Double ka Meetha
Hyderabad's bread pudding: ghee-fried bread soaked in saffron sugar syrup and reduced milk, finished with nuts.
Prep 10 min · Cook 35 min · Total 45 min · Serves 6
Ingredients
Bread
- 8 Slices white bread, crusts off, halved
- 5 tbsp Ghee
Rabri
- 1 l Full-fat milk
- 3 tbsp Sugar
- ½ tsp Cardamom powder
Syrup
- ¾ cup Sugar
- ½ cup Water
- 1 pinch Saffron
- ½ tsp Rose water
Garnish
- 2 tbsp Almonds, slivered
- 2 tbsp Cashews, halved
- 1 tbsp Pistachios, slivered
Method
- Reduce the milk. Simmer the milk in a wide pan, stirring and scraping the sides, until reduced by half. Stir in the sugar and cardamom.
- Make the syrup. Boil the sugar and water with the saffron to a light one-string syrup. Add rose water.
- Fry the bread. Fry the bread in ghee until crisp and deep golden on both sides. Fry the nuts in the remaining ghee.
- Soak. Dip each piece of bread in the warm syrup and lay it in a dish. Pour the reduced milk over and leave 10 minutes to soak in.
- Serve. Top with the nuts. Serve warm or chilled.
Tips
Day-old bread fries crisper and holds its shape in the milk.