Ran out of ideas to make something new, tasty, easy and in a jiffy, here comes "Basbousa" to your rescue.
Basbousa Aka Harissa (Coconut Yogurt Semolina Cake)...
Ingredients-
2 cups coarse Semolina
1 cup grated Coconut
1/2 cup Butter, melted
1/3 cup Sugar
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
1 cup plain Yogurt
1/3 cup whole Roasted or blanched Almonds to garnish or 1/3 Pistachios or Cashews or grated Coconut (optional)
For The Syrup-
2 cups sugar
1 1/2 cup water
1 tablespoon Rosewater not rose extract (optional)
1 teaspoons Lemon juice
Method-
Pre-heat oven to 180 degree Celsius for 10 minutes. Grease a cake tin of your choice with butter and sprinkle some semolina and set aside. Mix the semolina, coconut, sugar, baking soda, and the butter in a large bowl. Mix well. Add the yogurt and continue mixing until fully combined.The mixture should be fairly thick and easy to press with hands (not thin like cake or brownie batter). Use some water if needed. Press the mix down onto the cake tin. Bake at 180 degrees for 30 mins to 40 mins until it's a bronze brown colour. Cut the Cake and pour cold syrup on top while it's hot so it can absorb all through. Keep it soaked in the syrup for an hour. Garnish with some grated coconut and serve.
For The Syrup-
While the cake is baking, mix all the ingredients for the syrup and place in saucepan on high until it boils. Boil for 10 minutes or until the syrup coats the back of a spoon.
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