Shahi tukray or Shahi Tukda
This is a rich dessert made with bread fried in desi ghee until golden and crunchy then drenched in a thick milk mixture. I used a shortcut by mixing whole, evaporated, and condensed milk to achieve a similar taste quickly.
Servings: 8
Calories: 223kcal
Ingredients
- 8 slices bread
- 1/2 cup ghee or oil
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1 12 oz evaporated milk
- 2 tbsp condensed milk 4.5 oz
- 3 tbsp corn starch or vanilla custard
- 2 green cardamom optional
- 4-5 strands of saffron optional
- Pistachio for garnish
Instructions
- Cut bread into circles using a cookie cutter or any other circle. I used my mother in law's steel glass.
Fry Bread
- Heat half of the ghee in a pan, add 4 of the bread slices, and fry them over medium heat until they turn light golden from one side and then turn them around to keep cooking. Take them out on a serving dish.
- Add rest of the ghee and repeat the process.
Prepare Milk mixture
- Add 1 cup of whole milk, 1 can of evaporated milk, and 2 tbsp of condensed milk to a pan and cook for 10 minutes over medium heat. Add cardamom and saffron strands.
- Now slowly pour half of that milk over shahi tukray.
- Mix cornstarch with a little water and pour in the remaining milk, cook it until thickened. Let it cool down.
- Now pour this thickened custard over the bread, and garnish with chopped pistachios or any other nuts of your choice.
- Let it cool down for 3-4 hours and enjoy.
Video
Notes
If you don't like cardamom or saffron then you can skip it. Use vanilla extract instead.
Nuts are also optional you can add or leave them.
Nutrition
Calories: 223kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 34mg | Sodium: 151mg | Potassium: 110mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 64IU | Vitamin C: 0.3mg | Calcium: 89mg | Iron: 1mg