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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  African >> Northern Africa >> Libyan

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. To make the syrup: Peel the lemon with a potato peeler to get flat strips of peel. | 2. Juice the lemon. | 3. Bring the sugar, water, and lemon juice to a boil. | 4. Throw in the rind of the lemon. | 5. Boil until the lemon rind is hard or the mixture is a runny syrup consistency. | 6. Add the honey. | 7. Set aside while you make the basboosa. | 8. Mix the semolina, flour, sugar, and baking powder. | 9. Add the oil and mix until all the batter is well blended. | 10. Grease a large cookie sheet tray (10 x 16 inches). | 11. Add the milk just before you are about to bake. | 12. Dot the mixture into the greased pan by spoonfuls. | 13. Level the mixture with your hand (dipped in milk). | 14. Shake the tray to level. | 15. Bake for 1/2 hour at 350 degrees. | 16. Cut into squares and return to the oven for 5-10 minutes. | 17. Pour the syrup over the basboosa immediately after you remove it from the oven the last time. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
sugar	2	cups		1611.96	403.19199999999995	0.0	0.0
water	2	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
lemon	1			1.2808	0.4116	0.0486	0.0132
honey	3	teaspoons		-	-	-	-
semolina	3	cups		1803.6	364.8783	63.5268	5.2605
flour	1	cup		578.28	126.6054	9.401	2.2436
baking powder	1 1/2	1/2		3.657	1.9113	0.0	0.0
sugar	1	cup		1611.96	403.19199999999995	0.0	0.0
oil	1	cup		1795.8	0.0	0.574	203.93400000000003
milk	1	cup		148.84	11.6632	7.686	7.9788

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.