BREAD HALWA

Bread is usually used to prepare sandwiches, upma, rolls etc. Another dish that can be prepared using bread is a halwa. Bread halwa can be prepared in a jiffy and tastes delicious. You can serve it hot or refrigerate for a few hours and serve it as a dessert after dinner.

Ingredients

8 slices of bread

4 cups milk

10 tbsp sugar

½ tsp cardamom powder

5 to 6 tbsp chopped nuts (walnuts, cashews, pistachios, raisins and almonds)

3 tbsp ghee/ oil

Method

• Cut the bread slices into small squares and keep ready.

• Heat a skillet or pan and dry roast the bread cubes in 3 or 4 batches till slightly golden.

• Heat ghee or oil in a pan and stir fry the nuts till golden. This will take just about a minute. Transfer the nuts from the pan to a plate immediately.

• Add milk and sugar to the same pan and bring to a boil. Cook for a few minutes, till the sugar dissolves.

• Now add the bread squares and cook till the bread squares turn soft and the halwa starts thickening.

• Add cardamom powder and the stir fried nuts and mix well.

• Serve hot or cold.