Double ka meetha
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Course | Dessert |
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Place of origin | India |
Region or state | Old Hyderabad State which includes Marathi, Kannada and all Telugu regions (Naizam, Sircar and Ceded) ruled by Nizams and Qutub Shahis. Popular in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. |
Main ingredients | Bread, milk and dry fruits |
Variations | Shahi tukra |
Double ka meetha (also known as Shahi Tukra,[1][2] is an Indian bread pudding sweet made of fried bread slices soaked in hot milk with spices, including saffron and cardamom.[3] Double ka meetha is a dessert of Hyderabad.[4] It is popular in Hyderabadi cuisine, served at weddings and parties. Double ka meetha refers to the milk bread, called "double roti" in the local Indian dialects because it swells up to almost double its original size after baking.
See also
References
- ^ K. T. Achaya (1994). Indian food: a historical companion. Oxford University Press. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-19-562845-6.
The very sweet, ghee-rich fried bread pudding laced with almonds, which elsewhere is called shahi-tukda, is in Hyderabad termed double-ka-meeta, the name stemming from the double-rod (bread loaf) that is used to make it.
- ^ Colleen Taylor Sen (2014). Feasts and Fasts: A History of Food in India. Reaktion. p. 204. ISBN 978-1-78023-391-8.
double ka meetha (also called shahi tukra), a bread pudding with cream
- ^ Hyderabadi double ka meetha
- ^ Hyderabadi Double Ka Meetha | Traditional Bread Pudding
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