Double ka Meetha

Double ka Meetha: Double ka meetha is a bread pudding dessert of fried bread slices soaked in hot milk with spices (saffron and cardamom). Double ka meetha is a dessert of Hyderabad. It is popular in Hyderabadi cuisine, served at weddings and parties. It is particularly prepared during the festive month of Ramadan and on Eid.

Ingredients (serves 5):

• 10 slices of fresh bread (brown/white)
• 500 ml milk
• 400 gms condensed milk (1 tin)
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons rose water
• 1/2 tsp green cardamom powder
• A few strands Saffron
• 1/2 cup mixed nuts (chopped pistachios, chopped cashew nuts and almond slivers)
• 1/4 cup raisins
• Ghee/oil, for shallow frying bread slices

Method:

• Boil sugar with the water in a heavy bottomed pan, to make the sugar syrup.
• Stir continuously, till tiny little bubbles are seen on the surface of the liquid. This indicates that the syrup is ready.
• Keep the sugar syrup aside, to cool down.
• Boil milk with the condensed milk in a deep bottom pan on medium heat.
• Add in the saffron strands and green cardamom powder.
• Boil the milk, stirring continuously, till the milk is reduced to half the initial quantity
• Keep the thickened milk mixture aside.
• Take the bread slices and cut each slice diagonally into two.
• Heat the ghee/oil in a skillet.
• Shallow fry the bread slices, turning them occasionally until they turn golden brown on both sides.
• Allow the fried bread slices to cool.
• Preheat the oven to 180°C.
• Take a rectangular baking tray and grease it evenly with ghee or oil.
• Arrange the bread slices in the baking tray in such a way, so that the entire tray is covered.
• Pour in the thickened milk mixture, rose water and sugar syrup over the bread slices evenly.
• Keep aside for about five minutes, so that the bread slices can soak in all the liquids.
• Sprinkle the mixed nuts and raisins on top of the bread.
• Seal the tray with aluminium foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven for about 25 – 30 minutes, or until the liquids are almost dried up.
• Rest the double ka meetha once done, without removing the aluminium foil.
• Double Ka Meetha is ready to be served.

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