How to Make Namoura

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups yogurt
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 3 cups semolina
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 tablespoons orange blossom water
• nuts for garnish
• Syrup:
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup water
• 2 bay leaves and 2 sprigs of green marjoram - optional
• 1/4 teaspoon citric acid
• 1 teaspoon butter
• Note:
• We decorate the namoura with nuts before placing it in the oven... or with shredded coconut and ground pistachios after baking and after pouring the syrup.
• Namoura recipe and method from a friend of the Shou Tabkhin Today website:
• Hanadi Al-Ayas
• Click on Hanadi's name to visit her personal page on our website.
• For more delicious dessert recipes, click the link: Coconut Namoura with Cream

Method

1. First, prepare the syrup: put the sugar, water, marjoram and aromatic flavoring in a pot, stir slightly, then place over the heat.
2. When the syrup boils, add the lemon juice and let it boil briefly before adding the butter... stir and then turn off the heat.
3. Leave the syrup aside.
4. Rub the semolina with the butter, then add the baking powder and mix well.
5. In another bowl, dissolve the sugar in the yogurt, add the bicarbonate (baking soda) and mix.
6. Pour the yogurt mixture over the semolina mixture, then add the orange blossom water and mix well.
7. Grease the pan with butter and spread the namoura mixture to a thickness of 1 centimeter.
8. Let the namoura rest for only half an hour.
9. Cut the namoura in the pan and decorate with almonds or pistachios or as desired.
10. Bake in a preheated oven at 180–200°C for about 20 minutes or until cooked.
11. Brown the top of the namoura, then pour lukewarm syrup over it while still hot.
12. Let the namoura cool before serving.
13. Hanadi Al-Ayass
14. For more delicious sweets recipes, click the link: Coconut Namoura with Ashta