Shahi Tukra / Shahi Tukda is a very famous & royal Hyderabadi dessert. Shahi Tukra itself translates to ‘Royal Dessert’ so it’s regal in its name! It is simple to prepare yet a tasty and creamy dessert.This dessert is an exotic rich dessert with thickened milk, dry fruits and flavored with cardamom & saffron.
This has been one of those dishes that I have been thinking and wanting to make. These kind of rich desserts are usually prepared on some special occasions or for parties. This will make a great dessert for adults and kids as well !
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| Bread slices | 4 |
| Milk | 3 cups |
| Sugar | ¼ cup |
| Corn flour | 1 tsp |
| Saffron | few strands |
| Ghee | 4 tbsp |
| Cardamom powder | ¼ tsp |
| Chopped nuts (almonds & pistachios) | 2 tbsp |
Method :-
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1). Remove the crust from bread slices and cut into two or four squares. You can also use cookie cutter to cut into various shapes of ur choice. Soak saffron in 3 tbsps of warm milk. Mix cornflour with 3tsp of milk without any lumps.
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Heat the milk in a pan along with sugar, saffron infused milk and corn flour mix. It will thicken very fast so keep stirring constantly. Simmer the milk until it reduces to a thick but pouring consistency. Add cardamom powder and switch off the flame. (Optional step -Add chopped nuts and allow to cool completely).
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Heat ghee in a non stick pan and shallow fry the bread slices till golden color. Fry the bread slices evenly.
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# You can substitute whole milk with fat free milk. But you will get thickened creamy milk sauce(rabdi) only if you use whole milk.
# You can add 2-3 tbsp of condensed milk. Adjust the quantity of sugar if you add sweetened condensed milk.
# You can reduce a litre of milk to half and make rabdi rich instead using corn flour.
# Original recipe calls for deep fried version, but I avoided. If you prefer, you can very well use ghee to deep fry the slices in batches and place on absorbent paper. Fry it in low or medium flame. Alternatively, you can use bread toaster too.
# Deep frying will make the bread to be very crisp, while the shallow frying will take longer time to become hard.
# While frying (deep/shallow) the bread slices, substitute ghee with oil. But I personally prefer ghee as it tastes rich as oil will smell and spoil the taste.
# While few recipes call for the sugar syrup to dip the bread slices, but it is optional. You can dip the fried bread slices in sugar syrup and/or you can serve them with rabdi.
# You can use wheat/white bread of your choice. But always use a day old bread for the recipe. Fresh bread soaks up lot of fat. Also do not use moist bread or bread from the fridge directly as they tend to absorb lot of ghee and have to fry longer to make crispier.
# You can fry the dry fruits in ghee before garnishing and refrigerate for at-least an hour.
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