By: Unnikrishann
Shahi Tukre
It is a Mughlai dessert made with ghee fried bread, thickened sweetened milk, saffron and nuts.
Ingredients:
- White bread pieces – 15 nos.
- Condensed milk – 1 Tin
- Cashew nuts – cup
- Milk – 2 cup
- Fresh cream – 1 Tin
- Cardamom – crushed 3 pods
- Rose water – tea spoon
- Ghee – for shallow frying bread pieces
- Sugar – 1 cup
- Water – 1 cup
- Crushed nuts – for garnishing
Preparation Method
- Soak cashew nuts in one cup of milk for 1-2 hours. Mix sugar and water, boil till thick syrup forms. Add rose water and keep shallow fry bread pieces till the edges are golden brown. Drain on paper towels. To the soaked nuts, add one cup of milk and grind to a fine paste in a blender. Add half cup of condensed milk to mixture. Cook in a thick bottomed plan with constant stirring till the mixture thickens (takes 5-8 minutes). Add crushed cardamom, cool in a bowl, mix remaining condensed milk half-cup fresh cream and one crushed pod of cardamom. Dip bread slices in sugar syrup quickly and arrange 5 pieces on plate, top with the nuts plus milk mixture, cover with bread and repeat layering till the bread pieces are over. Drizzle the cream plus milk mixture on top and decorate with crushed nuts mixture. Chill and serve.