Thursday, February 25, 2010

Double-Ka-Meetha

Difficulty Rating 3 (Difficult prep, Special Ingredients needed)

1 loaf bread (Choose bread which is very thick.)
Butter, as needed
1:1 ratio Sugar and water
½ liter Milk
5 no. ea. Pistachios and Cardamom (crushed finely together)
100 ml Cream

1. Remove the edges of the bread and cut diagonally in two and dry it openly for 2 hrs.
2. Cook the sugar together with 2 cardamoms (crushed) on medium low for 15 mins. and keep aside.
3. Heat the milk in microwave until it becomes ¼ liter. Reserve aside the cream which forms on top.
4. Add the pistachios and cardamom to the milk and cook 1 more min.
5. Add the cream to the above milk and keep aside.
6. Smear butter on one side of the bread pieces and keep this aside.
7. Heat a pan. Toast the bread. Keep aside. When the bread is still hot pour about tsp of sugar syrup on it and wait until it seeps down add a tsp of milk mixture on top of it and sprinkle some finely sliced toasted almonds and cashews on top.
Do the same for all the slices. When you are done, wrap it with food wrap and refrigerate for an hour or so and serve.

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