Desserts and Sweets Recipes - Shahi Turki

Ingredients

• 12 slices white bread

• 60ml/4 tbsp ghee

• 600ml/1 pt milk

• 5ml/1 tsp cardamom seeds

• 225g/8 oz sugar

• 2.5ml/1/2 tsp ground saffron

• 225g/8 oz khoya

• 10ml/2 tsp vanilla essence (extract)

• 25g/1 oz blanched almonds, chopped

• 15ml/1 tbsp chopped pistachios

• 4 glace cherries, chopped

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Method:

1. Cut the crusts off the bread and cut the slice into squares. Fry on the ghee until golden. Remove from the pan. Boil the milk with the cardamom seeds, sugar and saffron until the sugar has dissolved.

2. Add the fried bread to the milk and leave to soak for a few minutes. Remove the bread with a slotted spoon. Mix the khoya in to the milk and heat gently for 5 minutes.

3. Add the bread slices and continue to cook, stirring, until the mixture thickens, turning the slices over a few times. Add the vanilla essence then remove from the heat and leave to cool a little.

4. Spread carefully into a greased baking dish and sprinkle with the nuts and cherries. Leave to cool then cut into squares to serve.