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Shahi Tukre which is quite a popular sweet in North. Shahi Tukra is a rich bread pudding with dry fruits, flavored with cardamom.
Ingredients of Shahi Tukre:
Sandwich Bread - 6 slices
Milk-2 cups
Cream - 3/4 cup
Mava - 100 g
Sugar - 4 tbsp or as per taste
Cardamom - 6
Saffron- a pinch
Cashew Nuts - a handful
Rose Water - a few drops
Ghee for frying
For Garnishing:
Silver Leaf & some Rose Petals
Method of preparing Shahi Tukre:
Remove the crust from the bread & cut into long shapes. Fry the bread pieces in ghee till golden brown. Then arrange on a plate. Heat milk, add the sugar & saffron & a few drops of rose water. Let it become slightly thick. Now pour the milk on the arranged bread slices. Allow the bread to soak up the milk & then rearrange the bread pieces on a decorative plate. Heat 2 tsp of ghee & slightly fry the crumbled mava, cardamom powder & 2 tsp sugar. Spread the mava layer on the soaked bread pieces. To the cream, add rose water. Cover the mava with the cream layer & decorate with silver leaf, nuts & rose petals. Serve warm or cold.
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