Shahi Tukda / Bread Rasmalai

Around midweek ...Wednesdays, Thursdays, one thought crosses my mind.... What special shall I cook for this weekend?  Sometimes, I go through my blog's older posts just to see what is my blog missing.  Its a win win.  We get to try new delicacies to satiate our taste buds and my blog gets a new post.  Turns out today is the turn for Shahi Tukda which is also called as Double ka Meetha.  Recently, I found out another name for this dessert - Bread Rasmalai where the bread slices are round in shape.

Ingredients:
Bread Slices - 3
Whole Milk - 4 cups
Sugar - 1/4 cup + 1 tbsp
Almonds, Pistachios - 4 each
Green Cardamom/Elaichi - 2 pods
Saffron/Kesar - few strands
Ghee/Clarified Butter - 3 tbsp

How to make Shahi Tukda or Double ka Meetha:

• Discard the sides of the bread slices and cut each one into 2 triangular pieces or any desired shape. You can cut out round circles with a cookie cutter as well. Heat about 3 tbsp ghee in a pan. Fry the bread pieces until golden brown and crisp. Add more ghee if required. Let the fried bread cool.
• Crush cardamom seeds and saffron in a mortar pestle to a fine powder. Chop almonds, pistachios and any other nuts of your choice.
• Heat milk in a thick bottom vessel, keep stirring after every few minutes. When milk is reduced to half, add ground cardamom, saffron and 1 tbsp sugar. Add more or less sugar to suit your taste. Continue cooking till sugar dissolves and milk turns creamy. Keep this sweetened milk aside.
• To save some time, you can use store bought Sweetened Condensed Milk and dilute it with milk, until you get the desired consistency and sweetness.
• Now preparing the sugar syrup for fried bread.  Heat 1/2 cup water and 1/4 cup sugar in a vessel. Cook till sugar melts and the syrup turns slightly sticky. After the syrup cools down, dip the fried bread in it. Coat the bread slices well and arrange them on a serving platter. Hot fried bread and hot sugar syrup is not good for this recipe, bread will turn soggy. 
• Pour the sweetened milk on the bread slices. Garnish with chopped nuts and refrigerate for about an hour or so.  Enjoy chilled Double ka Meetha.