Shahi Tukda

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Shahi Tukda(Shahi Tukra) is a bread based dessert made with bead,thickened milk,saffron and nuts.It's simple to make and a great dessert for times when you're in a hurry.

Ingredients:

• Bread - 4 pieces 
• Milk - 2 cup 
• Sugar -  1/3 cup  
• Ghee / oil - For deep frying 
• Chopped nuts - 2 tblsp 
• Canned cherries - For decorations
• Saffron -  A pinch 
• Rose essence  - 2-3 drops 

 

Method:

Boil milk and add saffron strands and simmer the milk until its reduces to a thick but poring consistency. This is called Rabri. Add chopped nuts .

                                       

                       

                       

If you want you can add rose essence  in this stage. Now rabri is ready.

                              

                                                    

Remove the brown sides of the bread and cut diagonally. I cut one piece into two. 

Fry the bread pieces till golden brown and crisp evenly. Use a shallow and small pan so that un need not use more ghee/oil.

Prepare a thick sugar syrup by boiling the sugar with little water just to immerse the sugar.

                       

Soak the bread pieces as you fry them,just for a minute or until you take the next batch.

   

Arrange the soaked pieces in a plate. 

Pour the rabri over the arranged bread. 

Serve chilled or warm,as per your wish, I like it chilled!! But make sure you give some time for the bread to absorb the rabri.

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Dates Shahi Tukda

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INGREDIENTS :

For Dates Filling:

• 7 to 8 dates
• 2 tblsp sugar
• 4 tblsp nuts of your choice

For rabri:

• 4 cups milk or 1 litre full fat whole milk
• 2 to 2.5 tbsp sugar or as required
• ¼ tsp cardamom powder, a pinch of saffron
• 1 tsp rose water or a drop of kewra essence or rose essence
• a pinch of saffron/kesar strands or saffron powder

For sugar syrup:

• ½ cup sugar
• ¼ cup water
• ¼ tsp cardamom powder or 1 tsp rose water or a drop of rose essence

For pan frying bread:

• 5 to 6 slices of bread (white/brown/whole wheat or milk bread)
• 2 tbsp ghee/clarified butter (1 tbsp for frying each batch of bread, add more if required)

For garnish:

• 12-15 almonds/badam, blanched and sliced
• a few strands of saffron (optional)
• few pistachios, blanched and sliced

Method:

Lightly steam boil dates for 5 to 10 min.Grind the boiled dates with nuts and sugar to a paste.

Shape the dates paste into flat circles.

Slice the crusts of the bread. cut them into circles. Heat 1 tbsp of ghee in a flat pan, tava or frying pan and toast the bread slices.

Mix ½ cup of sugar with ¼ cup water in a pan. Switch off the flame, when one thread consistency is reached, add cardamom powder and stir.

Now dip the bread slices in the sugar syrup. with the help of a spoon , coat the bread slices evenly with the sugar syrup. 

Place the dates circles inside two bread slices.

In a sauce pan boil full fat whole milk and add cardamom powder. Switch off when the milk has reduced and become thickened. Add sugar. stir well so that the sugar dissolves.

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.

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