Name: Toast for Kings (Shahi Tukri)
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 1 oz (30 g) shredded pistachio nuts (pista); A pinch of saffron (kesar); 3 ozs (85 g) khoa (dried fresh whole milk); 5 tablespoonfuls (double) cream or malai; 1 oz (30 g) shredded almonds (badam); 4 silver leaves—optional; 4 ozs (115 g) sugar; 6 green cardamoms (illaichi); 5 tablespoonfuls milk; 2 ozs (60 g) ghee; 6 slices of bread

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Mrs. Balbir Singh's Indian Cookery

By Mrs Balbir Singh

Published 1961

About

Shahi tukri is a toast cooked in milk, ghee and khoa (dried fresh whole milk). It becomes so delicious that it is hardly possible to discover its basis.

Ingredients

6 slices of bread
2 ozs (60 g) ghee

Asia
India
Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Cut rectangular pieces of bread and discard the hard crust. Fry them in the ghee till golden brown. Heat the milk and dissolve in it the saffron and sugar. Pour it over the browned slices of bread and allow them to soak for a few minutes.

In the meantime brown the khoa (dried fresh whole milk) lightly in the remaining ghee. Separate the milk from the toast, mix it with