Basbousa bil Laban Zabadi

Name: Basbousa bil Laban Zabadi (Basbousa with Yoghourt)
Ingredients: 1 teacup sugar; Juice of ½ lemon; 1½ teacups sugar; ½ teacup water; Eishta, clotted cream or whipped double cream (optional); 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 tablespoon vanilla sugar or a few drops of vanilla essence; 150 ml (¼ pint) yoghourt; 1½ teacups semolina; ½ teacup blanched almonds; Unsalted butter

Basbousa with Yoghourt

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A New Book of Middle Eastern Food

By Claudia Roden

Published 1986

About

Ingredients

Unsalted butter
½ teacup blanched almonds
150 ml (¼ pint

Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Make a thick syrup by boiling the sugar, water and lemon juice together and simmering until it thickens. Allow to cool, and chill.

Melt 120 g (4 oz) butter. Toast the blanched almonds and cho