Recipe: Yummy 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 one of the most popular Indian desserts. True to its name it is a 'shahi' delight! You can cook Shahi Tukda using 7 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Shahi Tukda

  1. It's 5-6 slices of bread.
  2. You need 4 tablespoon of ghee for frying.
  3. Prepare 1/2 cup of sugar.
  4. It's 1/4 cup of water.
  5. It's 4 of green cardamoms powder.
  6. You need 10-12 of pistachios(chopped).
  7. It's 1 cup of rabri/milkmaid(homemade).

Pieces of bread are dipped in delicious saffron flavoured sugar syrup and topped with rich and creamy rabdi. 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. Shahi Tukda recipe is a rich dessert dish from heaven of India Kashmir.

Shahi Tukda step by step

  1. Firstly, cut the sides of bread and cut them into triangle.Fry the bread slices in hot ghee till the bread turns golden brown.keep all the fried bread side..
  2. Mix 1/2 cup of sugar with 1/4 cup water in a pan,cook till you get a one thread consistency in the sugar syrup.Now dip the fried bread slices in the sugar syrup..
  3. Arrange the sugar syrup soaked bread slices in a serving tray or plate,pour the rabri/milkmaid on the sugar syrup coated bread slices..
  4. Garnish with chopped pistachios then serve shahi tukra with lots of love..

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. 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. This simple yet delicious dessert is prepared with a simpler Shahi Tukray recipe. Shahi Tukda is a popular, delicious and simple sweet dish made using bread, milk and nuts.