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Shahi Tukda, Indian and Turkish style

I ate Shahi Tukda for the first time in Rudaba aunty’s brothers wedding in Lucknow. It was fantastic! I think I ate about 3-4 servings of it.

Leyla, from Turkey, also made a similar dessert using Toast biscuits (the ones that you dip in tea).

For Indian recipe (Rudaba aunty):
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Ingredients:
white bread slices as many as you like,
oil for frying the bread,
sugar syrup,
Egg halwa or Condensed milk
Nuts

Deep fry the bread slices in oil and then soak them in sugar syrup. Arrange on plates. Top with egg halwa or condensed milk. Garnish with nuts.

Turkish recipe (Leyla):
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Ingredients:
toast biscuits,
sugar syrup,
whipped cream or vanilla pudding

Arrange one layer of biscuits in a tray. Pour hot (not boiling) sugar syrup over the biscuits. Let it soak and cool completely. Then serve with whipped cream and nuts. Or spread warm vanilla pudding over the layer. Let it set. Refrigerate. Garnish with nuts, cut into pieces and serve.

March 21st, 2006