The Mughals’ “Shahi” Dessert

Ingredients:

Bread                                                                                      4 slices

Milk                                                                                          1 litre

Sugar                                                                                       ¾ cup

Orange food color                                                              ½ teaspoon

Cinnamon powder                                                             ½ teaspoon

Pistachios (chopped)                                                        2 tablespoon

Almonds (chopped)                                                          2 tablespoon

Oil                                                                                             for deep frying

Cream (Optional)                                                               1 packet

Method:

Heat the oil on a stove. Cut the brown part of the bread apart from the bread slices. Now cut the slices diagonally and deep fry until golden brown. Now keep it aside.

In another pan, boil the milk and keep the boiled layer which appears over the milk aside towards the sides of the pan. Keep it doing until the milk reduces to half of the original quantity. Now add the castor sugar slowly by sprinkling onto the top. Mix it slowly until all the sugar dissolves. Add the orange food color and cinnamon powder into it. Now add the slices into it by spreading all the slices. Cook it for another 1-2 minutes until the slices absorb most of the milk. Take it out on a flatten dish. Garnish it with almonds and pistachios.

To add more “Shahiness”, serve it with cream… J