I tasted it for the first time when I had moved to Hyderabad sometime during 2006. 'It is just fried bread dipped in sugar syrup', I had exclaimed. But with passing time it slowly grew on me as did the city. While the sugar syrup version is quite common, most good restaurants soak the bread in a flavorsome 'rabdi' and garnish it generously with nuts. Very popular during iftar , it is a breeze to make unlike most of the Ramzan special dishes which require lots of time and effort
Read on for my version of this timeless Nizami dessert. Made it specially for Ramzan -
Preparation Time - 10 mins ( plus extra time for soaking )
Ingredients -
Read on for my version of this timeless Nizami dessert. Made it specially for Ramzan -
Preparation Time - 10 mins ( plus extra time for soaking )
Ingredients -
- 2 slices of white bread
- 1 cup milk
- 2 tbsp condensed milk
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp butter
- 1 green cardamom
- a few strands of saffron
- nuts for garnishing
Cooking - Take the bread and cut off the sides. (This is optional and i usually do not do it) Cut each bread slice into two triangles.
Heat a pan. Place the bread slices on it and toast for 2 mins. Flip over and apply a little butter on the browned side. Toast the other side for another 2 mins and flip over. Apply a little butter on this side as well.
Remove and keep aside.
Meanwhile take and water and sugar in a saucepan. Bring to boil and simmer for 3-4 mins. Add the crushed cardamom. Keep aside.
In another saucepan, add the milk and the condensed milk. Dissolve and bring to boil. Simmer for 3 mins. Add the saffron strands and keep aside.
Fry the nuts in a little ghee and keep aside.
Lay the bread slices side by side on a plate. Pour a little of the milk all over the slices and wait for 2-3 mins till completely absorbed. Next pour a little sugar syrup over the slices. Wait for 3-4 mins till it gets absorbed.
Repeat the process 2-3 times till you can see that the bread is no longer absorbing any liquid.
Keep it for 1-2 hours in the fridge before serving.
Remove from the fridge and garnish with roasted nuts just before serving.
Note - Keep aside some of the saffron flavored milk and drizzle a few teaspoons over the bread just before serving.