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Shahi Tukda | Indian bread pudding dessert | Hyderabadi Double Ka Meetha | Mughlai Sweet.
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Shahi Tukda | Double Ka Meetha | Indian Bread Pudding

Shahi Tukda is a popular, rich, and festive Indian-style bread pudding prepared using milk, sugar, and bread as its main ingredients. This is a dessert that originated during the Mughal era and is also known as shahi tukra or double ka meetha.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Course: Desserts, sweets
Cuisine: Indian
Diet: Vegetarian
Servings: 8
Calories: 294kcal
Author: Kushi

Equipment

Ingredients

For rabdi (rabri)

  • 4 tablespoon Sugar
  • 3 to 4 Cardamom pods
  • 20 Cashews
  • 15 to 20 Saffron strands kesar
  • 4 cups Milk divided, 1 litre

For sugar syrup

  • ½ cup Sugar
  • ½ cup Water
  • 8 to 10 Saffron strands

Toast bread slices

  • 8 Bread slices
  • ¼ cup Ghee as needed

Garnish

  • Pistachios chopped
  • Saffron optional

Instructions

Making of rabdi (rabri)

  • In a mixie jar or blender, add sugar and cardamom and blend to smooth powder.
    4 tablespoon Sugar, 3 to 4 Cardamom pods
  • To this, add cashews, saffron, ¼ cup milk, and blend it to a smooth paste.
    20 Cashews, 15 to 20 Saffron strands
  • In a pot or pan on a medium flame, add all the remaining milk and cashew paste and mix well.
    4 cups Milk
  • Simmer and let it reduce to half. Keep stirring, scrape the sides, and put it back into the mixture.
  • This may take about 20 to 25 minutes. Switch off the flame. Keep this aside.

Making of sugar syrup

  • Add sugar, water, and saffron strands. Bring to a boil and simmer until the mixture reaches one-string consistency.
    ½ cup Sugar, ½ cup Water, 8 to 10 Saffron strands

Toast the bread

  • Remove the brown edges and cut the bread slices diagonally into triangles.
    8 Bread slices
  • You can deep fry them in ghee. I smeared each slice with ghee and toasted it in tava (skillet) on both sides until crisp and golden brown.
    ¼ cup Ghee

Making of the bread pudding (shahi tukra)

  • Dip each toasted bread slices in sugar syrup and arrange them on a serving plate.
  • Just before you are ready to serve, pour the rabri (rabdi) as needed and garnish it with pistachios and saffron.
    Pistachios, Saffron
  • Serve shahi tukda warm or chilled. When not serving, rabdi can be kept in the refrigerator.

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Notes

  • To make the rabdi (rabri) instead of cashews, soaked and peeled almonds, condensed milk, or heavy cream can also be used.

Nutrition

Calories: 294kcal | Carbohydrates: 39g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 29mg | Sodium: 181mg | Potassium: 258mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 26g | Vitamin A: 199IU | Vitamin C: 0.3mg | Calcium: 190mg | Iron: 1mg