Hyderabadi Shahi Tukda: Treat From The Royal Kitchens
By Aanchal Mathur
A popular Mughlai dessert, Shahi Tukda is most popular in Hyderabad and is also known as Double Ka Meetha.
Ingredients
5 bread slices3 ½ cup of milk½ cup milk powder¾ cup sugar1 cup ghee1 green cardamomA pinch of saffron½ tsp kewra essence3-4 cashews4 almonds8 pistachios
Slice each bread slice into half to form triangular slices, and cut their edges off.
Bring milk to a boil in a pot. Keep the flame on medium, once boiled add ¼ cup sugar and milk powder.
Cook the milk on low medium flame until it reduces to a thick consistency like that of rabri.
Now add ½ cup of sugar to a pan with ½ cup water. Add cardamom and saffron to it, bring to boil and let it simmer for 3-4 minutes. Switch off the flame.
Now heat ghee in a wok and fry bread pieces in it till golden brown.
Chop the nuts to a coarse mixture and add it to the milk mix along with kewraPlace the bread pieces on a plate and pour the rabri all ove it. Top with nuts and serve.