Temple’s Kitchen: 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.