Recipe: Tasty 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 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Shahi Tukda

  1. Prepare of Bread.
  2. It's of milk.
  3. You need of sugar for rabdi.
  4. You need of cardamom powder.
  5. You need of sugar for chasni (as per your taste).
  6. It's of Ghee for frying.
  7. It's of Chopped almonds and pista.
  8. Prepare of kesar.

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. Boil milk till it becomes thick. Keep scraping the malai on sides. Add sugar and cardamom powder. Add saffron soaked in warm milk. Add chopped nuts. Rabdi is ready..
  2. Cut bread in two pieces. In a pan add ghee. Once hot fry all bread pieces in it..
  3. Add sugar and 1 cup water and make chasni of 1 thread consistency. Add some saffron to it..
  4. Soak fried bread pieces in chasni on both sides and keep aside..
  5. For plating. Add rabdi in a dish..
  6. Add fried and chasni soaked bread slices. Add rabdi in top. Sprinkle some nuts..
  7. Shahi tukda is ready to serve in Shahi Andaaz...

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.