Double ka meetha

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: 500 ml/17 fl oz/2 cups whole milk; 3 cardamom pods, seeds removed and crushed, husks discarded; 3 tbsp condensed milk; 1 tbsp silver leaf; 1 tbsp rose petals; 1 tbsp chopped nuts; 10 slices plain white bread, crusts off and cut into half diagonally (2 triangles); 10 slices plain white bread, crusts off and cut into half diagonally (2 triangles); 3–4 tbsp ghee or butter mixed with 2 tbsp vegetable oil; 3–4 tbsp ghee or butter mixed with 2 tbsp vegetable oil; 3–4 tbsp ghee or butter mixed with 2 tbsp vegetable oil; 100 ml/3½ fl oz/½ cup water; 100 g/3½ oz/½ cup caster (superfine) sugar; ½ tsp crushed saffron threads; 200 g/7 oz/scant 1 cup ricotta cheese; 50 ml/2 fl oz/scant ¼ cup double (heavy) cream

Hyderbadi-style saffron bread pudding

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

Asia
Pakistan
Dessert
Summer
Vegetarian

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