Shahi Tukra | How to make Shahi Tukda
Shahi Tukra is an Indian sweet made with bread, thick milk and dry fruits, from the famous Awadhi cuisine, similar to another popular sweet called the Double Ka Meetha from Old Hyderabad State popularised during the Nizam rule.
Ingredients
For the Bread
- 4 Bread Slices
- 2 tsp Ghee
- 2 tsp Cooking Oil
For the Sugar Syrup
- 1/2 cup Sugar
- Water as required
For Radbi
- 500 ml Milk
- 1/4 cup Sugar increase as required
For Garnish
- 3 tbsp Almonds
- 3 tbsp Pistas
Instructions
For the Bread
- Trim the sides and cut the bread slice into triangles.
- Heat a nonstick pan, add ghee and cooking oil.
- Cook the bread slices till crispy. Remove and keep aside.
For the Sugar Syrup
- Take the sugar and water in a pan and bring to a boil.
- Remove impurities and continue cooking to get a thick syrup. Thread consistency is not needed.
- Dip the roasted bread slices into the sugar syrup till it gets coated well and remove right away.
- Let it stand on a wire rack so that excess sugar syrup drips away.
For Radbi
- Boil the milk and continue boiling till it reduces to half.
- In intervals, keep gathering the cream that forms and break it back into the milk.
- In the end, when milk is almost its half, add the sugar and let it melt.
- Once it cools down, you can refrigerate.
Assembling Shahi Tukra
- Place the roasted and sugar soaked bread slices on a serving plate.
- Pour the Rabdi over it. Garnish with finely chopped nuts.
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