I was introduced to custard way back in my childhood by my aunt who lived opposite us. She was an excellent cook, and I always looked forward to her homemade jams, jellies and fruit custard. She had lived in Africa for many years, and even brought back an OTG (Oven Toaster Grill) that dished out other amazing delights like eggless cookies etc that had us in awe way back in the ’80s, when baking at home was unheard of in most households. To cut a long story short, when I first started cooking, one of the many desserts was to make custard using Brown and Polson ready made mix. Today’s dish Cream Custard is an adaptation of the orignal fruit custard and uses any leftover fruits like theMango Custard with honey or the Fruit Chaat. This recipe uses cream and condensed milk in abundance, so much so it tastes almost like the Indian delight Rabdi. I hope you also would enjoy making this at home for a quick dessert as much as enjoyed this after a lazy Sunday brunch ! Top it wit vanilla / butter scotch ice cream, and you have a party winner at hand… Let’s get on to the recipe now..
Prep time : 20 mins. Cooking time : 20 mins. Chilling time : 45 – 60 mins. Serves : 4
Ingredients:
- Milk ( low fat) – 500 ml
- Condensed milk – 6 TBSP – 8 TBSP (adjust to taste)
- Sugar – 4 tsp (optional)
- Diced mixed fruits – 2 cups (I used apple,pineapple, pears, papaya)
- Fresh cream – 3 TBSP
- Vanilla Essence – 2 drops (opt.)
- Custard powder – 2 TBSP
Serving options:
With vanilla / butterscotch ice cream
Method :
1) In a bowl, mix the custard powder with 2 TBSP of milk into a slurry mixture.
2) Heat 500 ml of milk in a deep bottomed pan and add the custard mix to it. Boil on simmer for 5 – 9 mins till the custard thickens to required consistency.
3) Take off from fire and add sugar, condensed milk and mix well. Add vanilla essence and mix well. Chill for 30 mins.
4) Remove after 30 mins. Add the fresh cream, fruits to the custard mix and blend well. Chill again for an hour and whisk once before serving.
5) Serve chilled with a topping of vanilla ice cream and a cream wafer for any party.
Slurrpp. It is one of the tastiest and easiest desserts and i'm totally loving yours.
Superb!!!!!
Yummy ….looks colourful n delicious
U r killing me with my fav pudding,soo tempting..
Wowwww…. looks super delicious and tempting 🙂
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Slllllrrrrup..its a been a while i had this..
Yummy and delicious custard!
Wow this is our all time fav dessert…lusk yum…
Wow I love your idea of a dessert!
Delicious, yummy has me drooling.
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Delicious one, looks awesome.
my all time fav…dessert….
wow yummy and delicious … so tempting pictures kalyani ……. Happy tp follow u …..
One of my Fav desserts…….looks yummy.
Lovely recipe…looks so yummy…
yummy…one of my favorits
Fruit custard is an all time favorite dessert!
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one of my fav and easy desserts!
Custard is one of my fav comfort food..thanks for sharing..
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My all time fav. Can have this bowl everyday 🙂