Custard pudding, made with custard powder, is an easy, quick dessert you can make in a rush.
If you are wondering how to use that box of custard powder in your pantry, then you need to try this custard pudding recipe.

A classic comfort dessert that is also an eggless pudding made with just 5 main ingredients.

• custard powder.
• Milk
• sugar
• butter
• vanilla essence

A favourite among Muslims, this custard pudding recipe is a popular dessert to serve at Ramadan or weddings.

How to serve the custard powder pudding.

• Serve the vanilla pudding by simply letting it set, or top it off with some fresh fruit or a generous amount of chopped cashews.
• Buy a few tart shells and fill them up with the custard, and make some custard tarts. top it off with some fresh berries.

What you will need in the kitchen.

• Measuring jug.
• A medium-sized saucepan.
• 3-4 small platters to pour the custard. When served on platters, you can slice and serve.
• Small/medium-sized tart tins that can be used as moulds to make 6-8 individual servings.

More pudding recipes.

Condensed milk-baked caramel pudding.
Condensed milk, Pineapple fluff pudding.
Marie biscuit pudding.
Pineapple bread pudding.
Chocolate Nutella pudding.

RECIPE DIFFICULTY-LITTLE CARE NEEDED

Ingredients to make custard pudding.

• Fresh milk
• Sugar(add more or less to adjust taste)
• Custard powder
• Vanilla essence
• Butter
• Raisins(optional, as an add-on and garnish).
• cashews chopped(optional as garnish)

Step-by-step photo tutorial.

Making the vanilla custard pudding

Prep work.

• Have the plates or platters you will be using ready.
• They should be heat-resistant, as you will be pouring hot, thick custard pudding to set.
• If you are using tart moulds, brush the inside of the tarts with butter so that removing them will be easy.
• Have all the ingredients needed to make the custard pudding ready.

Making the Vanilla pudding.

Add fresh milk and sugar to a saucepan.
Heat the milk(avoid boiling) over low-medium heat for 3-5 minutes.

Measure and add the custard powder into a bowl or jug with a pourable mouth (this will help you avoid any spills).

Once the milk is hot, take half a cup of the milk, gently pour it into the custard powder and stir with a spoon.
Stir until you have a smooth custard liquid without any lumps.
Once you’ve removed all the lumps, add this dissolved custard liquid to the rest of the milk you were heating.
Add vanilla essence. Heat the milk and custard mixture over medium heat.

Constantly stir to avoid lumps forming.

You will notice the custard thickening.

Maintain a steady heat of low-medium and keep an eye on the consistency as you want the custard to reach a thick consistency that can still be poured without reaching a lumpy stage.
Remember the remaining heat will continue to cook the custard sauce, so remove it from the stove even as it continues to thicken.
This would take between 7-12 minutes. Check at 10 minutes, and if you are satisfied with the thickness of the vanilla custard.
Add some raisins(optional), stir in the butter, then remove it from the stove and immediately pour it into platters or into tart tins.
Let the pudding cool for 4-5 hours and serve. Do not refrigerate to set.

How to serve the custard pudding

If you pour the mixture into platters, you can slice them and serve.

If you have poured the mixture into tart tins or small moulds, gently press down the edges of the pudding until you can loosen the edges of the tins.

A little tricky, but here’s how I removed the vanilla custard pudding from the moulds.
Once I loosened the edges,

1. I inverted the pudding mould onto my palm(almost like cupping the mould).
2. gave it a gentle shake until I felt the pudding surface loosening onto my palm, and immediately flipped it back into the mould.
3. and then gently placed a small serving plate and inverted the pudding onto it.

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custard pudding with custard powder.

Yield: 4

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 12 minutes

Total Time: 17 minutes

Custard pudding made with custard powder is an easy, quick dessert you can make in a rush.

Serve the vanilla pudding by simply letting it set or, top it off with some fresh fruit or a generous amount of chopped cashews.

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Ingredients

• Ingredients mentioned below use standard measuring cups and spoons.
• 2 and 1/4 cup fresh milk
• 4 tablespoons of sugar(add more or less to adjust taste)
• 4 tablespoons of custard powder
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla essence
• 1 teaspoon of butter
• 1/4 cup of raisins(optional, as add on and garnish)
• 1/2 cup of cashews chopped(optional as garnish)

Instructions

1. Have the plates or platters you will be using ready.
2. They should be heat resistant as you will be pouring hot thick custard pudding to set.
3. If you are using tart moulds, brush the inside of the tarts with butter so removing them will be easy.

Making the vanilla custard pudding.

1. Have all the ingredients needed to make the custard pudding ready.
2. Add milk(2 and 1/4 cup) and sugar(4 tbsp, add more to sweeten it)to a saucepan.
3. Heat the milk(avoid boiling) over low-medium heat for 3-5 minutes.
4. Measure and add the custard powder(4 tbsp) into a bowl or jug with a pourable mouth (this will help you avoid any spills).
5. Once the milk is hot, take 1/2 a cup of the milk, gently pour it into the custard powder and stir with a spoon.
6. Stir until you have a smooth custard liquid without any lumps.
7. Once you’ve removed all the lumps, add this dissolved custard liquid into the rest of the milk you were heating. add vanilla essence(1 tsp).
8. Heat the milk and custard mixture over medium heat.
9. Constantly stir to avoid lumps forming.
10. You will notice the custard thickening.
11. Maintain a steady heat of low-medium and keep an eye on the consistency as you want the custard to reach a thick consistency that can still be poured without reaching a lumpy stage.

Remember the remaining heat will continue to cook the custard sauce so remove it from the stove even as it continues to thicken.

1. This would take between 7-12 minutes. check at 10 minutes and if you are satisfied with the thickness of the vanilla custard,
2. Add some raisins(optional), stir in the butter(1 tsp)then remove it from the stove and immediately pour it into platters or into tart tins.
3. Let the pudding cool for 4-5 hours and serve. do not refrigerate to set.

How to serve the custard pudding

1. If you poured the mixture into platters, you can slice them and serve.
2. If you have poured the mixture into tart tins or small moulds, gently press down the edges of the pudding until you can loosen the edges of the tins.
3. A little tricky but here’s how I removed the vanilla custard pudding from the moulds,
4. Once I loosened the edges,
5. I inverted the pudding mould onto my palm(almost like cupping the mould).
6. gave it a gentle shake until I felt the pudding surface loosening onto my palm, immediately flipped it back into the mould.
7. and then gently placed a small serving plate and inverted the pudding onto it.

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Nutrition Information:

Yield: 4 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 224Total Fat: 10gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 14mgSodium: 148mgCarbohydrates: 31gFiber: 1gSugar: 22gProtein: 5g

Nutrition facts are an estimate and not guaranteed to be accurate. Please see a registered dietitian for special diet advice.

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