There is nothing more relaxing than preparing a make-ahead dessert when you are going to have a big get-together over the weekend after a hectic working day. Whenever we have gatherings, whether big or small, we ensure that we make at least two types of sweet endings in the form of puddings or kheer/ payasams, though it is the first variety which is normally preferred. Normally the planning of this section is duly handed over to me as umma prefers taking the responsibility of planning the main course, which she does very easily, MaShaAllah… 🙂 If you ask me my preference, I always love to go for making the trifle pudding as it is really appreciated among our guests. 🙂
Yet another make ahead dessert that I really love to make is custard, loaded with fruits and nuts. It is so easy to make, yet a large bowl served comes back literally licked, that you wish you would have made more. I have always been deprived of eating it whenever I made this, so nowadays I ensure I keep a little bowl for myself before passing it to the gang to be attacked… hehe…
Fruits and Nut Custard
Servings 6 -8
Ingredients
- 1 liter milk
- 4 heaped tbsp custard powder
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 big tin 500 gm mixed fruits
- 1/2 cup mixed nuts cashews, pistachios, almonds, hazelnuts, chopped coarsely
- 1 tsp rose essence/ vanilla essence optional
Instructions
- Combine the custard powder, milk and sugar in a saucepan and bring to boil.
- Cook till the custard thickens. Cool completely.
- Drain the mixed fruits tin and put the fruits, nuts and rose/ vanilla essence into a mixing bowl.
- Add the cooled custard and mix well till combined.
- Cover with cling film and chill for a couple of hours before serving.
- Serve cold!
Notes
You could definitely make this with fresh fruits - apples and bananas need to be chopped and mixed with some lemon juice to avoid discoloration. You can use mangoes, peaches, grapes, pomegranate... the list is endless! It is better to avoid citrus fruits for making this dessert. The use of canned fruits is only to speed-en up the process!
As the tag it is simple and very yummy one…tempting…
Thank you so much Resna…
yummy custard.
Thank you so much Lisha…
eee yummmyyy
Thank you so much Haffa..
yum..
Thank you so much Smitha…
Simple but looks yummy also…
Thank you so much Jaspinder…
looks so yummy and tempting
Thank you so much Veena…
Easy to make but yummy in taste
Thank you so much Linsy…
So simple and tasty ready in minutes dessert. Love it!
Thank you so much Eliza…
I love this! Makes me crave for some right now!
Thank you so much Beulah…
This is my kids favorite dessert, nice way to sneak some fruits into them too….looks good dear 🙂
Thank you so much Gita… 🙂
this is too good Rafee. we love custrad in any form and this is so tempting
Thank you so much Suhaina…
Like the super duper simplicity and finishing. Have some custard powder in the fridge. Shall work on it when we have the same need: guest and entertaining.
Thank you so much Nava…
This is my go to dessert too…Love it any day…tempting me now
Thank you so much Kaveri…
Easy n tasty dessert 🙂
Thank you so much Chitra… 🙂
Lovely custard and loved the light in the photos, makes the custard look heavenly!
Thank you so much Pankthi…
Hard to resist to this luscious dessert.delicious fruity nutty custard.
Thank you so much Priyaakka….
tasty and yummy dessert.
Thank you so much Gayathri…
You are tempting me a lot, creamy and rich dessert
Thank you so much Suja…
simple to make and yet satisfying dessert rafee..
Thank you so much Sireesha…
I'm a big fan of fruit custard…..Urs looks soo yummy 🙂
Thank you so much Remya… 🙂