Shahi Tukda Recipe
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- Recipe Servings: 6
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- Difficulty Level: Easy
Shahi Tukda is a bread and milk based dessert very popular in Mughlai cuisine.
Ingredients of Shahi Tukda
- 4 slices of a large white bread, edges trimmed off
- Ghee (clarified butter) for deep-frying
- 2 Tbsp (30 gm) sugar
- 1/2 cup milk
- Rabri made of 1/2 kg milk
- 1 tsp gulab jal (rose water)
- 1/2 cup malai (clotted cream) or thick cream
- Vark (silver leaves) optional
- For garnish:
- 2 Tbsp blanched and slivered almonds (badam)
- 2 Tbsp blanched and slivered pistachios (pista)
- Few rose petals (optional)
- Few strands of kesar (saffron)
How to Make Shahi Tukda
- 1.1. Cut the bread slices into half, lengthwise, and deep fry in hot ghee, till crisp.
- 2.2. Dissolve the sugar in the milk and bring to a boil, and keep aside till cool enough to handle.
- 3.3. Dip the bread in the milk and sugar solution, and arrange the pieces in a serving dish, in one layer.
- 4.4. Mix the rose water in the `rabri' and spoon it over the bread slices, to cover all of them.
- 5.5. Spoon the malai or cream over the center of each slice.
- 6.6. Garnish the vark over this, in case you are using it.
- 7.7. Garnish with almonds, pistachios, rose petals and the saffron strands. Serve hot or chilled.
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