Bread Halwa/ How to Make Bread Pudding

Bread Halwa is a delicious dessert which can be prepared easily. It is very simple to make unlike other halwas. Try out this Bread Halwa, you won’t be disappointed. I guarantee!

 Preparation Time   10 Minutes

Cooking Time         10 Minutes

Course                   Sweets, Desserts

Serves                   4 Nos.

Ingredients:

 Bread Slices            8 Nos.

Sugar                       1/3 Cups

Milk                          2 Cups

Ghee                         ½ Cup

Saffron                     1/8 Teaspoon

Cardamom Powder     1 Teaspoon

Chopped Nuts            3 Tablespoons

Rose Water                ¼ Teaspoon

Method: 

• Soak the saffron threads in 3 teaspoons of warm milk. Keep aside.
• Heat a tsp of ghee in a kadai and sauté nuts. When they turn golden brown remove and keep aside.
• Cut the bread into small pieces. Heat the ghee in a nonstick kadai, fry the bread pieces on a low flame until golden.
• Add the milk into the bread pieces, smash it well. Bring the mixture to a boil and use the back of the spoon to further mash the mixture. 
• Once all the milk absorbed, now add sugar and cardamom powder. You can see that sugar dissolves and halwa starts becoming shiny and gooey.
• Add fried nuts and soaked saffron milk. Mix it well.
• It will start to turn gooey. At this stage slowly add ghee, little by little and keep mixing. Reserve a tsp of ghee alone.
• Once it starts to leave the sides of the pan. It is the right stage, add a teaspoon of ghee and rose water. Mix it and switch off the stove.
• Halwa is ready to serve.
• Enjoy the Bread halwa hot or warm.

Notes:

• Always make the halwa in medium flame.
• Don’t compromise on ghee, then you will not the desired halwa texture and consistency.
• You can pick up any kind of bread like you like - white, brown, multi-grain, fresh, left-over, you name it! I usually like to use leftover multigrain bread to add some extra crunch to the dish.