Shahi Tukra (Punjabi Khana) Recipe

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 4 bread slices
• oil for deep-frying
• almond (badam) slivers
• a few strands of saffron (kesar) strands

Steps

1. Dissolve the sugar in ¾ cup of water and simmer on a low flame till you get a one string consistency. Keep the sugar syrup aside.
2. Cut each bread slices into 4 triangles.
3. Heat the oil in a kadhai and deep-fry the bread triangles till golden brown. Drain and soak in the sugar syrup for 2 minutes.
4. Drain again and keep aside.
5. To serve, pour the warm rabadi over the top ensuring that the toast pieces are evenly covered with the rabadi.
6. Refrigerate for atleast an hour.
7. Serve chilled garnished with the almonds, pistachios and saffron.