Shahi Tukda
Ingredients
- Purabi milk- 1 liter
- Bread slices/ raisin toast- 6/8
- Condensed milk- 400/500 grams
- Cardamom- 3/4 (finely crushed)
- Raisins- about a cup
- Purabi ghee- for deep frying
- Almond slivers/ flakes – 1/4 cup
Method
- Mix milk and condensed milk in a thick-bottomed pan and boil until it reduces to half of its original volume.
- Stir frequently to prevent from burning.
- Once done add cardamom and stirr
- Remove from heat.
- Cut the crusts off from the slices of bread/raisin toast and quarter the slices.
- Heat ghee on a medium flame and deep fry the bread pieces till they become crisp and golden.
- Drain them on paper towels.
- In the same ghee, sauté the raisins till they puff up. Remove from ghee and drain well on paper towels.
- Now take a flat serving dish and put a layer of bread pieces at the bottom and top them with the thickened milk mixture.
- Keep adding layers of bread and the milk mixture alternating as you go, till all the bread and milk mixture is used up.
- Now garnish the dish with the raisins and almond slivers or flakes, chill for an hour and serve.
Tips: This dish can be served as warm or chilled according to wish. For more royal flavour add a pinch of saffron.
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