Bread Halwa

Ingredients:

• 1 cup ghee (clarified butter)(adjust as per taste)
• 6-7 slices of bread
• 2-3 cardamoms (elachi)
• 2 tbsps almonds (badam)
• 2 tbsps cashewnuts
• 1/2 lt milk
• 1 cup sugar (adjust as per your taste)

Procedure :

• Heat three fourth cup of ghee in a cooking vessel and add the bread pieces and fry them till they turn a golden brown.
• Grind elachi, almonds and cashewnuts (leave a few toasted almonds and cashewnuts aside for garnish) to a fine paste.
• Meanwhile boil the milk, add sugar and keep stirring it till it blends into the milk.Combine the nuts paste.
• Add the fried bread slices and the remaining ghee to this mixture.
• You can leave the bread as small pieces or mash them if u want a puree kind of texture.
• Let it simmer till the bread turn soft and cook in the milk mixture. Garnish with the toasted almonds and cashewnuts.
• Serve warm or refrigerate until chilled and serve. It tastes good both warm and cold.