Shahi Tukda
Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: Indian
Cook time: 
Total time: 
Serves: 4
 
Ingredients
For sugar syrup:
  • ½ cup sugar
  • ½ cup water
For rabdi :
  • 1 litre whole milk
  • ⅓ cup sugar
  • A pinch of saffron strands
  • ¼ tsp cardamom powder
  • ½ tsp almonds, chopped
  • ½ tsp pistachios, chopped
Other ingredients:
  • Ghee to deep fry
  • 6 white bread slices
  • ½ tsp almonds, chopped for garnishing
  • ½ tsp pistachios, chopped for garnishing
  • Few saffron strands for garnishing
Instructions
  1. Mix water and sugar in a sauce pan. Heat it to make thin sugar syrup (one string consistency).
  2. While the sugar syrup is getting ready, boil the whole milk in a flat bottomed non stick pan. Once the milk is boiled, simmer it and stir occasionally until the milk reaches ⅓rd of its consistency. Add sugar, saffron and cardamom powder and mix well. Simmer for another 5 minutes and rabdi will be ready.
  3. Heat ghee in a pan and first cut the corners (brown parts) of the bread slices and then cut the bread cubes diagonally. When the ghee is hot, deep fry the bread slices until they turn golden brown. Place the deep fried breads in a plate lined with clean tissue.
  4. Pour some rabdi on a serving plate. Dip the bread slices one by one into the sugar syrup (do not soak) and place them on the same serving plate. Pour rabdi again on top of the bread pieces. Garnish with chopped nuts and few strands of saffron.
  5. Serve it warm or cold (refrigerated shahi tukda taste excellent).
Recipe by MyEdibleCravings at http://myediblecravings.com/shahi-tukda/