STRAWBERRY BREAD PUDDING

I was up to preparing something else and landed into this. It is not a cake, more of a pudding! Actually, I was attempting at bread cups with a strawberry filling which did not satisfy me on the midway of its preparation. This impatient self attempted for a quicker something and trust me.... you will like this quick fix dessert for sure. Valentine's Day was never a part of our culture, neither do I believe in any one day of celebrating love. Isn't it a life long celebration? The senior at home jokingly says it started as a sales promotion strategy of Archie's in our country. He has the same view about Dhanteras... the jewellery shops' sales promotion. Anyway, I thought if people of other cultures can stop by and show interest in my regional recipes, I should also wish them with something they can identify with... We will use fresh strawberry paste, bread, a little of agar agar, egg, yogurt, sugar, a bit of food colour & vanilla essence in this recipe. It goes without saying that the son of this house is growing up enjoying the different varieties of desserts mumma makes at home!

INGREDIENTS :

Bread : 4-6 slices
Strawberry : 7-8
Plain Yogurt : 1/2 medium cup
Sugar : 1/2 small tea cup
Agar Agar : 2 tsp
Egg : 2

Edible Food Colour [Red] : A few drops [I used Strawberry Icing Colour]

Butter [Melted] : 3-4 tbsp

Vanilla Essence : 1 tsp

METHOD :

Cut the sides of the bread slices. Wash and chop the strawberries.

In a blender, put together bread pieces, chopped strawberries, eggs, yogurt, sugar, butter. Prepare a fine paste.

In a small bowl, take 4tbsp water, add the agar agar powder to it and mix well. Microwave for 30 seconds- 1minutes stirring every ten seconds till it becomes little sticky.

Add it to the paste along with the vanilla essence, blend again for half a minute!

Grease a cake tin with butter. Pour the mix into it.

Preheat the oven at 160*C. Place a bigger pan filled 1/4 with water.

Place the cake tin atop it. I baked it at 160* for 45 minutes on my mini toaster oven. 

Let it cool. Loosen the sides with a knife and take out carefully.

Do the topping as you wish. I topped it with freshly chopped & washed strawberries!

Serve it after refrigeration.