Spinach Bread Pudding

          
          Ever had spinach as a dessert? Just combine it with brown bread, sugar and milk and you get this slightly unusually healthy dessert which is steamed to perfection. So go ahead and give it a try and enjoy just as it is or as an after-meal dessert. So check out the step by step pictorial recipe to prepare it.

• 4 slices of brown bread, shred into small pieces
• 1 - 1&1/2 cups warm milk
• 1/2 cup spinach puree
• 1 tbsp. ghee
• 3-4 tbsps. sugar or to taste
• 1/2 tsp. cardamom powder
• 1 tsp. kewra / rose water
• 2-3 tbsp. sliced almonds and pistachios
• few extra almonds & pista to garnish

          Mix together bread pieces, sugar, 1/4 tsp. cardamom powder, kewra water and milk. Keep aside to soak for 15-20 minutes.

          Heat ghee in a pan and sauté the spinach puree along with the remaining cardamom powder till all the moisture is evaporated. Set aside to cool and then mix with the bread. Add the sliced nuts too and stir well.

          Pour this bread mix into a greased steel container. Close with an aluminum foil and poke few holes on the surface.

          Steam for 25-30 minutes on a medium flame in a pressure cooker, minus the vent. Set aside to cool and refrigerate for an hour.

          While serving, invert it on a serving plate and garnish with almonds and pistachios. Enjoy just as it is or as an after-meal dessert.

                   Heat ghee & sauté spinach puree with remaining cardamom powder till
                   all the moisture is evaporated. 

                                  Set aside to cool.

                    Mix bread pieces, sugar, 1/4 tsp. cardamom powder, kewra water & milk. 
                    Keep aside to soak for 15-20 minutes.

                                 Add the spinach paste add the sliced nuts. Mix well.

                                 Pour this spinach-bread mix into a greased steel container. 

                    Close with an aluminum foil & poke few holes on the surface. Steam for
                    25-30 min. on a med. flame in a pressure cooker, minus the vent. Set aside
                    to cool and refrigerate for an hour.

                    While serving, invert it on a serving plate & garnish with almonds & 
                     pistachios. Enjoy just as it is or as an after-meal dessert.

Steamed Eggless Bread Pudding

          If you are looking for some easy to make dessert for any festival, then this is the perfect sweet dish that you can prepare in quite a short notice. It is a steamed eggless bread pudding that requires just milk and few bread slices. This way you can make use of all the leftover bread. So go ahead and give it a try by following an easy step by step pictorial recipe to prepare this simple dessert.

• 4 slices of brown bread, shred into small pieces
• 1 & 1/2 cups warm milk
• 2 tbsp. sugar
• 1/4 tsp. cardamom powder
• 2 tbsp. raisins
• 1 tbsp. mixed fruit jam
• few cherries to garnish

          Add sugar and cardamom powder to the milk and stir till the sugar dissolves. Now add the bread pieces and raisins. Keep aside to soak for 15-20 minutes.

          Now add the jam and mix well. Pour this bread mix into a greased steel container. Close with an aluminum foil and poke few holes on the surface.

          Steam for 25 minutes on a medium flame in a pressure cooker, minus the vent. Set aside to cool and refrigerate for an hour.

          While serving, invert it on to a serving plate and garnish with cherries. Enjoy just as it is or as an after-meal dessert.

                                  Shred bread into small pieces.

                 Add sugar & cardamom powder to the milk & stir till sugar dissolves. 

                                  Add bread slices.

                                  Add raisins & keep aside to soak for 15-20 minutes.

                                  Now add jam & mix well. 

                                 Pour this bread mix into a greased steel container. 

                   Close with an aluminum foil & poke few holes. Steam for 25 min. on a 
                   med. flame in a pressure cooker, minus the vent. 

                                 Set aside to cool & refrigerate for an hour.

                  Invert it on a serving plate & garnish with cherries. Enjoy as it is or as 
                  an after-meal dessert.