Eggless Bread Pudding

The other day when we were out, my friend pointed out to this loaf of bread in a store here, where the sides were all cut !! Very innovative idea - he even charged more for removing the sides !! I dont have a problem with bread sides, but I do take it off when I make sandwiches for my son - total pampering, I know.
But the good part is that with all these sides and sometimes the end slices, which I dont care for too much myself, I make a nice bread pudding, so it doesnt really go waste at all.

Bread thats not fresh enough for sandwiches and some overripe bananas are a great idea for a simple and yummy bread pudding.



Sending this to The Bread Mania event hosted by Sindhura of BayLeaf


What you need -

2 cups of shredded bread slices / sides
3/4 cup milk (enough to just soak the bread)
2 bananas
10-15 raisins
3-4 walnuts / cashewnuts
1 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp sugar
1 tsp brown sugar (optional)

What you do with it -

Heat the brown sugar in a small bowl and pour it into a shallow vessel
Mash the bananas
Chop the walnuts / cashewnuts
Mix together bread, bananas, sugar, raisins
Pour enough milk to cover the bread mixture
Keep for 5-7 minutes so that the bread gets soaked well
Pour this mixture into the shallow vessel
Steam this for about 15-20 (I used a cooker)
Once done, upturn the pudding, so that the caramelised sugar layer is on top