Bread Halwa | Bread Pudding with Step-by-Step pictures and a detailed recipe. This Bread Halwa recipe is a delicious Indian sweet pudding made with bread slices. The Bread slices are roasted or deep-fried in ghee and further cooked in water or milk to get the desired consistency.
Furthermore, Bread Halwa is enhanced by adding dry fruits roasted in ghee. The recipe is very easy and all you need is 20-25 minutes to prepare this delicacy.
Bread Halwa is a nice variation to the regular halwa and can be cooked during the oncoming Diwali festival. So, do try out this recipe at home.
Moreover, you can prepare Bread Halwa from leftover bread slices. You can either use white bread slices or brown or wheat bread slices for this Bread Pudding. However, I have used water in this recipe as we prefer it that way. It tastes delish and it’s also light on the stomach.
Also, please do check other halwa recipes here,
Besan Halwa
Lauki Halwa
Gajar Halwa
Rajgira Halwa
Bread Halwa
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp Ghee | Clarified Butter
- a handful of cashew nuts and almonds
- 5-6 white bread slices
- 2-3 tbsp sugar depending on the sweetness you want
- 2 cups of water
- 1 tsp rose water
Instructions
- Firstly, take a pan and heat 2 tbsp ghee in it keeping the flame on medium.
- Now add a handful of cashews and almonds and fry it till golden brown and keep it aside.
- Remove the core of the bread, make small square pieces, and keep it aside.
- In the same pan add bread pieces and roast them.
- Keep stirring in between and roast the bread pieces till they are golden brown and crispy.
- Now add sugar to the same pan and stir it well.
- Also add 2 cups of water to the pan and stir everything well.
- Let the whole mixture simmer on a medium to low flame, stirring it in between. The bread pieces will start soaking up all the liquid.
- Now add 1 tsp of rose water to the halwa and keep stirring till the bread halwa comes together and leaves the side of the pan.
- Finally, switch off the flame and remove the pan from the stove, garnish the bread halwa with fried cashews and almonds and serve it hot.
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Step-by-Step Recipe of Bread Halwa
1. Firstly, take a pan and heat 2 tbsp ghee in it keeping the flame on medium.
2. Now add a handful of cashews and almonds and fry it till golden brown and keep it aside.
3. Remove the core of the bread, make small square pieces, and keep it aside.
4. In the same pan add bread pieces and roast them.
5. Keep stirring in between and roast the bread pieces till they are golden brown and crispy.
6. Now add sugar to the same pan and stir it well.
7. Also add 2 cups of water to the pan and stir everything well.
8. Let the whole mixture simmer on a medium to low flame, stirring it in between. The bread pieces will start soaking up all the liquid.
9. Now add 1 tsp of rose water to the halwa and keep stirring till the bread halwa comes together and leaves the side of the pan.
10. Finally, switch off the flame and remove the pan from the stove, garnish the bread halwa with fried cashews and almonds and serve it hot.
Recipe Notes
- Use white or brown bread slices for preparing this Bread Halwa at home.
- You can also add brown sugar to this recipe, instead of white sugar.
- Adding milk to this recipe will give more richness to the halwa, so you can add milk in place of water. However, you can also take 1 cup of milk and 1 cup of water or only water like in my recipe.
- Adding saffron strands to this recipe will give a nice hue to the halwa, however, it is optional though.
- Serve this Bread Halwa hot or cold as per your preferences and depending on your taste.
- Use dry- fruits of your choice and add more to make it taste richer.
