Recipe: Delicious Shahi Tukda

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.

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 10 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Shahi Tukda

1. Prepare 8-10 of Bread slices.
2. You need 150 ml of Condensed milk.
3. Prepare 1/4 cup of Khova/mawa.
4. Prepare 400 ml of boiled and thickened milk.
5. Prepare 1/2 tsp of cardamom powder.
6. Prepare 5-6 tbsp of Nuts (sliced)- Unsalted Pistachio,Almonds.
7. It's 1 tsp of Saffron.
8. Prepare of Ghee/Oil for toasting.
9. It's 1 1/2 cup of Sugar.
10. It's 1 cup of water.

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. Remove Brown sides of bread and cut into triangle or square shape (4 piecesod one bread).
2. Heat Ghee/oil in a pan and roast all the pieces of bread slices until light golden brown colour and crisp..
3. Take a separate pan to make a mixture of rabri...add thickened milk, condensed milk, Saffron and cardamom powder.Mix Welland let it cook for two minutes.
4. Add Khova and dissolve in the rabri mixture and let it cook for 2-3mins, then cool the mixture for 15mins.
5. Make Sugar syrup by using sugar and water, let it boil till medium consistency.
6. Arrange all the toasted bread slices next to each other in a square shaped deep dish.
7. Pour Sugar syrup on each slice.
8. Then Pour the rabri also all over the bread slices.
9. Garnish with slices nuts and saffron.
10. Refrigerate for 5-6 hours so that bread could absorb rabri properly.
11. Serve chilled.

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.