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Basbousa

Basbousa (Arabic: بسبوسة, romanized: basbūsah, also known as harisa or revani) is a sweet, syrup-soaked semolina dessert popular throughout the Middle East, North Africa, Caucasus and the Balkans. The semolina batter is baked in a sheet pan, then sweetened with sugar syrup and typically cut into diamond (lozenge) shapes or squares.

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Alternative names
Harisa, namoura, shambali, revani, kalb el-louz
Main ingredients
Semolina or farina, syrup
Region or state
Middle East, Balkans and North Africa
Serving temperature
Cold or warm
Type
Dessert

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Basbousa

Nodes68
Edges67
Triples46
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.029412
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Basbousa

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related to Middle east and North Africa · 25
Basbousa → Al-Nabek, Algerian, Anise, Arabic, Egyptian, Hareesa, Hilbeh, Israeli, It, Kalb, Kuwait, Levantine, Levantine Arabic, Libyan, Like, Palestinian, Palestinians, Pastūsha, Qizha, Sephardic Jewish
related to history · 16
Basbousa → Abbasid, According, Al-Andalus, Anatolia, Arabic-language, Balkans, Byzantine Empire, Chef Arto Der Haroutunian, Constantinople, Food, Gil Marks, Ma'mounia, Ottoman, Priscilla Mary Işın, The Oxford Companion, This
Alternative names · 1
Basbousa → Harisa, namoura, shambali, revani, kalb el-louz
Main ingredients · 1
Basbousa → Semolina or farina, syrup
Region or state · 1
Basbousa → Middle East, Balkans and North Africa
Serving temperature · 1
Basbousa → Cold or warm
Type · 1
Basbousa → Dessert

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semolina revani syrup arabic middle east turkish dessert also north africa balkans made name variant region names food found ottoman

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
BasbousaAlternative namesHarisa, namoura, shambali, revani, kalb el-louz1.00infobox
BasbousaMain ingredientsSemolina or farina, syrup1.00infobox
BasbousaRegion or stateMiddle East, Balkans and North Africa1.00infobox
BasbousaServing temperatureCold or warm1.00infobox
BasbousaTypeDessert1.00infobox
Basbousarelated to historyThe Oxford Companion0.60section
Basbousarelated to historyFood0.60section
Basbousarelated to historyAbbasid0.60section
Basbousarelated to historyMa'mounia0.60section
Basbousarelated to historyThis0.60section
Basbousarelated to historyAccording0.60section
Basbousarelated to historyGil Marks0.60section

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