Indian Bread Pudding With Cardamom Sauce Recipes

INDIAN BREAD PUDDING (DOUBLE KA MEETA)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
• Place bread triangles onto a baking sheet and toast in the preheated oven until lightly browned and dry, about 5 minutes per side.
• Heat vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Fry bread triangles, working in batches, until golden brown, 2 to 4 minutes. Remove bread with a slotted spoon and drain on a paper towel-lined plate.
• Whisk sugar, water, and cardamom together in a saucepan; cook over medium heat until syrup has reduced slightly, 10 to 15 minutes. Dip bread triangles into syrup until fully soaked and transfer to a plate.
• Simmer milk in a heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium-low heat. Transfer soaked bread triangles to the simmering milk; cook over low heat until the milk is absorbed into the bread and the fat separates, 10 to 15 minutes. Stir in raisins. Garnish with almonds and cashews.

CURRANT CARDAMOM BREAD PUDDING

Steps:

• Mix eggs, butter, apple syrup, sugar, vanilla extract, cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom, and salt. together in a large bowl. Stir in half and half and milk. Place cubed bread and currants into a large baking dish. Stir in the egg mixture until bread is evenly coated. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Uncover the baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 45 minutes.

INDIAN BREAD PUDDING WITH CARDAMOM SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• To prepare pudding, trim crusts from bread. Arrange bread slices in a single layer on a baking sheet; brush with melted butter. Bake at 400 degrees for 8 minutes or until toasted.
• Remove bread from oven; cool 5 minutes on a wire rack. Cut each slice 4 squares. Arrange squares in overlapping rows in an ll-by-7-inch baking dish coated with cooking spray.
• Combine evaporated milk, 3 tablespoons sugar, and rose- flower water, if desired, stirring well with a whisk. Pour mixture evenly over bread. Cover with foil; chill 30 minutes or up to 4 hours.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Bake pudding, covered, at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.
• To prepare sauce, combine 2 tablespoons sugar and egg yolks in a medium bowl, stirring well with a whisk. Heat whole milk in a small, heavy saucepan over medium heat to 180 degrees or until tiny bubbles form around the edge (do not boil). Gradually add hot whole milk to egg yolk mixture, stirring constantly with a whisk.
• Place milk mixture in pan; cook over low heat 6 minutes or unti1 mixture coats the back of a spoon, stirring constantly with a whisk. Remove from heat; stir in cardamom.
• Place pan in a large ice- filled bowl for 5 minutes or until sauce cools to room temperature, stirring occasionally.
• Arrange 6 warm bread pudding squares on each of 6 dessert plates. Top each serving with about 2 1/2 tablespoons sauce and about 1/2 teaspoon pistachios.