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Arab’s basbousa / semolina cake, very easy recipe

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It’s a delicious arabic dessert which is known as semolina cake too. It’s very popular in arabs , they make this cake for every special days & moment. A cup of gahwa served with this lovely dessert is always amazing. I learned this recipe from one of my arabic friend & it’s turned super yummy. Do you wanna try it??  Then follow the recipe,  INGREDIENTS   FOR CAKE  1 cup semolina 1 cup Yogurt  1 cup Coconut  3/4 cup Sugar  1 1/2  tsp baking powder  1/2 cup oil 2 tsp vanilla extract or cardamom powder  A pinch of salt GARNISH & POURS Almonds or nuts for garnish Sugar syrup or condensed milk/milk maid for pouring on top.  Mix all CAKE ingredients in a bawl,  spread on a greased baking pan . Draw the lines of desire shapes & place an almond on each piece. Press a little.  Bake it on 200degrees for about 30-40 minutes or till you get the golden top.  ...

Tasty gulab jamuns

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Gula jamun is a tradition indian sweet & it’s very famous in the other Asian countries, beautiful golden dumplings in sugar syrup, they are pretty in shape & yummy in taste. So to make the gulab jamuns , first we have to make the sugar syrup, Watch video recipe in YouTube https://youtu.be/38cPskepxn4 INGREDIENTS FOR SUGAR SYRUP  2-1/2 cups of sugar Few cardamoms- crushed or whole. A pinch of salt 1 -1/2 cups of water Add all in a pot, set the stove to medium flame, slowly  dissolve the sugar & bring it to boil, after 2 minutes you will see it starts building, check with your finger tips wether it sticks to your finger, that’s the point to turn of the gas, the consistency is right before it reaches the one thread consistency, we don’t wanna thick syrup, it should be light , so the jamuns will absorb it quickly. (I don’t add lemon juice in sugar syrup, I literally don’t like the taste to be honest. But still, you can add few drops, but i...