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Bread-Dry Fruits Pudding

Ingredients
  • Bread - 7-8 slices
  • Butter - 2 tsp
  • Egg - 2 nos:
  • Milk - 1 cup
  • Milkmaid - 200 ml
  • Dry Fruits (Cashew, Raisins, Almond, Pista) - 1 cup (chopped)
  • Vanilla Essence - 1/2 tsp
Preparation Method
  1. Remove the sides of bread and cut into cubes or triangles.
  2. Apply butter on both the sides of bread pieces and toast for 30 sec:
  3. To a blender add egg, milk, condensed milk and vanilla essence and blend well. (if you want more sweet, add 1/4 cup sugar also).
  4. Preheat the oven to 230 degree C.
  5. Apply butter on the baking tray. 
  6. Then place one layer of bread pieces in the baking tray. On the top of the bread spread some dry fruits mix.
  7. Place rest of the bread pieces on the top of the dry fruit mix and then spread the remaining dry fruits on the top.
  8. Gently pour the egg-milk mix on the top of the bread. (Make sure that the entire bread pieces are covered with the egg-milk mix).
  9. Gently press the bread down with a wooden spatula.
  10. Keep the baking tray in the oven and bake for about 15-20 mins: (till the top of the pudding become slightly golden brown.)
  11. Remove from oven and allow to cool down.
  12. Cut the Bread-Dry Fruits Pudding into desired shapes and enjoy.
Note:- 
You can serve this as a hot or cold pudding. With hot pudding, if you serve a scoop of vanilla ice-cream then it tastes awesome. If you prefer the cold version, refrigerate for about 2-3 hrs: and enjoy :)
No need to waste the sides of the bread slices, you can use them to make bread crumbs.

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