Basbousa

Semolina (ground durum wheat) is a food staple used throughout North Africa and the Middle East to make couscous and throughout the world to make pasta. Super-sweet semolina cakes are hugely popular in Libya, Egypt and the rest of the Middle East. Whether it’s referred to as Basbousa (Egypt and Libya), Revani (Turkey and Greece) or Namoura (Syria), this tray-baked cake oozes with symp or honey. Apparently, ‘basbousa’ can be used for a term of affection, such as ‘sweety’ or ‘my sweet’. You c