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Pakistani

Shahi tukray

Fried bread soaked in sweet cardamom milk.

  • 45minutes
  • 6servings
  • 373kcal each
  • 9gprotein
  • Dessert
  • Guest ready
  • Vegetarian
Shahi tukray

Ingredients

For 6 servings.

  • Bread 8 slices
  • Milk 750 ml
  • Sugar 120 g
  • Ghee 4 tbsp
  • Cardamom 1 tsp
  • Almonds 30 g

What you will need

Heavy pot for rabri, Frying pan, Serving dish, Knife and board

Method

  1. 1

    Reduce the milk 25 min

    Boil the milk in the heavy pot, then lower the heat and simmer, stirring and scraping the sides every few minutes.

    Ready when: Milk has reduced to about half and looks creamy.

  2. 2

    Sweeten the rabri 5 min

    Add the sugar, cardamom and saffron and cook 5 more minutes. Turn off the heat.

    Ready when: Sugar has dissolved.

  3. 3

    Prepare the bread 3 min

    Cut off the crusts and cut each slice into two triangles.

    Ready when: Neat triangles.

  4. 4

    Fry the bread 6 min

    Heat the ghee on medium and fry the triangles on both sides.

    Ready when: Golden and crisp on both sides.

  5. 5

    Soak and garnish 3 min

    Arrange the bread in the dish and pour the warm rabri over it. Scatter chopped almonds. Serve warm or chilled.

    Ready when: Bread has soaked up the milk but still holds its shape.

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