The Paleo Recipe Book

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Indian Dessert Dishes - Shahi Tukre

Serves: 10-12
Preparation time: 20-25 minutes

Ingredients:

8 slices bread
4 cups milk
1/2 tin condensed milk
1 tbsp corn flour
1 tbsp chopped nuts
1 tsp cardamom powder
Oil/ghee or butter to fry

For syrup:
1 cup sugar
1 cup water

Method:

1. Make a paste of corn flour with some milk. Mix condensed milk with the rest of the milk.

2. Bring milk mixture to boil. Add corn flour paste. Cook stirring constantly until thick. Add cardamom powder.

3. Prepare syrup by boiling water and sugar together. Strain and keep aside.

4. Cut bread slices into two and deep fry in ghee till golden brown.

5. Immediately put the fried bread into sugar syrup. Dip for a minute. Remove from syrup, and arrange in a serving dish.

6. Top each piece of bread with 1 tbsp mixture of condensed milk and nuts.

7. Serve chilled.