Toasted Aish al-Saraya

Ingredients

• 4 cups water
• 2 cups powdered milk
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 5 tablespoons cornstarch
• 12 toasted bread slices
• 1 teaspoon ground mastic
• 3/4 cup sweetened condensed milk
• 2 cups hot syrup
• 200 g pistachios
• a pinch of coconut flakes, optional

Method

1. Start by preparing the syrup. Put 2 cups sugar with 1 1/2 cups water in a pot over the heat.
2. Boil the sugar and water for 10 minutes, then add 1 tablespoon lemon juice and 1 tablespoon orange blossom water. Set the syrup aside.
   Timers: 10 min
3. In a pot over medium heat, put the water, sweetened condensed milk, powdered milk, starch, sugar, and mastic, and stir until the mixture is uniform.
4. When the mixture thickens, remove the pot from the heat.
5. Meanwhile, arrange the toast in a glass pan or any square or round pan available, according to your preference.
6. Pour the hot syrup over the toast, reserving some of the syrup, and put the pan in the refrigerator until it cools. Then add the thickened milk mixture over the toast in a way that prevents the toast pieces from shifting.
7. Sprinkle coarsely ground pistachios and a little shredded coconut, then place the pan in the refrigerator to cool slightly.