Sliced bread or as the Hyderabadi call it “double roti” is shallow fried till golden and then baked a with sugar syrup and condensed milk
Cooking Time: 10-15 minutes
Servings: 4 Preparation Time: 20-30 minutes
Ingredients
•White bread slices 4
•Sugar 3 1/2 tablespoons
•Saffron (kesar) a pinch
•Rose water 2 teaspoon
•Milk 1 cup
•Cream 3 tablespoons
•Pure ghee 2 tablespoons
•Almonds,blanched and sliced
•Pistachios,sliced 3-4
Method
Soak saffron in rose water. Preheat the oven to 180C/350 F/Gas Make a thin syrup of sugar with two tablespoons of water and set aside. Boil milk with cream and simmer till it reduces to half its original quantity. Remove the crusts from around the bread slices and cut each slice diagonally into two pieces. Heat ghee in a pan and shallow-fry the bread slices till golden. Drain. Dip the bread slices in sugar syrup and arrange on a baking tray. Pour thickened milk over them. Top it up with cashewnuts and pistachios. Sprinkle dissolved saffron and bake in the preheated oven for five to six minutes. Serve hot.