Fruit Custard
Creamy Rich Eggless, Gelatin free Custard served chilled with fruits. It is a popular dessert from Indian cuisine made with Custard Powder and fresh fruits.
Equipment
- Heavy bottom Pan
- Ladle
- Measuring Spoons and Cups
- Knife to chop fruits
- Mixing Bowls
Ingredients
- 2¼+¼ Cup Milk
- 3 tbsp Custard powder check notes
- ¼ Cup Sugar or as required
- Mixed fresh fruits check notes
Instructions
Prepare fruits
- Chop fruits and refrigerate. Cover with cling film or a lid if preparing 2-3 hrs ahead of serving time.Mixed fresh fruits
Prepare Custard
- Keep 500ml / 2½ cup milk for boiling in any heavy bottomed pan. Let it come to boil. Keep ¼ Cup to make Custard powder slurry.2¼+¼ Cup Milk
- Take ¼ cup milk in a bowl to it add 3-4 Tbsp of custard powder to it and mix, make a lump free slurry.3 tbsp Custard powder
- Add to the boiling milk and stir it. Milk will start to thicken and this is your base custard. Take care that no lumps are formed.
- Lower flame and cook.
- When custard coats the back of ladle then it is ready. It will take about 5mins.
- Add sugar(about 1/4 cup or as required) to it and stir nicely. Keep on stirring, take care not to burn the milk at bottom.¼ Cup Sugar
- Once custard thickens to desired consistency, this will take another 2 minutes. Take off the pan from flame and transfer to a serving bowl to cool.
- To avoid skin getting formed on it, let the custard cool a bit and then cover the bowl with a lid or cling film.
- Refrigerate to chill for a couple of hours before serving.
Assemble Custard and Fruits
- Chop fruits cover and refrigerate. For serving, in individual serving bowls, put few spoonful of fruits and top it with chilled custard.
Notes
My favourite fruits to add in custard are banana, apple, grapes, mango, strawberries, pomegranate and orange. Check the main post for the tips to add fruits to custard.
Do not add chopped fruits to custard and keep for hrs. Custard becomes watery and taste is also affected.
When making for parties chop the fruits separately refrigerate and then add to custard before serving.
Keep the chopped fruits covered.
Add banana slices just before serving. Do not peel and slice banana before serving time.
Completely cool custard and then refrigerate till the time of serving.
When custard is cooling cover it with cling film or with a lid. Cooling ii without covering leads to a thick creamy layer formation on top which spoils the texture of the pudding if mixed.
You can sprinkle a tsp of sugar on fruits or mix 1-2 tsp of Orange Marmalade.
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