Bread - 4 slices (cut into small cubes/triangles/circle)
Milk - 6 cups (about 3/4 lit.)
Sugar - 3 tblsp (for rabdi)
Sugar - 1/2 cup (for sugar syrup)
Water - 1/2 cup (for sugar syrup)
Ghee - 1/2 cup
Cardomom Powder - 1/2 tsp
Saffron - 1/2 tsp
Chopped Nuts (Almonds, Pista, Cashews etc) - 2 tblsp
Dates Syrup - 1 tblsp
(If you do not have dates syrup, just fry chopped dates in some ghee and use it as a topping.)
Method
1. Boil the milk in a heavy-bottomed pan for about 40-45 min on medium heat stirring often till it reduces to almost 1/4th of its original volume. This thick condensed milk is called 'Rabdi'.
2. Add sugar, cardamom powder and saffron to this and switch off. Keep this aside.
(Tip : You can also skip this step by using store bought sweetened condensed milk.)
3. Boil the sugar and water for few minutes to make a sugar syrup. Keep this aside too.
4. Now cut the bread into desired shapes.
(Tip : You can use a cookie cutter and make interesting shapes. I have used a star shaped cookie cutter.)5. Heat ghee in a frying pan. Shallow fry the bread slices till it is golden brown and crisp.
( Tip : You can also use store bought croutons.)6. Soak the fried bread slices in the sugar syrup for about 30 seconds.
7. Arrange the sugar soaked bread slices in a plate.
(Tip : Altenatively you can arrange them in a plate and pour the sugar syrup on top.)
8. Pour a generous amount of rabdi on top of this.
9. Garnish with chopped nuts and dates syrup.
10. You can serve this warm when the bread slices are still a bit crunchy or you can refrigerate and serve chilled. It tastes good either way.
Tips
- This is a very nice way of using stale bread. Infact, old and dry bread absorbs less ghee while frying.
- You can make this dessert with any type of bread - white, brown, whole grain, multigrain, etc etc.
- Health consious people can fry the bread slices in oil instead of ghee.
- People on diet can also enjoy this dessert by using fat free condensed milk, sugar substitutes and by toasting the bread instead of frying it.
Serves : 3-4
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