Ingredients

• 10 slices bread
• 2 cups - milk
• oil for deep frying
• pistachios (unsalted)
• For the Syrup:
• 2.5 cups - sugar
• 15 to 20 strands saffron (soaked in 1 tbsp warm water for few minutes)
• 6 to 7 green cardamoms (powdered)
• 3 cups - water

How to Make Mithi Dabal (Sweet Bread)

• Pour the milk into a thali or flat dish.
• Soak one slice of bread in it at a time.
• Heat oil and deep fry individually (dripping in milk) slices of bread on a medium flame till it is golden brown and crisp.
• Simultaneously, you must start making the syrup on another burner.
• First mix the sugar in the water and set it to boil.
• After 5 mins add the saffron and cardamom powder.
• Boil for another 20 mins till you get one thread consistency.
• Dip each slice, fresh from the frying pan into the syrup and let it soak for 5 mins.
• Serve garnished with finely chopped pistachios.