Pudding is a favourite dessert and treat for many. Rich in calcium and vitamin D this recipe of fruity custard pudding is a nutritious and delicious treat to celebrate a weekend in a creamy and crunchy way. Here is an easy recipe to make this awesome sweet dish.

Preparation time: 20 minutes; Cooking time: 45 minutes; Setting time in refrigerator: Three hours

Serves six

Ingredients:

Fat free milk                    1 litre

Custard powder               6 table spoons

Sugar                              5 table spoons

Fresh cream                      2 cups

Mix fruit cocktail tin        1 small

Sliced fruit cake                1 small packet

Cake fruit                           1 table spoon

Method:

·       Keep the milk on high flame and let it boil.

·       Mix custard powder in normal water to make a thick solution.

·       Slow the flame when the milk boils and add custard solution in it.

·       Keep stirring it slowly, otherwise lumps will start forming.

·       Let it boil for 15-20 minutes but stir constantly.

·       Add four table spoons of sugar in it and mix well.

·       Cook it for 10 more minutes.

·       Turn off the gas and let it cool at room temperature.

·       Take fresh cream and add one table spoon of sugar in it.

·       Beat it gently. It is better to add sugar powder instead of sugar crystals to mix easily and properly.

·       Cut open the mix fruit tin and drain the sugar syrup.

·       Chop the fruit finely.

·       Take a deep glass tray having edges on all the four sides.

·       Spread a layer of sweetened cream at the bottom of the tray.

·       Place the slices of cake on it.

·       Spread the second layer of cream on top of the cake slices.

·       Mix all the chopped fruits in the custard after it gets cool. Pour it on the layer of cake and cream.

·       Garnish with red and green cake fruit.

·       Refrigerate it for three hours and serve it chilled.

·     While serving ,you can place choco-sticks vertically on two sides of the tray half dipped in pudding and half visible outside to give the dish a glamorous look.

No doubt, puddings have high calories. But you will really miss something so saccharine if you steer away from this recipe. We have reduced few calories by using fat free milk instead of full cream milk. So, break your diet rule, go ahead and enjoy this creamy layer of custard pudding and feel like heaven on earth.