Bread Halwa Recipe

Bread Halwa is a delicious bread pudding recipe which you can make using leftover breads. Serve it during festivals or special occasions.

Shaheen Ali
Bread Halwa Recipe
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Bread Halwa also called as Double Ka Meetha is a delicious dessert recipe that originated during the Mughals and Nizam Era. This recipe is commonly served in Hyderabad and is often seen served during festivals and special occasions.

Another heirloom recipe from my Grandmother, Bread Ka Halwa is easy to make an a great dessert option to serve your guests on their sudden arrival and tastes great too.

Serve Bread Halwa as a dessert during festivals or special occasions or make it to serve to your sudden guests. You can serve it after your festive meal of Aloo Matar Sabzi, Ajwain Puri and Boondi Raita.

If you like this recipe, you can also try other Halwa Recipes such as

  1. Pumpkin Halwa Recipe
  2. Atte Ka Halwa Recipe
  3. Doodhi Halwa Recipe

Cuisine: Mughlai
Course: Dessert
Diet: Vegetarian
Equipments Used: Hard Anodised Kadai (Wok)
Prep in

10 M

Cooks in

20 M

Total in

30 M

Makes:

2 Servings

Ingredients

  • 10 Whole Wheat Brown Bread
  • 1 cup Sugar , adjustable
  • 1-1/2 cup Milk , preferably ‘whole milk’
  • 4 tablespoon Fresh cream
  • 1-1/2 tablespoon Ghee , adjustable
  • 1/2 teaspoon Cardamom Powder (Elaichi)
  • Dry Fruits , handful
  • 2 Edible Silver Foil/Leaf (Chandi Ka Vark) , edible

How to make Bread Halwa Recipe

  1. To begin making the Bread Halwa Recipe, soak bread slices in whole milk for a minute and set aside.

  2. Heat a skillet and melt clarified butter, add cardamon and soaked bread. Cook until its light brown.

  3. Add 1 cup sugar and cream cook for around 10 minutes until it become mushy.

  4. Heat 1/2 tablespoon of ghee in a small pan. Add cashews, raisins and roast till it becomes golden brown in colour. Set it aside.

  5. Add roasted dry fruits on top of the halwa and sprinkle cardamom powder.

  6. Allow it to cool and garnish with silver leaf and some more dry fruits. Serve hot or warm.

  7. Serve Bread Halwa as a dessert during festivals or special occasions or make it to serve to your sudden guests. You can serve it after your festive meal of Aloo Matar SabziAjwain Puri and Boondi Raita.

The more ghee you add, the more delicious the halwa is. Not for the faint hearts!

Bread Halwa Recipe is part of the Recipe Contest: Lost Recipes From Ancestral Kitchens