Bread Pudding With Custard
A home-style Kerala dish made with care and the kind of spice knowledge that comes from watching someone else cook it a hundred times. Each step matters, and the result is worth the effort.
Ingredientsfor 4 servings
- 6 nos Bread slices cut the edges
- 2 litre Milk
- 2 nos Eggs
- 6 tbsp Sugar
- 10 nos Cashewnuts
- 1 tsp Vanilla essence
- 7 tbsp Sugar
- 200 ml Water
Preparation
Step 1
Beat the eggs along with milk and sugar.
Step 2
Get 1 liter of this beaten milk mixture in a bowl and mix the bread in it very well.
Step 3
To prepare the caramel, put the sugar in a heavy based saucepan and heat. When it gets melted properly and becomes brownish (see to that it is not getting burnt ) pour water and stir it continously. When it reaches a medium consistency, switch off the stove.
Step 4
Pour this caramel mixture into a greased bowl now pour the bread mixture carefully,put cashewnuts also in it,then steam this for 20 to 25 minutes, until it is cooked.
Step 5
Get a heavybased saucepan and pour the other half of the beaten milk mixture.
Step 6
Stir it on a very low flame for 20 minutes, until this milk becomes custard.
Step 7
Allow it to cool.
Step 8
Add vanilla essence.
Step 9
Keep both(pudding and custard) in refrigerator.
Step 10
Serve cold. Hi friends one easy way to make custard, For this method You will need Milk - 1 litre Cornflour - 2 tbsp Sugar - 1 tbsp Condensed milk - 3 or 4 tbsp Vanilla essence - 2tsp Mix the cornflour with 2 or 3 tbsp of water in a bowl.Boil milk in sauce pan, add the cornflour mixture and sugar into the milk and keep on stirring until it becomes the consistency of custard.keep. Cool it for 20 minutes, add condensed milk and vanilla essence. :-Serve cold.
Tip
Coconut oil is the default cooking fat in Kerala kitchens. It adds a depth of flavour that other oils simply cannot match in these recipes.
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