Double ka Meetha

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Double Ka Meetha, or Shahi Tukda in Northern India is a dessert from Hyderabad that consists of Fried Bread Slices soaked in Hot Milk with spices and garnished with Khowa (dried semi solid milk). It is called the double ka meetha due its use of milk bread, which is called in the local Hyderabadi dialect as "Double ki Roti" because it swells up to almost double its size before baking.

The crust from the bread is removed and the slices are cut into triangles. These are then deep fried till golden brown in Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil, Vanaspati and set aside. The milk is boiled with Cardamom, Sugar and later saffron is added for flavour and colour. After removing the milk from the flame, the fried bread is added to the hot milk and allowed to soak up the fluid. It is then garnished with Khowa or Khalakand and served after meals.

In recent times the double ka meetha has become associated with the festival of Eid Al Adha, or Bakrid. After the sacrifice of sheep, cow or camel, one thirds of the meat is distruibuted among the poor, one third for the relatives. Biryani is made from the meat and double ka meetha is served for desserts in almost all houses.