Bengaluru
Dilkhush
Soft sweet bread with a coconut and tutti frutti heart. The name means happy heart. Accurate.
120 minTime
6 gProtein each
mildSpice
Make it your way
Grandma's waySweet yeasted bread with coconut tutti frutti filling, Iyengar style.
The original365kcalsame
6 gproteinsame
3 gfibresame
120minutessame
Classic Bengaluru dilkhush.
Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.
Ingredients
Method
6 steps- 1Mix maida, yeast, 40 g sugar and salt. Add the warm milk and knead 8 minutes, then knead in 35 g butter.
- 2Cover and rise 1 hour.
- 3Mix the coconut, tutti frutti, cashews, raisins, cardamom, the rest of the sugar and butter into a crumbly filling.
- 4Divide the dough in two. Roll one into a 9 inch circle in a greased tin, spread the filling, cover with the second circle and seal. Rise 30 minutes.
- 5Brush with milk, top with cherries and bake at 180 C for 25 to 30 minutes.
- 6Brush with a little butter or sugar syrup and cool before cutting into wedges.
Serve it like this
Cut into wedges to show the filling and serve slightly warm with filter coffee or tea.
