Shahi Tukda

Shahi Tukda is a traditional sweet recipe which is prepared by frying the bread pieces in ghee and immersing it in a rabdi made of milk. This is a simple and best Indian dessert which everyone can easily try at your home.

This sweet dish is originated from the Nawabi cuisine. Today, shahu tukda is associated with most of the wedding parties, marriage receptions and diwali as the dessert. For preparing shahi Tukda, you have to shallow fry the bread pieces in ghee and then dip it in sugar syrup for 2 minutes. Then pour the rabdi over the toasted bread arranged in a plate.

Shahi tukda is a rich dessert. The quantity can be easily multiplied by increasing the bread and milk. When the toasted bread pieces are dunked in the sugar syrup, they become sweet and moist. The addition of rabdi, makes the bread to absorb it and becomes flavorful.

The word shahi means ‘Royal’ and tukda means ‘pieces’. Shahi tukda can be therefore called as Royal Indian Bread Pudding, which is a high caloried pudding. For a healthier version of recipe, you can brush ghee over the bread slices and toast it in oven for 6 minutes until the color of bread changes. Thus you can avoid the extra usage of ghee while frying.

You can make this dessert a day before and refrigerate it. The total preparation time is 10 minutes and the total cooking time is 50 minutes. While dipping the bread slices, the sugar syrup should be warm. If the sugar syrup had cooled down, you may reheat the same.

It is better to serve this Shahi tukda hot. Hot shahi tukda is more tastier than the cool one. You can choose your favorite dry fruits to garnish the Shahi Tukda. You can cut the shahi tukda into smaller pieces and serve.