixture won't stick
5. Put the mixture in the pan and leave it uncovered and place it in a closed place like the oven, microwave, or cupboard overnight
6. The next day, wet your hand with water then press the basbousa down slightly
7. Use a sharp knife to draw lines on the surface of the basbousa to define the shape and size of the pieces.. but don't cut all the way through because it is still raw...
8. Distribute the nuts on top within the boundaries drawn with the knife
9. Place the pan in a hot oven at 200°C
10. After 15 minutes, take the pan out of the oven and cut thoroughly along the drawn lines so it can cook through
11. After another 20 minutes, remove the pan from the oven and pour hot syrup directly over the surface, and add pieces of ghee
12. The ghee pieces will melt very quickly because the basbousa is hot
13. Leave the basbousa at room temperature until completely cooled before serving
14. Put 2 cups sugar with 1 cup water in a pot over heat and stir until the sugar dissolves well.. after the mixture boils for a few minutes, add 1 tablespoon lemon juice and let them boil until the syrup thickens..