NO-BAKE ARABIC BREAD PUDDING

No-Bake Arabic Bread Pudding image

My sister-in-law taught me how to make this recipe. I have tasted it before, but didn't ask for the recipe because I thought that it would be very difficult to make. When I saw her making it though, I thought "hey, I can do that too!"

Provided by ummadam

Categories Dessert

Time 25m

Yield 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 14

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

Steps:

Cut the crusts off the bread.
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.
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.
Add cornflour to the remaining milk and stir until no lumps are left.
When the milk and cream mixture is boiling, add the cornflour mixture and keep stirring until thick.
Pour mixture over the bread.
Make another layer with any remaining bread and decorate with the nuts.
Place in the fridge and leave to cool.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 1316.5, Fat 62.1, SaturatedFat 34.3, Cholesterol 197.2, Sodium 487.1, Carbohydrate 178.5, Fiber 3.4, Sugar 128.9, Protein 18.6