Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Shahi Tukda Recipe | How To Make Shahi Tukda?


Shahi Tukda is a rich and creamy Indian dessert, where fried bread pieces are dipped in cardamom flavored milk syrup, layered and finished off with some crushed almonds, cashews and pistachios. Check out the step by step pictures for the full detailed recipe.


Shahi Tukda is a rich and creamy Indian dessert, where fried bread pieces are dipped in cardamom flavored milk syrup, layered and finished off with some crushed almonds, cashews and pistachios.


Diwali festivities has officially begun, and it's the nationwide excuse to indulge in the delicious treats of this season. Shahi Tukda is a perfect dessert to celebrate Diwali or any other occasion, cook it up as an after-meal dessert at home and enjoy. Be it adult or kid, no-one can resist this irresistibly rich yet light simple dessert.

Shahi Tukda is a traditional dessert from the royal city of Hyderabad. It's a perfect fall season dessert with rich flavors and takes less than 20 minutes to prepare! A favorite at holidays and a treat to serve your guests for any get together you are throwing or any special occasion for your family

Shahi Tukda is one is the easiest dessert which any beginner can try and enjoy. It has a beautiful aroma and is quite hard to resist. This dessert is made with 5 main ingredients milk, sugar, bread, nuts and cardamom. The flavor of this dessert comes from cardamom. You can also add pinch of saffron or a tablespoon of rose essence to the syrup.


Shahi Tukda is a traditional dessert from the royal city of Hyderabad. It's a perfect fall season dessert with rich flavors and takes less than 20 minutes to prepare!



Some people like their Shahi Tukda crisp but some people like it really soft. I usually like the soft version so i skip making the sugar syrup, but, if you are someone who like a nice crunch, then you can make a sugar syrup alternatively and dunk the toasted breads into it, for around 20-30 seconds.

I started with making flavored thickened milk syrup (rabri) by simmering the full cream milk on the stove and flavored it with cardamom and rose essence, and, the end result was far better than what i thought. Everyone in my family just loved it. You can also use condensed milk or milk powder but I prefer making the rabri with full cream milk.

Toast or deep-fry the bread pieces in a clarified butter, dip them into the prepared thickened milk syrup and arrange them on a serving plate. Sprinkle some nuts on top. Freeze for 30 minutes, then serve.


HOW TO MAKE SHAHI TUKDA (STEP BY STEP)


1. Boil 4 cups of milk in a saucepan. Once it's boiled, add sugar, cardamom and rose essence for flavor and mix it well. Add in the dry fruits, and stir continuously till the mixture started to reduce and thickened. Turn off the flame.



Boil milk in a pan. Add sugar, dry-fruits, cardamom and rose essence for flavoring and mix it well. Stir continuously till the mixture started to thickens.


2. Cut 6 bread slices into diagonal shape. Heat one tablespoon of butter in a non-stick skillet over medium heat. Cook the bread from both the sides till it becomes golden brown.


Toast or deep-fry the bread slices in clarified butter.


3. Dip the the bread toasts into the prepared thickened milk syrup and arrange them on a serving plate. Sprinkle some dry-fruits on top. Freeze for 30 minutes, then serve.


Dip the the bread toasts into the prepared thickened milk syrup and arrange them on a serving plate. Sprinkle some dry-fruits on top and serve.



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SHAHI TUKDA RECIPE



Yield: 4 Servings
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 20-30 minutes
Author: The Food Root

Ingredients

6 Freshly Baked White Bread Slices, Purchased or Homemade
4 cups Full cream Milk or Condensed Milk
1/2 cup Sugar
1 tablespoon Rose essence (optional)
5 tablespoon Butter, room temperature
5-6 Cardamom pods, crushed
5-6 Almonds, sliced
5-6 Pistachios, chopped
Chopped mixed nuts for garnishing

Method

1. Heat milk in a non-stick pan. Stir and bring it to boil till it reduces half of its quantity. Add sugar, cardamom pods and rose essence for flavor and mix it well. Add in the crushed pistachios and almonds, and, stir occasionally to avoid milk sticking to the pan. Once it's reduced and thickened, turn off the flame and let it cool down to the room temperature.

2. Remove the edges of the bread with the knife and cut them into diagonal shape. Heat one tablespoon of butter in a non-stick skillet over medium low heat. Place the bread and cook it from the both the sides till it becomes crisp and golden brown.

3. Dip each crispy bread piece into the prepared thickened milk syrup for about 20 seconds and arrange them into the serving plate.

4. Pour the remaining milk syrup over the pudding. Sprinkle some pistachios and cashews over it. Freeze for 30 minutes, then serve.

Notes

1. Add sugar as per your taste.
2. For more flavoring, you may add a pinch of saffron to the milk syrup.
3. Instead of soaking the balls in sugar syrup, they are soaked in thickened milk syrup.
4. You can serve it warm or refrigerate it for later.

23 comments:

  1. Nicely written article with step by step pictures also �� this blog posts seems to be the crash course if anyone want to be cook, author is also creative at writing.

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  2. I've never heard of this before, but it sounds delicious! It seems like something my whole family would enjoy. We all love almost anything with bread!

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    1. Thank you Stephanie! Hope you enjoy this recipe as much as I do!;)

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  3. I really appreciate a step by step guide with pictures. It makes it so much easier when I'm trying a new recipe! This looks so flavorful and delicious!

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    1. Thank you Christa! Indeed, it’s a very easy dessert recipe, do try it and let me know!

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  4. this recipe looks delicious. I have never heard of Shahi before so I have to try this

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  5. So interesting that they are frozen and not baked or fried. Love the pictures you included!

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    1. Coming from photographer like you is a huge compliment. :)

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  6. I haven't heard of Shahi Tukda but it sounds good. I like the ingredients except pistachios. Guess I could leave off my half. Thanks for sharing your recipe.

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    1. Thank you Easter! Well you can substitute pistachios with almonds or cashews. You can also add cardamom, rose essence and saffron to enhance the flavour. Shahi Tukda is a very simple dessert made with thinckened milk. I’m sure if you follow the step by step instructions you can definitely make it for yourself or your family!

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  7. Not bad, it really looks yummy. Kabhi Hume bhi amake khilao

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  8. Wow, I've never heard of this before but it looks so good! I could definitely see myself eating this <3

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    1. Then do make this delicious dessert and let me know.. :)

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  9. OH I had never heard of this but I think my husband would really enjoy it. Going to send him this!

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  10. I've never heard of this dish before, but it does look so delicious. I can't wait to try it.

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  11. This is good for me! I am a beginner and I can follow this recipe easily. Plus it looks delicious. Thanks for sharing this!

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  12. I have never seen this dish before! Anything with cardamon and nuts is tasty to me!

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  13. That looks easy enough! I would love to try Shahi Tukda.

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  14. i have never heard of this dish before. I hope it is one you really like!

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  15. I have never heard of this. Sounds good though. I may have to try it. Thank you for sharing

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  16. its a very good recipe of shahi tukda...n if anyone wants to make it healthy..just bake the bread n put little ghee n brush it with sugar syrup n put rabri n nuts on top...this will help ......simple. .healthy shahi tukda is ready..enjoy

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  17. Great step by step instructions! I can't wait to try this! Thank you!!

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  18. Beautiful concept this looks delicious

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