Bread halwa is a delicious dessert from hyderabadi cuisine usually served as a after meal dessert. This is a very easy and yummiest sweet to make , usually loved by the people of all the age.
Bread halwa is a signature dessert that is made during Ramzan Festival.
Bread halwa after a spicy hot biryani is something to crave for.
This dessert is always my go to recipe when I crave for something sweet.

 

1. Take a heavy kadai and heat 2 tablespoons ghee in it. Keep the flame to medium-low or medium. 2. Add 2 tablespoons cashews. 3. Begin to fry cashews stirring them often. 4. Fry cashews till they turn golden. Then remove with a slotted spoon and keep aside. 5. In the same kadai, now add 1 tablespoons raisins. 6. Stirring continuously fry raisins till they become plump and swell in size. 7. Remove with a slotted spoon and keep 8. Roasting bread to make bread halwa , Again in the same kadai, add 2 cups white bread cubes. So before beginning the recipe, chop 4 to 5 white bread slices in cubes. You can slice off the side crusts if you want. You can even use brown bread or milk bread instead of white bread. 9. Mix the bread cubes with the ghee and begin to roast them. 10. Stir at intervals while roasting bread cubes. 11. Roast till the bread cubes look crisp and light golden. 12. Add 7 to 8 tablespoons sugar or add as per taste. 13. Next pour 1.5 cups milk. You can also use water or half-half of water and milk. Addition of milk gives a richness to the halwa. 14. Keep stirring till mixture starts coming together.The bread cubes will absorb milk and start thickening. 15.Once the bread halwa mixture thickens then after that keep on stirring often or continuously. 16.Then add 1 tablespoon ghee.Mix very well till ghee is absorbed.Now add the fried cashews & raisins reserving a few cashews and raisins for garnish. Also add ½ teaspoon cardamom powder. 17.Continue to stir and mix till the entire bread halwa mixture has come together and you see some ghee at the sides. The stickiness in the mixture should not be there. The consistency of bread halwa will be like Sooji halwa. 18.Serve bread halwa in bowls or small plates hot or warm. You can even spread the bread halwa in moulds or pans. If spreading in a pan, then add halwa after it is done and still very hot. Later you can slice and serve bread halwa as cubes or squares. Garnish bread halwa with a few of the fried cashews and raisins. Serve hot or warm. Leftover bread halwa can be refrigerated and warmed just before serving.