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SHAHI TUKDA
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Shahi tukda recipe

Rich bread based dessert served with creamy rabdi
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time1 hour
Total Time1 hour 15 minutes
Course: Dessert, Sweet
Cuisine: Indian
Keyword: dessert, sweets
Servings: 3
Author: Jeyashri suresh

Ingredients

To make Rabdi

  • 2 cups milk
  • 1 tsp corn flour
  • 3 tbsp sugar
  • A pinch of saffron

Other ingredients

  • 4 slices white bread
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • Ghee to fry the bread
  • 7 cashew nuts
  • A pinch of cardamom powder

Instructions

  • In a heavy bottomed pan add the milk, corn flour and saffron.
  • Mix well without any lumps.
  • Let this boil in a medium flame till comes to a gravy consistency.
  • It should be pourable and not too thick.
  • Once it is done, switch off the flame and add the 3 tbsp of sugar.
  • Mix well and keep this aside. Let this chill in the refrigerator.
  • Cut the edges of the bread and make it into small triangles.
  • Before cutting the bread just keep them open in plates for 15 mins and let the moisture gets absorbed from the bread.
  • Heat ghee in a kadai in a low flame fry the bread pieces and drain it in a kitchen towel.
  • Make a sugar syrup by adding little water to the sugar.
  • The syrup should be sticky and no string consistency has to be formed.
  • Keep it aside.
  • Dip the fried breads in the sugar syrup and take out in a second.
  • Fry the cashew nuts in a tsp of ghee.
  • Arrange the bread dipped in sugar syrup, in a plate.
  • Pour the rabdi over this and garnish with nuts.
  • Serve chilled.

Notes

1. The rabdi can be made a day before the party and kept in the fridge.
2. Always fry in ghee as oil will spoil the taste.
3. Shahi tukda is a perfect dessert for parties and get-togethers.