Umm Ali / Middle Eastern Bread Pudding

Tweet

Ingredients:

• 1 croissant(or you can use puff pastry)
• 4 tblsp sweetened condensed milk
• 1/2 cup milk
• 2 tblsp pistachios, shelled, chopped
• 2 tblsp cashews
• 2 tblsp almonds
• 4 tblsp coconut flakes 
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 tblsp sugar

Method:

Umm Ali is made with croissant or you can even use puff pasty.

In the case of puff pasty,Place the pastry sheets in the baking dish and place the dish in the oven. Watch it closely. When the top layer turns crunchy and golden, remove it from the oven. Cut the croissant into small pieces.

Chop the  nuts and keep aside.

Boil milk in pan.

Add sweetened condensed milk and vanilla.  

 

Switch off and keep it aside.

Place the croissant pieces in a bowl(baking dish).. .

Pour the condensed milk mixture above it and set them aside for 5 minutes or until croissant absorb the maximum of the liquid.

Then add the chopped nuts.

Then add the croissant pieces above it.
 

Repeat the process by adding condensed milk, coconut and finally nuts.

Bake it for  15 min at 180 deg.

Yummy Umm Ali is ready to serve.

RECEPIE SUMMARY:

Ingredients:

•1 croissant(or you can use puff pastry)
•4 tblsp sweetened condensed milk
•1/2 cup milk
•2 tblsp pistachios, shelled, chopped
•2 tblsp cashews
•2 tblsp almonds
•4 tblsp coconut flakes
•1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
•2 tblsp sugar

 

Method:

• Umm Ali is made with croissant or you can even use puff pasty.
• In the case of puff pasty,Place the pastry sheets in the baking dish and place the dish in the oven. Watch it closely. When the top layer turns crunchy and golden, remove it from the oven. Cut the croissant into small pieces.
• Chop the  nuts and keep aside.
• Boil milk in pan.
• Add sweetened condensed milk and vanilla. Switch off and keep it aside.
• Place the croissant pieces in a bowl(baking dish).. .
• Pour the condensed milk mixture above it and set them aside for 5 minutes or until croissant absorb the maximum of the liquid.
• Then add the chopped nuts and croissant pieces above it.
• Repeat the process by adding condensed milk, coconut and finally nuts.
• Bake it for  15 min at 180 deg.
• Yummy Umm Ali is ready to serve.

Tweet

Bread Snowballs

Tweet

 

Ingredients:

• Bread -  4 slices
• Apple (finely chopped) – 3 tblsp
• Orange (finely chopped) – 3 tblsp
• Dates (chopped) – 3 tblsp
• Pomegranate - 3 tblsp
• Banana (finely chopped) – half no
• Almonds (chopped) – 4 no
• Cashews (Chopped) – 1 Tbsp
• Sugar – 3 Tbsp
• Jam – 3 tblsp (I used Mango Jam,)
• Milk – 1/2 Cup
• Honey – 2 Tbsp
• Vanila icecream – 1 scoop (4 tblsp)
• Jelly cubes - 1/4 cup

Process:

Make custard and refrigerate it or use it at the room temperature.

Into a mixing bowl, add in chopped dates, chopped apple, chopped orange ,almonds, cashews, chopped banana. pomegranete. Add 1 Tbsp of sugar and mix well until combined.

Trim the crust of the bread slices.

Take one of the slices and apply 1/2 Tbsp of jam all over the bread slice on one side.

  

Into separate bowl with milk, add in 1 Tbsp of sugar mix well until dissolved.Dip the bread slice into the milk and squeeze out extra milk. It should be just moist.

Place 2 Tbsp of fruit stuffing at the center of the slice.

Join all the edges to shape into a round ball.Stuff all the bread slices in the similar fashion. Keep aside.

For serving:

Place the shaped ball in the serving bowl. 

 

Add 2 Tbsp of custard.

Add the jelly cubes and icecream. Drizzle some honey and 1 tsp of jam on top. Repeat this process with all the prepared fruit balls.

Serve them chilled.

 

RECEPIE SUMMARY:

 

 Ingredients:

•Bread -  4 slices
•Apple (finely chopped) – 3 tblsp
•Orange (finely chopped) – 3 tblsp
•Dates (chopped) – 3 tblsp
•Pomegranate - 3 tblsp
•Banana (finely chopped) – half no
•Almonds (chopped) – 4 no
•Cashews (Chopped) – 1 Tbsp
•Sugar – 3 Tbsp
•Jam – 3 tblsp (I used Mango Jam,)
•Milk – 1/2 Cup
•Honey – 2 Tbsp
•Vanila icecream – 1 scoop (4 tblsp)
•Jelly cubes - 1/4 cup

 Process:

• Make custard and refrigerate it or use it at the room temperature.
• Into a mixing bowl, add in chopped dates, chopped apple, chopped orange ,almonds, cashews, chopped banana. pomegranete. Add 1 Tbsp of sugar and mix well until combined.
• Trim the crust of the bread slices.
• Take one of the slices and apply 1/2 Tbsp of jam all over the bread slice on one side.
• Into separate bowl with milk, add in 1 Tbsp of sugar mix well until dissolved.Dip the bread slice into the milk and squeeze out extra milk. It should be just moist.
• Place 2 Tbsp of fruit stuffing at the center of the slice.
• Join all the edges to shape into a round ball.Stuff all the bread slices in the similar fashion. Keep aside.

For serving:

• Place the shaped ball in the serving bowl.
• Add 2 Tbsp of custard.
• Add the jelly cubes and icecream. Drizzle some honey and 1 tsp of jam on top. Repeat this process with all the prepared fruit balls.Serve them chilled.

Tweet

Shahi Tukda

Tweet

Shahi Tukda(Shahi Tukra) is a bread based dessert made with bead,thickened milk,saffron and nuts.It's simple to make and a great dessert for times when you're in a hurry.

Ingredients:

• Bread - 4 pieces 
• Milk - 2 cup 
• Sugar -  1/3 cup  
• Ghee / oil - For deep frying 
• Chopped nuts - 2 tblsp 
• Canned cherries - For decorations
• Saffron -  A pinch 
• Rose essence  - 2-3 drops 

 

Method:

Boil milk and add saffron strands and simmer the milk until its reduces to a thick but poring consistency. This is called Rabri. Add chopped nuts .

                                       

                       

                       

If you want you can add rose essence  in this stage. Now rabri is ready.

                              

                                                    

Remove the brown sides of the bread and cut diagonally. I cut one piece into two. 

Fry the bread pieces till golden brown and crisp evenly. Use a shallow and small pan so that un need not use more ghee/oil.

Prepare a thick sugar syrup by boiling the sugar with little water just to immerse the sugar.

                       

Soak the bread pieces as you fry them,just for a minute or until you take the next batch.

   

Arrange the soaked pieces in a plate. 

Pour the rabri over the arranged bread. 

Serve chilled or warm,as per your wish, I like it chilled!! But make sure you give some time for the bread to absorb the rabri.

Tweet

Dates Shahi Tukda

Tweet

INGREDIENTS :

For Dates Filling:

• 7 to 8 dates
• 2 tblsp sugar
• 4 tblsp nuts of your choice

For rabri:

• 4 cups milk or 1 litre full fat whole milk
• 2 to 2.5 tbsp sugar or as required
• ¼ tsp cardamom powder, a pinch of saffron
• 1 tsp rose water or a drop of kewra essence or rose essence
• a pinch of saffron/kesar strands or saffron powder

For sugar syrup:

• ½ cup sugar
• ¼ cup water
• ¼ tsp cardamom powder or 1 tsp rose water or a drop of rose essence

For pan frying bread:

• 5 to 6 slices of bread (white/brown/whole wheat or milk bread)
• 2 tbsp ghee/clarified butter (1 tbsp for frying each batch of bread, add more if required)

For garnish:

• 12-15 almonds/badam, blanched and sliced
• a few strands of saffron (optional)
• few pistachios, blanched and sliced

Method:

Lightly steam boil dates for 5 to 10 min.Grind the boiled dates with nuts and sugar to a paste.

Shape the dates paste into flat circles.

Slice the crusts of the bread. cut them into circles. Heat 1 tbsp of ghee in a flat pan, tava or frying pan and toast the bread slices.

Mix ½ cup of sugar with ¼ cup water in a pan. Switch off the flame, when one thread consistency is reached, add cardamom powder and stir.

Now dip the bread slices in the sugar syrup. with the help of a spoon , coat the bread slices evenly with the sugar syrup. 

Place the dates circles inside two bread slices.

In a sauce pan boil full fat whole milk and add cardamom powder. Switch off when the milk has reduced and become thickened. Add sugar. stir well so that the sugar dissolves.

Arrange the sugar syrup soaked bread slices neatly in a serving tray or plate. Pour the rabri on the sugar syrup coated bread slices.

Garnish with sliced blanched almonds and pistachios.

Tweet