Shahi Tukda

Shahi Tukda is a dessert made from bread with sugar syrup and rabri. It is actually a mughlai dish. Authentically, the bread is fried in ghee, dipped in sugar syrup and rabri is poured over it. I have not prepared it authentically, but conveniently. I hve just toasted the bread and sprinkled sugar syrup over it and used condensed milk instead of rabri.

Here goes the recipe:

Measurement: 1 Cup = 180 ml
Serves: 2 to 3

Ingredients:

1. Bread slices - 4
2. Sugar - 3 tbsp
3. Water - 1/4 cup
4. Condensed milk - 1/2 cup 
5. Milk - 1/2 cup
6. Saffron strands - a few
7. Rose essence - 2 to 3 drops or Cardamom powder for flavouring
8. Pure ghee for frying or toasting
9. Almonds and pistachios for garnishing

Procedure:

• Combine water and sugar in a saucepan and make sugar syrup (not thick).
• Put off the flame and add rose essence or cardamom powder.
• Soak saffron strands in milk.
• Combine milk and condensed milk in a mixing bowl.
• Cut the edges of the bread slices and cut them into triangles.
• Fry or toast the bread triangles.
• Place bread triangles on a plate and sprinkle sugar syrup over them.
• Place them on a serving dish and pour milk mixture.
• Garnish with almonds and pistachios.
• Serve hot / at room temperature / chilled.