LOW FAT DOUBLE KA MEETHA

Double ka Meetha is yet another Hyderabadi delicacy. Bread is deep fried in ghee, dipped in sugar syrup and then topped with rabdi and dry fruits. The sweetness of the  this dessert is from the sugar syrup and the rabdi, hence the name double ka meetha …………..twice the sweetness. On the other hand bread is known as double roti, so the name double ka meetha…………….sweet made of double roti. What ever may be the story behind the name,  this rich delicious flavorful and lavish Nizami dessert  is loved by every one.
Traditionally the bread pieces are deep fried in ghee, dipped in thick sugar syrup and then thick saffron and cardamom  rabdi is pored on the bread slices. Then the dish is topped with ghee fried dry fruits. Having this once a while is ok, but if you want to eat this any time you like then try my low fat Double Ka Meetha recipe. The taste of this dish is also awesome and moreover health friendly.
INGREDIENTS

• Bread                     6 slices
• Sugar                      1 cup
• Water                     3/4 cup
• Dry fruits                1/4 cup
• Low fat Milk            2 cups
• Sugar                       4 Tsp
• Ghee                       3 Tsp
• Custard powder      1 Tsp

PROCEDURE
Heat the milk in a thick bottom pan and let it come to a boil.  Mix the custard powder in cold milk and add this to the boiling milk. Add  4 Tsp of sugar. When the milk becomes thick switch off the flame, cool the milk and chill the milk in refrigerator . 
A day old bread works well for this recipe. For the traditional recipe also old bread is good, as it absorbs less of ghee. Well coming to our recipe, smear some ghee on a tava and fry the bread on both the sides lightly. Fry all the pieces in the same way. You can discard the edges if you like. Now place the breads on a oven plate. Set the oven to broil mode at 300 degree Fahrenheit. Now place the plate on the middle rack of the oven. Now wait for just 45 seconds. You find the top of the bread turning dark brown and crisp. Now flip the other side of the bread pieces and again place them inside the oven. Again wait for another 45 seconds and your bread is now ready.
NOTE: Temperature of each oven vary, so be careful while the bread is in oven. It gets burnt up very easily, so open the oven for every 15 seconds and check the bread.
Cool the bread and by now the bread would become very crisp. When you break the slices you should hear the sound. Cut the slices into 4 pieces each and set them aside.
Make sugar syrup with one cup of sugar and 1/2 cup of water. The syrup should attain one thread consistency.
Now dip each piece of the bread inside the sugar syrup and the place them on the serving tray. Now fry the dry fruits in a Tsp of ghee and sprinkle them on the sugar dipped bread pieces. Now pour the refrigerated milk on the pieces. Serve immediately. Some like the bread to be little crisp and some want the bread to absorb the milk. Serve according to the taste of your family members.
TIPS

• Mix the dry fruits in the milk and serve the milk in a small cup with the sugar dipped bread in a separate plate.
• If you don’t like the custard flavor take one cup of milk and one cup of condensed milk and boil them. When the mixture becomes thick you can use this. Cardamom powder and saffron can also be added for an added flavor and taste.
• If you do not have an  oven roast the bread on the tava on a medium heat till you attain the crisp brown texture.
• Vanilla flavored custard powder tastes awesome, You can even try the other flavors.