Thursday, October 18, 2007

D*..Shahi Tukda/Sweet bread & Rabri

Ingredients:
Bread 5 slices
Ghee for frying as required
Thick rabri 100 gm
Silver leaf (optional) 1 sheet
Almonds/cashewnuts/pistachio(thinly sliced) for garnish
For Syrup
Sugar 100 gm
Water 50 ml.
Cardamom powder one pinch
Saffron (dissolved in 1tsp hot water) 1 Pinch


Method:
1. Remove crust from the bread and cut them each in four triangular pieces.
2. Heat ghee in a frying pan and fry the bread slices, one at a time on both sides till they get golden brown.
3. Make a thick sugar syrup by boiling the listed ingredients for syrup.
4. Soak bread slices in the sugar syrup for 5 minutes.
5. Arrange the slices on a platter and top it with rabdi.

Garnish with silver leaf and nuts. Refrigerate and serve cold.

(Note: Rabri, which is reduced milk, and Silver leaf are available at Indian grocery stores. If Rabri is not available, then please follow the basundi recipe in the kheer section)

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