Recipe: Delicious Shahi Tukda

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Shahi Tukda. Shahi tukda is much similar to the hyderabadi double ka meeta. Traditionally shahi tukda is made by deep frying bread pieces in ghee until golden and crisp. Then they are dipped in sugar syrup.

Shahi Tukda I had a recipe in my handwritten cookbook(written and given by my mom 🙂). Shahi Tukda is a simple yet delicious recipe, which makes for a delightful treat for sweet lovers. Here's a simple recipe to make this traditional Shahi Tukda recipe at home. You can have Shahi Tukda using 5 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Shahi Tukda

  1. It's 5 slices of white bread.
  2. You need 1 cup of sugar.
  3. You need 1/2 tbsp of Cardamom powder.
  4. Prepare 1 pinch of red food colour.
  5. It's As required of Oil for frying.

Shahi tukda is one of the most popular Indian desserts. True to its name it is a 'shahi' delight! Pieces of bread are dipped in delicious saffron flavoured sugar syrup and topped with rich and creamy rabdi. Shahi Tukda recipe is a rich dessert dish from heaven of India Kashmir.

Shahi Tukda instructions

  1. Take all the slices of bread and cut it's edges and cut in to halves..
  2. On the other side take a pan add sugar and water,food colour and add cardamom powder in it and boil it for sometime till the sugar dissolves and cook till when the syrup gets sticky on your fingers.Off the flame and cover it..
  3. Now take the wok and add oil in it and fry the slices till golden brown.Then add these slices in the sugar syrup.And keep it for 1 minute and take out and serve it with rabdi or plain as you want to eat.Our delicious shahi tukda is ready..

It is a royal dessert as its name "Shahi For shahi tukda recipe you can use multigrain bread or brown bread or milk bread, though. First boil the milk in a heavy bottomed pan. Shahi tukda recipe is very popular in Pakistani cuisine often served in ceremonies as a sweet dish. Double ka metha or shahi tukda is also served in Ramadan and Eid days. One bite of Shahi Tukda and you will be amazed at how a simple loaf of bread can be turned into such an exquisite dessert.