No-Bake Arabic Bread Pudding

Name: No-Bake Arabic Bread Pudding
Ingredients: 10 slices white bread, old (if you don't have old bread, toast fresh bread); 2 cups double cream or 2 cups single cream; 4 cups milk; cardamom powder (optional); 3 tablespoons rose water; 5 teaspoons cornflour; 1/2 cup sugar; 1/2 cup pistachios, chopped; sugar syrup; 2 cups sugar; 1/2 teaspoon saffron thread; 1/2 teaspoon cardamom powder; 2/3 cup water; 1/2 lemon, juice of

14 ingredients

8 steps

Ingredients

10 slices white bread, old (if you don't have old bread, toast fresh bread)
2 cups double cream or 2 cups single cream
4 cups milk
cardamom powder (optional)
3 tablespoons rose water
5 teaspoons cornflour
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup pistachios, chopped
sugar syrup
2 cups sugar
1/2 teaspoon saffron thread
1/2 teaspoon cardamom powder
2/3 cup water
1/2 lemon, juice of

Directions

1

Cut the crusts off the bread.
2

Butter a glass dish and place the toast in the bottom of the dish. Make one layer across the bottom of the dish then pour the sugar syrup over the bread.
3

In a sauce pan, pour the cream, 3 1/4 cups milk, sugar, cardamom, rosewater and the sugar and keep stirring while bringing to boil. Make sure all the sugar is dissolved.
4

Add cornflour to the remaining milk and stir until no lumps are left.
5

When the milk and cream mixture is boiling, add the cornflour mixture and keep stirring until thick.
6

Pour mixture over the bread.
7

Make another layer with any remaining bread and decorate with the nuts.
8

Place in the fridge and leave to cool.