Bread Halwa | Bread Pudding Indian Style
Bread halwa is a delicious Indian dessert made with white or brown bread along with ghee, sugar and nuts. This is a beginner-friendly, easy-to-make vegetarian sweet dish that can be served during special occasions or as a dessert post-meal.
Ingredients
- 8 Bread Slices
- 2 tablespoons Cashewnuts, roughly chopped
- 2 tablespoons Almonds, roughly chopped
- 2 tabelspoons Raisins
- 6 tbsp Ghee (Clarified Butter)
- 1/2 cup Sugar (adjust as per your preference)
- 1 cup Full-Fat Milk
- 1/2 tsp Caramond Powder
Instructions
- Heat 1 tbsp ghee, add roughly chopped cashewnuts & almonds and saute for 30 seconds.
- Add raisins and saute till nuts are lightly golden brown in colour.
- Once done, keep them aside.
- Coarsely blend the bread slices in a blender.
- Heat 1 tbsp ghee,add the blended bread crumbs and roast till they turn light golden brown. Once done, keep it aside.
Let's Make The Halwa
- Heat 5 tbsp ghee, add the roasted breadcrumbs and saute for just a minute.
- Add sugar and mix well.
- Add half cup milk and mix well. Now add rest of the milk and mix it again.
- Cover the pan for about 2 minutes for the sugar to dissolve completely
- Add cardamon powder and roasted nuts (keep some for garnishing)
- If you feel halwa is getting too dry then add 1/4th cup water or 3 tbsp ghee instead.
- Cover and let the halwa get nice steamed up for 2 minutes.
- Bread halwa is ready.
- Transfer into the serving dish , garnish with roasted nuts and serve warm.
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Notes
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BUY Ghee (Clarified Butter) here
BUY Golden Raisin here
BUY Almonds here
BUY Cashew Nuts here
