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 cook Shahi Tukda using 11 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Shahi Tukda

  1. You need of bread slices.
  2. Prepare of milk.
  3. Prepare of condensed milk.
  4. You need of sugar.
  5. You need of ghee.
  6. Prepare of few saffron.
  7. It's of for sugar syrup.
  8. You need of sugar.
  9. It's of water.
  10. Prepare of orange colour.
  11. Prepare of cardmom powder.

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. Mix water and sugar,make thin syrup,add colour and cardmom powder,keep it aside..
  2. Cut each slice into 2 peices..
  3. Fry bread peices in ghee untill golden brown.
  4. Take a dish,dip fried bread peices into sugar syrup,and arrange in the dish..
  5. Boil milk,sugar,condensed milk,t reduced to 1/4 quantity,add saffron,cardmom,keep it aside..
  6. Pur the above reduce milk on the bread slices,cover all the slices with refuced milk,garnish with dry fruits,keep it in the fridge,serve chilled or can be had warm too..

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.