Ghazak Mir Masood Shahi Tukray: Pakistan
Would you like to eat something very sweet... and shiny?
Then you should definitely try Shahi Tukray (Urdu for “Royal Pieces”).
Basically, it consists of bread slices fried and soaked in a mouth watering sweet and milky syrup. Yes, it may sound a little too heavy, but in fact is it
quite the opposite. This dessert originates from the Mughal Empire, which ruled
over India, Pakistan and Iran from around the 17th to 18th century. This was a
sweet treat that only the royal family had, so it was topped with something as
grand as the people enjoying it. A lot of things in the culture of those
regions today are influenced by the Mughals. This specific dessert is so
intriguing not only because of its taste, but specially because of what it's
topped with: real silver! Hence, the shimmer and shine. Shahi Tukray are
incomplete without sheets of real, edible silver on top. It’s a real royal treat!
Another plus to this dessert is that you can make it however you want for there
is no certain amount of every little ingredient that you must add; you can play
around with it according to your own taste buds. Get creative! Since this is
not an everyday snack, I would get excited when I would go to weddings because
I expected to find this delicious dessert there. I don't remember when I tried
it for the first time, but I do know that every time I have it, I want more.
It’s like a gust of sugar in your mouth, not the heavy, processed, chocolate-
like sugar, but pure heavenly sweetness. So do you want to know what silver
tastes like? Then try this simple, quick, and yummy dessert!THE RECIPE
· Ingredients
- 3 slices of white bread (or whatever kind of bread you prefer)
- 4 pieces of cardamom
- ½ teaspoon of yellow food colour
- 1 cup of sugar
- 12 almonds ( or as many as you prefer)
- 12 pistachios (or as many as you prefer)
- 1 tablespoon of crushed coconut powder
- 1 silver paper: Chandi ka wark
- ½ liter of milk
- 1 cup ghee (or cooking oil if you cannot find ghee)
· Procedure
1. Cut the bread slices diagonally
2. Heat the ghee(cooking oil)
3. Break the cardamoms in half and add to the warm ghee(cooking oil)
4. Fry the diagonally cut pieces of bread until golden brown
5. Place them on an absorbent kitchen towel
6. Add milk, sugar, yellow food colour, and 6 shredded almonds and 6 pistachios in the same pan that has the ghee(cooking oil) from before
7. Let it cook until it becomes thick, but not thick like a paste
8. Put the bread slices in this sauce that you just prepared and remove from the stove
9. Sprinkle the rest of the dry pistachios and shredded almonds onto the bread
10. Move everything into a serving tray and top it with chandi ka wark (silver paper) for a taste of royalty
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