Easy Shahi Tukda (Bread Toast Sweet Delicacy)

Shahi Tukda is a popular Hyderabadi special sweet. It is a royal treat to the taste buds at any time. To make this sweet in Authentic style, bread pieces are deep fried in ghee until crispy and topped with creamy rabdi. In this recipe, we use Rusk pieces, so that the level of calorie is reduced. The simple and easy to prepare dessert and sweet has a nice flavor of saffron and cardamom and tastes delicious either warm or chilled.

Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 1 hour
Number of servings: 5-6 persons

Ingredients


Bread Toast/Rusk - 6
Milk - 1 cup
Chopped Nuts (Almonds, Cashew nuts, Raisins)
A few Cardamom pods
A pinch of Saffron
Sugar syrup - 1/2 cup


Method

1. Boil the milk until it reduces in quantity and thickens. Remove seeds from cardamom pods, pound it & add to the boiling milk.



2. Add a pinch of saffron. Once the milk has reduced and thickened, turn off the stove and let it cool.



3. Soak rusk/toast pieces in sugar syrup for about a minute till they absorb it.



4. After they absorb the syrup, remove and place them on a plate.



5. Sprinkle mixed nuts over the rusk/toast and then pour the thickened milk over them.



6. Refrigerate for an hour and serve it cold.








Tip:

In this recipe, we use Rusk pieces, to avoid the usage of ghee so that the level of calorie is reduced. You can use ghee toasted bread pieces too if you wish to.