SHAHI TUKRA

SHAHI TUKRA/TUKDA

Shahi Tukra also known as Double ka Meetha is an Indian sweet, an origin dessert of Hyderabad, Telangana. It is a bread pudding, Indian sweet, a complete royal affair of fried bread slices dipped in sugar syrup and poured over with sweet thickened milk or Rabri thus a combination of crunchy and silky texture. Shahi meaning royal and Tukra/tukda meaning a piece. Thus Shahi Tukra translates to royal piece of dessert. This delicious Mughlai dessert is the star at most iftar gatherings, parties & celebrations. It is served as an after meal dessert.

Tips to make a great Shahi Tukra:

1. Bread: you can use any kind of bread but it tastes best with white bread. You can also use multigrain bread for the additional nuttiness.
2. Ghee: I prefer to use ghee or clarified butter instead of oil as oil doesn’t taste good compared to the richness of ghee.
3. Sweet thickened milk or Rabri: this is the most tiring step which needs to be continuously looked at. It mainly requires milk and sugar but I prefer to add crushed dry fruits (I used almonds, walnuts and pistachios) to it while cooking it too.

Make the Shahi Tukra for a festive occasion in the authentic way given below:

Ingredients:

6 slices of bread

3/4th cup ghee

For simple sugar syrup

3 spoons sugar

1/2 cup water

Rose water (optional)

For Rabri

2 cups milk

3-4 spoons sugar

Saffron threads (optional)

10-12 crushed dry fruits (almonds, walnuts, pistachios)

For garnishing

20-25 toasted and crushed dry fruits

Recipe 

1. For frying the bread:

    -   Cut the corners of the bread and you can chose to toast/fry by either of the options given below;

       A. Apply ghee on both the sides of the bread and toast it in a pan or in air fryer till it turns golden brown.

OR

       B. Deep fry the bread pieces in ghee on medium flame till it turns golden brown.

1. Rabri:

    -  Bring milk to a boil in a wide pot on low-medium flame for about 4-5 minutes.

• Add sugar to it and let it become half of its quantity. Keep stirring continuously till it gets thickened.
• Add crushed dry fruits to it to enhance its flavour. We can also add few threads of saffron to it (which I forgot to add).
• Keep it aside and let it cool to room temperature.

1. Sugar syrup (Chashani):

   -    Mix water and sugar in a pan and bring it to 1-string consistency which means that it must become a little thicker.

• Add rose water to it for flavour.

• Dip the fried bread pieces in sugar syrup to make it a little softer.
• Keep the on a serving plate
• Top it with Rabri
• Garnish it with crushed dry fruits.

Enjoy and keep showering your love!