Double Ka Meetha Recipe
Double Ka Meetha Recipe is one of the Hyderabad special Indian dessert recipe. This recipe is made by frying bread pieces in ghee until they reach golden colour and then soaked in sugar syrup. It is not only colorful but also nutritious as we add milk, khova and dry fruits.
Learn how to Make Double Ka Meetha recipe in Hyderabadi Style with our step by step image instructions along with tips and a video. This recipe tastes great when topped with cream or raabdi recipe. Bread halwa recipe is considered as one of the special dessert recipes among Muslim community in Hyderabad, so one can find this recipe on almost all special occasions.
Tips to make the perfect double ka meetha recipe:
- If you are not aware of the perfect quantity of sugar and water, take a medium-sized bowl for measurement and add a 1:1 ratio of sugar and water.
- The bread variant for making this recipe is different from what we eat regularly. This variant is a bit hard. Ask exclusively in the bakery for making this recipe.
- Sometimes vendors provide whole bread without slicing. In this scenario, we need to discard all sides and then cut them into small cubes.
- We can make a double ka meetha recipe by adding only ghee while frying or add equal portions of ghee and oil.
- Adding food colour is optional, adding food colour will give it a creamy texture.
- We need to adjust based on the availability of khova, if you do not have un-sweetened plain khova, we can even use sweetened khova from the sweet shop but we need to adjust the sugar quantity.
Double Ka Meetha with Khova, How to Make Double Ka Meetha Recipe
Ingredients
- Bread – 700 gms.
- Sugar – 500 gms. 1 medium-sized bowl
- Water – 1 bowl
- Ghee – 2-3 cups
- Cashew – 3 tbsp.
- Pistachio – 3 tbsp.
- Almonds – 2 tbsp. slit horizontally
- Melon seeds – 2 tbsp.
- Food colour – 3 tbsp. yellow colour
- Milk – 1 glass 250 ml.
- Khova – 1 cup
- Cardamom powder – 1 tbsp.
Instructions
- Prepare thin consistency of sugar syrup by adding water and sugar in a pan.
- Meanwhile, discard the dark edges of the bread and cut it into 2-inch size slices or cubes.
- Usually frying bread in ghee gives a nice aroma and flavour, if you cannot afford it we can even go with sunflower oil.
- Fry bread slices in ghee on low flame so that they get fried properly and attain golden colour.
- Drain excess ghee/oil and keep aside. If sugar syrup is done, directly transfer to syrup and cook till they turn soft.
- On another side, in a pan fry available dry fruits (we have added almonds, cashew, pistachio and melon seeds). Keep aside.
- Bread absorbs sugar syrup and turns soft. To change the bread halwa recipe’s dark colour to mild, we have added yellow artificial syrup in small quantities.
- At last add unsweetened khova, milk, cardamom powder and dry fruits.
- Serve double ka meetha recipe hot or cold.
Recipe Video
How to make Double ka Meetha Recipe:
1. In a pan add sugar and water. Bring it to boil till it reaches thin consistency.
2. Remove the edges of the bread and cut it into four slices.
3. In a pan add the required quantity of ghee and put bread slices into it.
4. Fry bread slices on low to medium flame till they turn a golden brown colour. Flip to the other side and once perfectly fried, drain excess ghee/oil and transfer to another plate. Similarly, fry the remaining bread slices.
5. When the sugar syrup is ready, put fried bread slices into the syrup and cook on low to medium flame till the bread turns soft.
6. Add little ghee and add cashew, pistachio, almonds and melon seeds. Mix and fry on low flame.
7. When bread turns soft and absorbs all sugar syrup put yellow food colour and mix well.
8. Add a glass full of milk, unsweetened khova, cardamom powder and fried dry fruits.
