Monday, May 23, 2011

Caramel Custard (with custard powder)



I wanted to post this before I packed off for the holidays and then I was obsessed exploring the new camera and proceeded posting a recipe with the picture shot from that.
Well, now this one is contributed by my earlier cam and you can clearly see that, I believe ;)

Caramel Custard had probably been my first trials with desserts as a 12 year old. Believe me, I never used to go wrong with this recipe and always came out with the firm golden coloured puddings with the moist deep brown coating, which never went bitter as well.
Amma always used to try the same recipe with a little difference and that was nothing but the addition of custard powder instead of Vanilla.
This always made the pudding firmer and more comforting and never had the 'eggy' flavour like in mine..



And here goes her recipe,

You need,

Milk- 500 ml
Eggs- 3
Custard powder (vanilla flavoured)- a tbsp
Sugar- 2/3 cup, scant


1. Caramel- Melt 3 tablespoons of sugar in a saucepan or a stove top pan (which you can also use as a mould af ter you pour in the custard mixture) until golden brown or a bit darker as you see in mine. Remove from heat and set it aside ( if you use the same utensil for setting the pudding later). Do not panic if the caramel hardens and if you happen to hear mild cracking sounds :). It is natural and after you pour the custard and set the pudding, it melts and coats the bottom in a uniform way.
If you use separate moulds, lightly grease them and  transfer about 1- 1 1/2 tsps of caramel, while it's still hot and swirl around gently so as to coat the bottom. Set aside.

2. Custard- Stir in custard powder in 3/4 cup of milk in room temperature without lumps. Keep aside.
Bring the remaining milk to boil adding the rest of sugar. Simmer for a few seconds (not much as the addition of custard powder, which follows, compensates) Stir in the custard powder milk mixture carefully keeping the fire low taking care not to form any lumps until well blended. Remove from fire. Stir in lightly whisked eggs , gently.

3. Cool the mixture and fill the moulds. Cover each of them with butter paper tied around the mouths. Steam in medium heat for 10-15 minutes. If using oven, place the moulds in a flat tray and then fill the tray with water. Cover the tray with aluminium foil and bake in 140 deg C for 20-25 minutes.

Remove, chill and serve.



With brilliant pictures of perfectly shaped caramel custards carefully 'unmoulded' all over the blogosphere, I know this is an imperfect one, just a casual slice which I could reserve for the day light shot which much effort ;) after the dinner, the previous night.
I poured the custard on the utensil which I used to caramelise sugar being a bit lazy to wash the extra vessels. ;)

Just wanted to share the recipe with you as it is easy to make and tastes really good!

17 comments:

  1. I love caramel custards too much and this one looks so perfect :) irrespective of the shape and all it still makes me drool :)

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  2. Wowwwwwwwww... very tempting clicks.. looks sooo delicious.. thanks for sharing :)
    Indian Cuisine

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  3. Omg, cant take my eyes from ur beautiful clicks, simply irresistible..

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  4. very tempting and deliicous custard.

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  5. i remember the taste of this!! we should ask amma to make this this time :D

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  6. wow... looks super yummy :P it's traditional one...these things are woth immortalising :P good one

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  7. Looks very gud ...n tempting ...

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  8. Dear you are able to draw my attention towards your caramel custard even with your slice.. Lovely recipe
    Deepa
    Hamaree Rasoi

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  9. This looks so droolworthy, Bharathy.

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  10. Yummy yummy looking dessert ..anything with custard powder am in..:) Looks delicious

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  11. Looks fantastic...Nice addition of custard pow :)
    Prathima Rao
    Prats Corner

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  12. great idea to add custard.. did u try reducing eggs and increasing the powder too?

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  13. ahmm..mallugirl, that's a good idea! :)

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  14. Hi there.was surfing for a simple custard pudding. Came across your page. Sounded simple and looked yummy. I tried your recipe today. Came out well. Thankyou. :-). Keep the good work going on.

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