Bread Halwa recipe with step by step pictures. To make bread halwa, bread cubes are first fried or roasted in ghee and later cooked with milk and sugar.
Bread Halwa
This Easy Bread halwa is one thing which i wanted to try for very long time. I have never tasted this before, but i am sure it will taste good and similar to wheat halwa. Since it is diwali i decided to give this a go and it turned out to be super yummy.
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Ingredients for Bread Halwa
- Bread - 6 slices
- Sugar - ½ cup or to taste
- Milk - 2 cups
- Ghee - ½ cup + 1 tbsp
- Cashews a handful
- Raisans / Kishmish a handful
- Cardamom Powder - ½ tsp
This recipe is very simple and basic. You just need a handful of ingredients which you might already have on hand. This halwa is so easy and it gives a good amount of halwa with just few slices of bread. So if you make a bigger batch, you can store this in fridge and whenever you want, you can heat it again in microwave or in a small pan and enjoy hot or warm.
How to Make Bread Halwa
- Remove the crust and chop it into small pieces.
- Heat ghee in a pan, add in cashews and fry till golden.Add in kishmish and fry. Remove it and set aside.
- Now add in chopped bread in the ghee and fry till golden brown.
- Now add in milk and mix well. Keep cooking till it thickens.
- Add in sugar and mix well. Keep cooking till it starts to leave the sides.
- Finally add a tblspn of ghee and mix well. Add in nuts and cardamom powder and mix well.
- Serve.
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📖 Recipe
Easy Bread Halwa Recipe
Ingredients
- 6 slices Bread
- ½ cup or to taste Sugar
- 2 cups Milk
- ½ cup + 1 tbsp Ghee
- Cashews a handful
- Raisans / Kishmish a handful
- ½ tsp Cardamom Powder
Instructions
- Remove the crust and chop it into small pieces.
- Heat ghee in a pan, add in cashews and fry till golden.Add in kishmish and fry. Remove it and set aside.
- Now add in chopped bread in the ghee and fry till golden brown.
- Now add in milk and mix well. Keep cooking till it thickens.
- Add in sugar and mix well. Keep cooking till it starts to leave the sides.
- Finally add a tblspn of ghee and mix well. Add in nuts and cardamom powder and mix well.
- Serve.
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Indira Rajini
Awesome one, can I use wheat bread too?
Anonymous
Hi aarthi! 2 cups of milk means!!!plz tell the clear measurement sugar and milk.
Anonymous
What type of bread we have to use?
Aarthi
@Anonymousmy 1 cup measures 240 ml..Hope this helps
Aarthi
@AnonymousYou can use white, sweet, milk or wheat bread too
yuva rani
Tried at home for Diwali...its was my first cooking experience...and it turned out well...mom and dad appreciated me a lot for this...thanks for making me a good cook..
daania
Hi aarthi,
How long the halwa be good,can I prepare it today and have it by tomorrow evening,gonna give this as birthday gift for my niece mirudullah,suggestion please
Aarthi
@daaniathis will stay good for 2 to 3 days in fridge. you can reheat it when serving
Ashwini Raj
Whenever I want to make any dish. I always follow your recipes. Going to try bread halwa today. Thanks a lot for all the recipes.
Anonymous
2 cups of milk means - iz it a raw milk or already boiled one should b used?
Anonymous
Hie Aarthi, this is the 4th dish of yours that I tried.. It was very delicious like the other 3 dishes.. My family and friends loved it.. I can easily trust all the recipes that you put up.. because in my case it has always been a great success.. I have one small request, I would be happy if you could put up the recipe of Chocolate Ganache. Thankyou
mano chitrar
It came so well. Thanks aarthi my son likes too 😺👨
Abinaya Sindhu
I tried this recipe for Diwali. It came out well. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Happy Diwali 🙂
Sangita desai
It's a saurashtrian delicacy ,made it .the recipe is perfect