Bread Basundi

Ingredients:
Bread Slices 2
Milk 1 1/2 cups
Sweetened Condensed Milk 2 Tbsps
Cardamom Powder a Pinch
Almonds 4
Saffron few strands
Sugar 1/2 cup

Method of preparation:
Microwave almonds in half a cup of water for a minute.
Peel off the skin and slice the almonds.
Soak saffron in a tbsp of warm milk for a minute.
Chop off and discard the sides of the bread and crumble the bread.
Boil milk in a heavy bottomed vessel on medium – low flame until it reduces to almost a cup.
Keep stirring during the process to avoid scorching.
Stir in cardamom powder and saffron milk.
After a few seconds, add bread and let it soak up the flavored milk.
Finally stir in sweetened condensed milk and half of chopped almonds.
When the desired consistency of the basundi is reached, remove from heat.
Garnish bread basoondi with sliced almonds and serve hot or cold.