Ingredients
- Milk (5 cups)
- Rose gulkand (rose petal jam) (slightly less than 1/4 cup)
- Cardamom powder, freshly ground (1/2 tsp)
- Saffron (few threads)
- Sugar (1 1/2 cups)
- Ghee (Clarified Butter)(1 cup)
- White Bread (8 slices)
- FOR THE RABRI (Thick Sweet Milk Cream)
- Milk (8 1/2 cups)
- Sugar (1/3 cup)
- Cardamom powder, freshly ground (1/2 tsp)
- Saffron (few threads)
- Almonds, finely chopped in food processor
- Pistachios, finely chopped in food processor
- A few Lavender flowers
- Silver Varq (Edible Silver Leaf) – (1 leaf) (optional but recommended)
- Gold Varq (Edible Gold Leaf) – (1 leaf) (optional but recommended)
- Pomegranate Molasses – a few drops
Instructions
- Bring the milk to the boil in a heavy-bottomed pan. Add green cardamom powder and saffron. Remove from heat, add sugar. Keep aside.
- Heat the ghee in a pan; fry the slices of bread lightly. Remove from flame, drain the excess oil. Soak the fried bread in the milk mixture for 10 minutes.
- For the rabri, heat the milk and cook till it is reduced to 1/3rd. Add sugar, green cardamom powder, and saffron to the milk and stir. Remove the pan from heat and keep aside to cool.
- Carefully lift the slices of bread from the milk and arrange the rose gulkand with the help of spoon, place on a serving platter.
- Pour the rabri on top and garnish with almonds, pistachios, a few drops of pomegranate molasses, silver and gold foil (if using) and lavender.
- Serve at room temperature.
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- Category: Recipes