Shahi Tukda is a rich and aromatic dessert made with ghee, milk, sugar, saffron and cardamom offering a perfect blend of sweetness and texture in every bite!
Ingredients
For Rabdi:
- full cream milk – 1000ml
- Sugar – 40g
- Corn flour – 5g
- Water – 15ml (form corn flour slurry)
- Cardamon powde – 1g
- Saffron strands – 0.2g
For Bread Base:
- White bread slices – 200g (approx. 6-8 slices)
- Ghee – 60 g
For Sugar Syrup:
- Sugar – 150g
- Water – 250ml
- Lemon juice – 5 ml
For Garnish:
- Almonds – 20g
- Pistachios – 15g
- Silver foil (optional) -as required
Description:
- Blanch the dry fruits by leaving the nuts in boiled water for 30 minutes and then drain and skin.
Prepare the rabdi (sweet creamy thickened milk):
- Pour 1 liter of milk in a thick bottomed pan and heat it over medium flame. When it comes to rolling boil, reduce flame to low and add saffron strands.
- Stir at regular intervals in between to prevent sticking and cook until its quantity reduces to half; it will take around 15 minutes. You can also cook it over medium flame to speed up the process but make sure that milk doesn’t burn and stick at the bottom of the pan; stir frequently to prevent it from burning.
- Mix 1-teaspoon of corn flour with 1 tablespoon water and make sure that it doesn’t have any lumps. Add 3-tablespoons sugar, corn flour water mixture and 1/4 teaspoon cardamom powder.
- Pan fry the bread slices by trimming off the crust and cutting into triangles first and pan frying in ghee to get a golden color.
- To prepare sugar syrup, mix 250 ml of water and about 150 gm of sugar and boil together. When the sugar, melts add some water evaporates to get a one thread consistency, the sugar syrup is cooked. A slice of lemon prevents the sugar from crystallization as the syrup cools down.
Assembling the shahi tukra:
- Dip the bread slices in the sugar syrup. With the help of a spoon or small tongs, coat the bread slices evenly with the sugar syrup. Alternatively, just pour the sugar syrup evenly on a neatly arranged bed of bread slices.
- Arrange the sugar syrup soaked bread slices neatly in a serving tray or plate.
- Pour the rabri on the sugar syrup coated bread slices.
- Garnish with sliced blanched almonds and pistachios.
- Serve the rich royal shahi tukra.
- Alternatively, add silver foil (chandi ka varak) then place it at the time of serving, either chilled, warm or at room temperature.