Ramazan 2025: 7 Steps To Make Shahi Tukda At Home For Iftar

By Yashika Goel
03 Mar 2025, 17:00 IST

Are you looking for delicious dessert for Iftar? Shahi Tukda is a traditional Indian Pakistani dessert prepared with milk, bread, sugar, and spices. Tap to read the recipe!

Ingredients

6-10 slices of bread, one litre of milk, one cup of sugar, one-fourth teaspoon of ground cardamom, one-fourth teaspoon of ground cinnamon, one tablespoon of unsalted butter, one tablespoon of chopped almonds or pistachios, ghee, saffron strands, and a teaspoon of rose essence.

Prepare bread slices

Cut the edges of bread slices and slice them into triangles. Toast the bread slices in ghee from both sides until golden brown.

Prepare sugar syrup

Take a saucepan and add sugar with water. Let the syrup boil on medium flame until it starts to thicken.

Prepare rabri or milk syrup

Boil milk until it is reduced to half. Add sugar, cardamom powder, rose essence, and saffron to it. Stir the milk until it starts to thicken.

Soak in sugar syrup

Take the fried bread slices and soak them in sugar syrup for one minute. Put the soaked bread slices on a plate.

Assemble the shahi tukda

Create a layer of fried bread slices and pour the prepared rabri mixture over it. Coat the bread slices nicely.

Garnish and serve

Garnish the shahi tukda with chopped almonds and pistachios on top. Add a few rose petals and serve it warm. You can also refrigerate it for 2-3 hours and enjoy it chilled.

Information credits

This recipe is taken from chef Ranveer Brar’s official website, @ranveerbrar.com.