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A luxurious Kashmiri dessert featuring a medley of fried dry fruits and paneer, all simmered in a fragrant, spiced sugar syrup. This traditional delicacy is a true celebration of rich flavors and textures, perfect for festive occasions.
Prepare and Fry the Core Ingredients
Create the Spiced Sugar Syrup
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A luxurious Kashmiri dessert featuring a medley of fried dry fruits and paneer, all simmered in a fragrant, spiced sugar syrup. This traditional delicacy is a true celebration of rich flavors and textures, perfect for festive occasions.
This kashmiri recipe takes 45 minutes to prepare and yields 6 servings. At 550.19 calories per serving with 9.98g of protein, it's a moderately challenging recipe perfect for dessert.
Combine and Finish the Shufta
Rest and Serve
Incorporate other dry fruits like dried apricots (khubani), pistachios, or dried figs (anjeer) for varied textures and flavors.
Replace paneer with firm tofu (pressed and cubed) and use coconut oil instead of ghee. The flavor profile will be different but still delicious.
You can adjust the amount of black pepper and ginger powder to make it more or less pungent according to your preference. A pinch of nutmeg can also be a nice addition.
The combination of ghee, sugar, and dried fruits provides a quick and substantial energy boost, making it a traditional food for cold climates and festive occasions.
Nuts like almonds and walnuts provide heart-healthy monounsaturated fats, while paneer is an excellent source of protein, contributing to satiety and muscle maintenance.
The spices used, such as dry ginger (sonth), black pepper, and cinnamon, are known in Ayurveda for their warming properties, which can help improve circulation and digestion, especially in winter.
Shufta is a traditional, rich dessert from Kashmiri cuisine. It's made by frying a variety of dry fruits, nuts, and paneer in ghee and then simmering them in a sweet, aromatic syrup spiced with ginger, pepper, and cinnamon.
One serving of Shufta (about 1/2 cup or 135g) contains approximately 450-550 calories. It is a calorie-dense dessert due to the high content of ghee, sugar, nuts, and paneer.
Shufta is a rich, indulgent dessert best enjoyed in moderation. While it contains healthy fats, protein, and minerals from nuts and paneer, it is also high in sugar and saturated fat from ghee. It's traditionally consumed in cold weather for its warming and energy-giving properties.
This usually happens if the sugar syrup is overcooked. You should only simmer the syrup until it's sticky, not until it reaches a one-string or two-string consistency. Overcooking the syrup causes it to crystallize and harden upon cooling.
Yes, you can make Shufta without paneer. The dessert will still be delicious, focusing solely on the rich flavors of the nuts and dried fruits. Simply skip the paneer frying step.
Store any leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator. It will stay fresh for up to one week. You can serve it cold or gently reheat it in a pan or microwave before serving.