Bread Vayaipayam Duet Halwa \ Bread Banana Duet Halwa

First of all wishing all of you a very Happy Ugadi... dont know much whats done on this day but a sewwt is good on any festival..

Some ripe bananas.. a 3 4 day old packet of bread.. and i just dont want to consume them in their original forms.. coz the bananas have become all black and sticky and the half packet of bread has beome hard as it was in the fridge for 3 4 days.. this made me running to prepare this dish - Bread banana halwa, as garg is a bread halwa fan and a banana fanatic at the same time. I was sceptical about trying this out but it turned out really really well, it was heavy but it was so tempting that none of us could resist it. Try this and believe me its going to be a hit.

Ingredients: 1. 10-12 slices of bread 2. two ripe banana (a fresh one can also be used - but i guess mashing was much easier as they were ripe :)) 3. 1.5 lts of milk 4. 1 cup of sugar (completely depends on your tastebuds) 5. Cashewnuts, Almonds and raisins for garnishing 6. 1 tsp Cardomom powder (4 -5 cardomoms) 7. 3 to 4 tsp of ghee

Method:

1. Make small pieces of the bread slices, fry them in a non stick pan with ghee sufficient to fry them(i have seen it all depends on what qty of ghee you want to use, you can lways do with less ghee). Take care they jsut become brown, the right indication is that they become crispy.


2. Mash bananas maybe using a wide spoon and keep aside.


3. Take a deep pan and add the milk to it, now to this add the sugar, and cardomom powder and let it come to a boil.


4. Once it boils, bring the flame to medium and add the mashed bananas, and let it cook till it dissolves completely in the milk without leaving any lumps and the milk has reducesd subsequently, maybe to a 3/4th, this takes approx 15 minutes. (Grind some soaked almonds and cashews to a paste and add at this stage, it gives a very rich taste.)


5. Now add the bread pieces to this and allow to boil. You would notice that the bread absorbs the milk very quickly, keep stirring it and you may add some ghee if it start sticknig.


6. Now, cover the pan and allow to cook on medium flame for 5-10 mins.

7. It would take around 25-30 mins to cook completely, and the sign that the halwa is done would be that the halwa would seperate from the container forming a big lump and separate the ghee, as you can see in the picture. 8. Remove from heat and garnish with chashew, raisins and almonds fried or plain as you prefer, I prefer frying the raisins and kaju and leaving the almonds plain.

Enjoy this lip smacking halwa it was a hit in my house, hope its a hit with you too.