Shahi Tukda - Royal Bread Pudding

Shahi Tukda

Shahi Tukda or Bread Pudding fit for a king, is a popular and festive dessert in Mughlai cuisine. Toast points, fried in butter or ghee until golden brown, are soaked in simple syrup, dipped in thickened milk (rabri) that is flavoured with cardamom and saffron and garnished with sliced almonds.

To simplify life and to cut down on sugar consumption, the step to soak the pieces of bread in simple syrup is eliminated. Also, making rabri is a very tedious process and to simplify that step, evaporated milk is mixed with Gits Kulfi mix which is already flavoured with cardamom and saffron.

Made with just five ingredients in less than 15 minutes, this dessert is delicious!

Ingredients

3 slices multi-grain bread

1 pkg. Gits Kulfi mix

1 (4 oz.) can evaporated milk

3 Tbsp. ghee or butter

2 Tbsp. sliced almonds

Directions

1. Cut each bread slice diagonally into four triangles.
2. Heat evaporated milk, combine with kulfi mix and simmer for 2 minutes.
3. Melt butter in a cast iron skillet and toast bread until golden brown.
4. Dip each toast point into flavoured milk, turning once or twice and arrange on a serving dish.
5. Pour residual milk over toast points and garnish with sliced almonds.

Serve hot or chilled.