Double ka Meetha

Introduction

Double ka meetha is a dessert of Hyderabad and made from hot crisp fried roundels of bread, soaked in saffron and cardamom flavoured syrup, topped with cream. It is similar to of Shahi tukre.
It is a popular dessert of Hyderabadi cuisine. It is served at weddings and parties. More often than not, it is the double ka meetha that one encounters or, if a more elaborate banquet is being hosted, gille firdaus or badam ki jaali relegate this simple yet elegant sweet to the background.

Double ka Meetha

Ingredients

• 1 loaf bread (small)
• 1 litre milk
• 500 gms sugar
• 250 gms double cream
• 250 gms clarified butter
• 100 gms chopped and roasted cashewnuts
• 100 gms almonds (soaked and chopped fine)
• 100 gms raisins
• 10 gm saffron
• 5 cardamoms, powdered

Method

• Cut each bread slice into four pieces. Fry them in clarified butter till golden brown.
• Make a sugar syrup by adding half a litre of water to the sugar and boil it for 15 minutes. Add the powdered cardamom and the saffron dissolved in milk to the sugar syrup. Boil milk until it is thickened.
• Arrange the fried bread pieces on a flat tray and sprinkle the chopped nuts on them. Pour the sugar syrup, double cream and milk alternately over the bread pieces while they are still hot.
• Refrigerate and serve as dessert.