Name: Double ka meetha (Hyderbadi-style saffron bread pudding)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: Serves 10–14
Cuisine: Pakistani
Ingredients: 200 g/7 oz/scant 1 cup ricotta cheese; 50 ml/2 fl oz/scant ¼ cup double (heavy) cream; 100 ml/3½ fl oz/½ cup water; 3–4 tbsp ghee or butter mixed with 2 tbsp vegetable oil; ½ tsp crushed saffron threads; 1 tbsp chopped nuts; 1 tbsp rose petals; 3 tbsp condensed milk; 10 slices plain white bread, crusts off and cut into half diagonally (2 triangles); 3 cardamom pods, seeds removed and crushed, husks discarded; 1 tbsp silver leaf; 100 g/3½ oz/½ cup caster (superfine) sugar; 500 ml/17 fl oz/2 cups whole milk

Preparation info

Serves
10–14

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
50 min

Appears in

Summers Under the Tamarind Tree

By Sumayya Usmani

Published 2016

About

Double roti is the Urdu name for a loaf of plain bread, which is the star ingredient of this exotic bread pudding. A modest slice of bread is infused with creamy saffron milk and topped with pistachios and silver leaf to create a truly celebratory dessert.

Ingredients

500 ml/17 fl oz/2 cups whole milk
3

Method

Preheat the oven to 170°C/338°F/gas mark 3. Bring the whole milk with the cardamom to the boil in a saucepan. Once it reaches the boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 15 minutes, or until the milk reduces and thickens slightly.

Add the condensed milk and double cream and stir t