Double ka meetha (also known as '' Shahi Tukra'', is an Indian

bread pudding Bread pudding is a bread-based dessert popular in many countries' cuisines. It is made with stale bread and milk or cream, generally containing eggs, a form of fat such as oil, butter or suet and, depending on whether the pudding is sweet or ...

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made of fried bread slices soaked in hot

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with spices, including

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and

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. Double ka meetha is a dessert of

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.Hyderabadi Double Ka Meetha , Traditional Bread Pudding
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, served at

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s 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.

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