Basbousa: the original recipe step by step!

A delicious Turkish recipe to prepare for a special moment o simple to enjoy a tasty dessert. Here's how to prepare it.

Ingredients: 1½ cups Coarse semolina, ½ cup  Fine semolina, ⅔ cup Sugar, 2 tsp Baking powder, 1 cup shredded coconut, 2 Eggs, ⅔ cup Unsalted butter (melted), 1 cup Yogurt,
2 tsp Vanilla extract,  ½  cup almonds. Syrup: 2 cups Sugar, 2 cups  Water, 1 Tbsp Lemon juice, 2 tsp  Rose water.

Directions:

1)In the medium saucepan, combine the sugar, water and lemon juice. Boil for 10 minutes.
2)Add the rose water and mix well.
3)Add the almonds to the boiling water for 1 minute and then drain and rinse with cold water. Peel the almond.
4)Combine all the ingredients for the dough and mix well.
5)Transfer the batter to a 9″x13″ buttered baking pan.
6)Chill it for 1 to 2 hours.
7)Add the blanched almonds on top of each square and bake for 40 minutes at 380°F/193°C.
8)Pour the syrup on top of the hot cake and bake for 15 minutes more.

Serve and enjoy!