Baked Indian Pudding

A traditionally rich and classy Indian pudding, made with indian mithai easily available on hand.. I have always had english puddings with cake, custard and fruits.. Its the first time that i have tried out this baked indian pudding and trust me it turned out yumm.. Nothing can beat this Indian pudding.. Its a classic way of presenting an Indian dessert..

The base is that of fried bread, drizzled with rabdi, topped with boondi laddo, again rabdi and finished with mawa... Baked to perfection...

Recipe Source : Food Food

Ingredients:

5-6 bread slices

Ghee for shallow frying bread

6-8 motichur laddoos

1 cup rabdi (either home made or store bought)

1/2 cup mawa (click here for instant mawa recipe)

3-4tbsp almonds silvered for garnishing

Method: Heat ghee in a pan.. Cut bread slices in squares using a cutter and shallow fry on both sides till brown and crisp..Grease a baking tray and also the cutters from all four sides... Again arrange the fried bread squares in the cutter.. Drizzle 1/2 cup rabdi over the bread so that it is completely covered.. Spread a layer of crushed motichur laddoos on top.. Cover completely.. Again drizzle remaining rabdi on top.. Sprinkle mawa on top.. Preheat oven at 180c.. Once preheated bake this dessert at 180c for 20mins or till the mawa is browned on top.. Sprinkle almonds and bake for another 2mins only so that it gets roasted.. Remove from oven.. Cool for 5mins, demould using a knife and serve..

Note: You can alternatively layer this pudding even in a glass baking dish..

                                          Cut bread into squares using a cutter

                                           All ingredients assembled

                                          Fried bread squares

                                             Greased baking tray and cutters

                                            Arrange fried bread squares back in cutter

                                           Cover bread squares with rabdi

                                            Spread motichoor laddu on top

                                            Again drizzle rabdi on top

                                           Cover it with mawa

                                            Baked at 180c for 20mins till mawa is browned

                                              Added silvered almonds and baked again for 2mins..

                                         Cooled, demoulded and served...