Shahi tukda, a type of bread pudding. The meaning (literal translation) of Shahi Tukra is a royal piece or bite. The main ingredients of shahi tukda are ghee, sugar, milk, nuts, and bread.
Milk Shahi Tukda Recipe
6 bread slices, 1/2 ml water, 2 crushed black cardamom, 4 cup milk, 1 handful cashews, one handful pistachios, 1/2 cup ghee, 1/2 cup sugar, 6 strand saffron, 2 pinches of powdered green cardamom, 1 handful almonds
Step 1: Prepare the milk mixture
First, take a deep pan and pour the milk into the pan. Boil the milk on medium heat. Keep continuing stirring with intervals to avoid the milk sticking to the bottom of the pan. If you want to prepare the rabdi within a short time, you can add 3 tablespoons of milk powder with the liquid milk. Adding milk power reduces the cooking time of rabri. Now add 1 tablespoon of homemade masala milk powder. You can skip this item and can add a pinch of crushed saffron and ¼ teaspoon of cardamom powder.
Continue cooking on medium-low heat until the milk reaches to one-third of its original volume and you can get the right consistency. Generally, it will 1 hour. However, the time will vary depending on the quality of the pan, the intensity of the flame, and the quality of the milk. Finally, add 2 to 2.5 tablespoons of sugar remove from the heat, and add 12 to 15 crushed saffron strands.
Step 2: Fry bread slices
Take 6 regular-sized pieces of bread. Cut them into square, or triangle shapes. Now put 1 tablespoon of ghee in a pan. Fry the bread slices and toast them. Fry well on both sides. Fry as long as the pieces reach to golden brown color. Remove from the heat and put on paper towels to remove excess ghee.
Step 3: Prepare sugar syrup
Take ½ cup sugar and ¼ cup water in a deep pan and let the mixture boil. When one thread consistency is seen, switch off the stove. Then, add cardamom powder or rose water. Stir continuously and mix well.
Step 4: Assemble & make shahi tukda
Soak the bread pieces (fried) in the sugar syrup. Use a spoon to coat the bread slices nicely. Make sure the sugar syrup is warm or at room temperature when you coat the bread slices with it. Then arrange the sugar-coated bread slices gently on a serving plate and pour the rabri on the plate. Garnish with almonds and pistachios.
