Basbousa Recipe (Eggless Middle Eastern Semolina Cake)
Basbousa, also known as Semolina Cake, Sooji Cake is a sweet cake from the Middle East. The main ingredient of this cake is semolina or sooji which is combined with coconut, sugar, milk, condensed milk. It is naturally eggless and is soaked in citrus flavoured sugar syrup once baked.
Equipment
1 11x7 Rectangle Baking Dish
Mixing Bowl
Sauce Pan
OTG or Oven
Ingredients
For Basbousa Batter
- 250 grams Semolina or Sooji
- 50 grams Desiccated Coconut
- ½ cup Granulated Sugar 100 grams
- ¼ cup Sweetened Condensed Milk
- 1½ teaspoon Baking Soda
- 200 ml Milk
To Melt and Pour On Top
- ¼ cup Ghee 60 ml (melted)
For Sugar Syrup
- 1 cup Granulated Sugar 200 grams
- 1 cup Water 240 ml
- 2 piece Lemon Slices
For Topping
- 3 tablespoon Pumpkin Seeds
- 4 tablespoon Cashews
Instructions
- Grease a 11x7 inch rectangle baking dish with ghee and set aside. Preheat the oven to 180 degree C (360 degree F).
- Take sooji, sugar, baking soda, coconut in a bowl and mix well. Now pour in milk, sweetened condensed milk and mix well to a smooth thick batter.
- Pour this in a greased baking pan. Spread evenly. Now use a knife to mark on the cake by which you are going to slice the cake later. This ensure you get clean slices once the cake is baked.
- Decorate with pumpkin seeds and cashews on top on each square. Now place the cake pan in oven and bake for 20 to 25 minutes
- While the cake is baking. Make the sugar syrup. Take sugar and water in a sauce pan and bring it to a full boil. Boil for 2 minutes. Once it boils, take it off the heat and add in lemon slices and set aside somewhere warm.
- After 25 minutes the cake must have got light golden in colour. Now remove the cake from oven. Use the knife to slice through the cuts which we made earlier.
- Now pour the melted ghee all over the cake evenly. Place it back into the oven and bake for another 3 to 5 minutes until the cake is deep golden in colour.
- Now remove the cake from oven. Use knife to make cuts again if required. Pour the sugar syrup all over the cake evenly while the cake is still hot. Let it sit for 15 minutes for the cake to absorb the sugar syrup.
- Now slice the cake and serve with whipped cream, ice cream or as it is.
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Basbousa Recipe (Eggless Middle Eastern Semolina Cake)
Serving Size
1 servings
Amount per Serving
Calories
393
% Daily Value*
Fat
14
g
22
%
Saturated Fat
8
g
50
%
Trans Fat
0.002
g
Polyunsaturated Fat
1
g
Monounsaturated Fat
4
g
Cholesterol
18
mg
6
%
Sodium
207
mg
9
%
Potassium
205
mg
6
%
Carbohydrates
62
g
21
%
Fiber
2
g
8
%
Sugar
40
g
44
%
Protein
7
g
14
%
Vitamin A
60
IU
1
%
Vitamin C
0.4
mg
0
%
Calcium
63
mg
6
%
Iron
2
mg
11
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.