Shahi Tukda

Most popular Hyderabad sweet , served for all special occasions.   Very rich dessert & bit a time consuming process yet taste absolutely delicious.  

Ingredients :

1. Milk - 1 litre
2. Sugar  - 1/3 cup
3. 6 Saffron strands 
4. Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp
5. Bread slices - 7 slices ( a day old)
6. Ghee /  oil  for frying

To garnish :

1. Sliced almonds
2. Sliced pistachios
3. Chopped dates
4. Saffron strands
5. Cashew nuts 
6. Ghee - 1 tbsp

Method :

1.   Boil the milk over the low flame in a non-stick pan until it reaches 1/3rd of its consistency.  This will be thick like rabdi.  Add sugar, saffron strands & cardamom powder.  Refrigerate it.

2.   Now heat the oil / ghee in the pan and deep fry the bread slices.  (We can also shallow fry the bread slices using the ghee)

3.   Heat ghee in the pan, fry the nuts & keep aside.

To serve :

Arrange the toasted bread slices in the serving plate.  Pour some rabdi over the bread slices.  Garnish it with the roasted nuts & saffron.