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Basima

Sudanese coconut cake with a sugar-and-lemon glaze.

Basima — illustrative food image

About Basima

Mu’nis Bukhari describes basima as a traditional Sudanese coconut cake. This qualitative account combines eggs, soured milk, flour and grated coconut with oil, baking powder and vanilla.

The coconut and vanilla shape the cake’s aroma, while a sugar, lemon-juice and water glaze supplies its sweet, citrus finish. The soured milk enriches the batter alongside the eggs.

The mixture is baked in a wide tray and finished with a glossy surface. The source describes a golden, crumbly cake presented in cubes or wedges according to the tray’s shape.

Allergens in this recipe

Contains: Egg, Milk, Wheat (gluten).

Other allergen details are unconfirmed.

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Ingredients in Basima

Mu’nis Bukhari’s traditional Sudanese basima account.

Ingredient details & uncertainties

Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.

  • Eggs: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Egg source-confirmed
  • Raib (soured milk): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Exact Arabic اللبن الرائب; broader soured-milk link, specific cultured product not forced to yogurt.
  • Baking powder: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • Wheat flour: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat (gluten) source-confirmed. Body337 generic flour, exact wheat identity confirmed source358 tag طحين القمح; milling type unknown.
  • Grated coconut: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Fresh versus dried form unspecified by source; desiccated form not imported from legacy scalar/Egyptian recipe.
  • Vegetable oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Body337 oil, tag358 vegetable oil; exact botanical source unknown.
  • Vanilla extract: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Named خلاصة الڤانيليا337, full product formula unknown.
  • Granulated sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit glaze338, no unlisted additional batter sugar invented.
  • Lemon juice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed

Origins & food traditions

Countries

  • Sudan
  • SudanCatalogue link pending review

Cuisines & regions

AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.

Sources & references
  1. بسيمة – مدوّنة البخاري