{"id":8786,"date":"2013-08-01T16:03:21","date_gmt":"2013-08-01T10:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/?p=8786"},"modified":"2014-07-19T12:12:09","modified_gmt":"2014-07-19T06:42:09","slug":"shahi-tukda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/food\/shahi-tukda","title":{"rendered":"Shahi Tukda Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_8814\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8814\" style=\"width: 665px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/food\/shahi-tukda\/attachment\/shahi-tukda\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8814\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-my-custom-thumb wp-image-8814\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/ci-moi-images\/my-india\/Shahi-Tukda-665x443.jpg\" alt=\"Shahi Tukda\" width=\"665\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/ci-moi-images\/my-india\/Shahi-Tukda-665x443.jpg 665w, https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/ci-moi-images\/my-india\/Shahi-Tukda-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/ci-moi-images\/my-india\/Shahi-Tukda.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8814\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shahi Tukda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This could easily find a place in a traditional raja&#8217;s and maharaja&#8217;s thali, everything about Shahi Tukda from its name to sweetness to rich toppings is <em>shahi<\/em>, i.e., royal. This dessert is a pure indulgence with the bread used being fried in desi ghee, dipped in sugar syrup and topped with thick reduced milk and slivers of dry fruits. Shahi Tukda is a perfect recipe for special occasions like birthdays and wedding ceremonies or big Indian festivals like Diwali and Id which call for flavours of royalties. Howsoever royal the dish may be, it is not too difficult to prepare and can be easily made in your own kitchen with basic ingredients. This recipe of Shahi Tukda is easy to follow. So get ready to indulge in this rich dessert and to make your special occasions even more special.<\/p>\n<h2>Ingredients needed for\u00a0Shahi Tukda<\/h2>\n<p>Bread slices &#8211; 4<\/p>\n<p>Ghee for frying<\/p>\n<p>Full cream milk &#8211; 1 lt<\/p>\n<p>Sugar &#8211; 1\/4 cup and 1\/2 cup<\/p>\n<p>Water &#8211; 1 cup<\/p>\n<p>Saffron &#8211; few strands<\/p>\n<p>Slivers of almonds and pistachios to garnish<\/p>\n<h2>How to make Shahi Tukda Recipe<\/h2>\n<p>Remove the corners of the bread slices and cut them diagonally.<\/p>\n<p>Deep fry in ghee till golden brown.<\/p>\n<p>Heat milk and saffron in a heavy bottom pan.<\/p>\n<p>Heat till is reduced to half.<\/p>\n<p>Add sugar and heat for a minute.<\/p>\n<p>Heat sugar and water in a pan.<\/p>\n<p>Cook for 10 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Soak the bread slices in sugar syrup.<\/p>\n<p>Top with reduced milk.<\/p>\n<p>Garnish with almonds and pistachios.<\/p>\n<p>Let it rest for 5 minutes before serving.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This could easily find a place in a traditional raja&#8217;s and maharaja&#8217;s thali, everything about Shahi Tukda from its name to sweetness to rich toppings is shahi, i.e., royal. This dessert is a pure indulgence with the bread used being fried in desi ghee, dipped in sugar syrup and topped with thick reduced milk and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":156,"featured_media":8814,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3512,3513,62,3482,3487],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8786","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-desserts-and-sweets","8":"category-festival-and-celebration-cuisines","9":"category-food","10":"category-vegetarian","11":"category-north-indian"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/156"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8786"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29294,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8786\/revisions\/29294"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/my-india\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}