Steamed Caramel Bread Pudding

   

          Steamed Caramel Bread Pudding is a super easy and a yummy dessert. Very few ingredients goes into dishing out this amazing pudding. I flavored it with cardamom powder. However, you may use vanilla essence instead. This steamed version is melt-in-the-mouth delicacy. Do chill to serve along with chopped nuts and few dry rose petals or any garnishing of your choice. So check out the step by step pictorial recipe to prepare this delicious Steamed desert.

• 3 eggs
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 tsp. cardamom powder
• 2 cups milk
• 3 slices of bread, cut into small cubes
• 1 tbsp. jam
• pinch of saffron
• 2-3 tbsp. sugar for the caramel
• 2 tbsp. water
• 1 tbsp. chopped nuts
• few dry rose petals 

            In a large mixing bowl whisk the eggs, sugar and cardamom powder.  Add the milk and combine well.  Strain the egg mixture.

            Add the cubed bread, jam and the saffron. Let it soak for 10 minutes. Then blend it in a blender jar and keep aside. 

           Meanwhile for the caramel sauce - Take a pan and add the sugar and water. On a medium flame melt the sugar till its colour changes to dark brown.

           Immediately pour into a greased steel tiffin box / ramekin and swirl it around. Keep it aside for 1-2 minutes for it to set.

           Then pour the milk-egg-bread mix into the tiffin box. Cover it with a lid / aluminum foil and steam for 40-45 minutes on a low flame. 

           Do the tooth pick test to see if it's done. When it cools down a bit, refrigerate for an hour.

          While serving, run a knife around the edge and invert it over a plate. Serve, chilled, garnished with chopped nuts and dry rose petals. 

                  Whisk the eggs, sugar & cardamom powder.  

                Add the milk and combine well.  Strain the egg mixture.

                     Add the cubed bread, jam and......

the saffron. Let it soak for 10 minutes. Then blend it in a blender jar & keep aside. 

For the caramel sauce - Take a pan & add the sugar & water. On a medium flame melt the sugar till its colour changes to dark brown.

Immediately pour into a greased steel tiffin box / ramekin & swirl it around. Keep it aside for 1-2 minutes for it to set.

                   Then pour the pudding mix into the tiffin box. 

Cover it with a lid / aluminum foil & steam for 40-45 minutes on a low flame. When it cools down a bit, refrigerate for an hour. While serving, run a knife around the edge and invert it over a plate. 

Serve, chilled, garnished with chopped nuts & dry rose petals.