Basbousa (Arabic: بسبوسة basbūsah) is a sweet, syrup-soaked semolina cake that originated in Egypt,[1] and is also common in other countries. The semolina batter is baked in a sheet pan,[2] then sweetened with orange flower water, rose water or simple syrup, and typically cut into diamond (lozenge) shapes or squares. It is also found in most areas of the former Ottoman Empire,[3] and is featured in Middle Eastern cuisines, Greek cuisine, Azerbaijani cuisine, Turkish cuisine, Ethiopian cuisine, Yemeni cuisine and others.
It is found in the cuisines of the Middle East, the Balkans and the North Africa under a variety of names.[4]
Egyptian Arabic: بسبوسة basbūsah
Arabic: هريسة harīsa (meaning mashed or crushed), نمورة nammoura, بسبوسة basbūsah
Hebrew: בסבוסה basbūsah
Armenian: Շամալի shamali
Greek: ραβανί (ravani), ρεβανί (revani), σάμαλι (samali).
Albanian: revani
Turkish: revani
Macedonian and Serbian: (ravanija), раванија
Bulgarian: реване (revane)
Oromo: basbousa
from wiki lol
it was always my fav
