If you are a dessert lover, the rich and creamy dish shahi tukda will steal your heart. It is a type of bread pudding, that originated in South Asia in the 1600s during the Mughal era. You will enjoy the royal feeling from every bite of shahi tukda. The meaning (literal translation) of Shahi Tukra is a royal piece or bite. We are here with two easy recipes of shahi tukda to help you try it at home.
Food value of the Shahi Tukda
The main ingredients of shahi tukda are ghee, sugar, milk, nuts, and bread. Each of these ingredients has great food value.
From 1 gram of ghee, you will find 14 grams of fat, 9 grams of saturated fat, 4 grams of monounsaturated fat, and 0.5 grams of polyunsaturated fat.
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Sugar is an excellent source of carbohydrates and energy that provides 4 calories per gram or 16 calories in a level teaspoon.
From 1 cup of whole milk, you will find calories 149 grams of, protein 8 grams of, and fat 8 grams of.
Nuts are enriched with many nutrients. You can get 173 calories, 5 grams of protein, and 16 grams of fat, including 9 grams of monounsaturated fat.
You will get high calories and carbs from bread. However, bread is low in protein, fat, fiber, and many vitamins and minerals.
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Mango Shahi Tukda Recipe
Ingredients
5 bread slices, 1/2 ml water, ½ cup mango puree, 2 crushed black cardamom, 3 cup milk, 1 handful cashews, one handful pistachios, 1/2 cup ghee, 1/2 cup sugar, 6 strand saffron, 2 pinches of powdered green cardamom, 1 handful almonds
Preparations:
Step 1: Prepare the Rabdi
First, take a deep pan and pour the milk into the pan. Boil the milk on medium heat. Keep continuing stirring with intervals to avoid the milk sticking to the bottom of the pan. If you want to prepare the rabdi within a short time, you can add 3 tablespoons of milk powder with the liquid milk. Adding milk power reduces the cooking time of rabri. Now add 1 tablespoon of homemade masala milk powder. You can skip this item and can add a pinch of crushed saffron and ¼ teaspoon of cardamom powder and the mango puree.
Continue cooking on medium-low heat until the milk reaches to one-third of its original volume and you can get the right consistency. Generally, it will 1 hour. However, the time will vary depending on the quality of the pan, the intensity of the flame, and the quality of the milk. Finally, add 2 to 2.5 tablespoons of sugar remove from the heat, and add 12 to 15 crushed saffron strands.
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Step 2: Fry bread slices
Take 6 regular-sized pieces of bread. Cut them into square, or triangle shapes. Now put 1 tablespoon of ghee in a pan. Fry the bread slices and toast them. Fry well on both sides. Fry as long as the pieces reach to golden brown color. Remove from the heat and put on paper towels to remove excess ghee.
Step 3: Prepare sugar syrup
Take ½ cup sugar and ¼ cup water in a deep pan and let the mixture boil. When one thread consistency is seen, switch off the stove. Then, add cardamom powder or rose water. Stir continuously and mix well.
