The Egyptian dessert made from sweetened semolina, coconut, and syrup is called basbousa.
Basbousa is a baked semolina cake soaked in a sweet syrup after it leaves the oven. The batter often contains sugar, yogurt or milk, butter, and coconut, while almonds are frequently placed on top before baking. The cake is usually cut into diamond or rectangular pieces.
The syrup may be flavored with rose water, orange blossom water, or lemon. This soaking process gives basbousa its moist, dense texture and distinguishes it from an ordinary dry semolina cake. In Egypt, the dessert is especially associated with bakeries, celebrations, and festive meals.
The same or closely related dessert has different names around the region, including nammoura in Lebanon and Syria and revani in Turkey and Greece. Those names can refer to similar cakes, but local recipes and textures differ.