Mixed Fruit Custard | Eggless Fruit Custard Recipe – is an eggless creamy and flavourful milk-based quick summer dessert recipe made with milk, custard powder and fresh fruits.
About Mixed fruit custard
Mixed fruit custard is a dessert made by mixing chopped fresh seasonal fruits in the chilled custard sauce. Traditionally, custard sauce is made with milk, custard powder and egg but this fruit custard recipe is an egg less recipe made with store-bought egg less custard powder.
Custard powder comes in many flavours like butterscotch, Kesar, pista, mango, strawberry, chocolate. you can choose flavours according to your taste and preferences. I have used the simple vanilla custard powder for this recipe.
How to make custard sauce for mixed fruit custard
To make custard sauce first, custard powder is mixed with a small amount of room temperature milk and then added to the boiled milk and cooked till it becomes thick. After that, chilled it in the refrigerator for few hours and finally mix chopped fruit and served chilled. No artificial colour or flavour is added to this recipe.
This dessert is very easy to prepare without any fancy ingredients and a good way of adding fruits to your diet. Also, I used very little sugar in this recipe. As it contains a lot of sweet fruits so if you want you can totally skip the sugar as well.
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Ingredients required in the making of mixed fruit custard
Milk – I have used toned milk as it is low in calories and good in nutrition, for more creamy and rich flavour, you can use full-fat milk instead.
Custard powder – I have used market bought Weikfield brand custard powder. Also, I have tried with Brown & Polson brand and that one is equally good. You can use these or other brands which is available in your locality.
Sugar – Regular granulated sugar is used in a very low quantity. You can also use honey but it should be added once the sauce cool down.
Fresh fruits– I have used the fruits that are available in the summer season apple, mango, grapes, pomegranate. You can add other fruits of your choice. But avoid citrus or tangy flavoured fruits they make the custard watery and also change the taste a little bit.
Can we make custard sauce without custard powder?
yes, we can. Custard powder is nothing just flavoured corn flour or corn starch. If you can not find ready-made custard powder use cornflour or arrowroot powder to make custard sauce. To give a flavour add vanilla extract or vanilla bean pods or even fruit puree. You can also add some rabdi, gulkand or fruit jams and make a fusion dessert out of it. To give it a chocolate flavour we can add either cocoa powder or melted cooking chocolate to it.
The addition of some milk powder also provides a rich flavour to it. Fruit custard is a milk-based healthy dessert rich in protein, calcium, minerals and vitamins. It is a good way of incorporating milk and fruits into the diet of little kids who do not like to drink milk. Other dessert recipes.
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Which fruits are perfect for making mixed fruit custard?
Fresh seasonal fruits are a good choice for the custard recipe. You can add apple, mango, banana, pomegranate, grapes, strawberry
but avoid using sour and citrus fruits like orange, pineapple, kiwi also watermelon which has a high content of water.
Variations in fruit custard
- We can use dry fruits instead of fresh fruits in custard sauce and serve in the same manner.
- Add dates, dry fig or dry plum to give a sweet taste and totally skip the sugar.
- You can also try chopped fruit jellies or tutti frutti to attract kids.
- You can also add vanilla ice cream just before the serving enhances its flavour and give a rich taste.
Step by step preparation of mixed fruit custard
1. In a sauce pan add 2 cup milk, keep ¼ cup milk in a bowl. Once a boil came, add sugar and mix till it dissolves.
2. Add custard powder to the 1/4 cup of milk and dissolve till the mixture become smooth and lumps free.
3. Now add this mixture gradually to the boiled milk and stir continuously till the mixture become thick.
4. Check the spoon if the mixture coats it then switch off the flame.
5. Let it cool down completely.
6. A layer will come on the surface , mix well with spoon or with the help of a whisk. Can also churn it in a mixer grinder just for few seconds. Then transfer in to a bowl and put it in the refrigerator for 5-6 hours or overnight.
7. When ready to serve, chop apple, mango and grapes . keep them aside. Take out the seeds of pomegranate.
8. Now take out the custard sauce from the refrigerator and pour it into a wide bowl. Add fruits except pomegranate. Mix them well. Now garnish with pomegranate seeds, black currant and almonds flake. Serve chilled and ENJOY!
Serving suggestions
Mix fruit custard is a delicious and easy to make dessert for summer parties and get to gathers. It is a perfect evening snack for kids or also an after-meal dessert in the summer.
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Tips and tricks
- Always dissolve cuatard powder in the cold or room temperature milk then add to the boiled milk otherwise if we add directly into the boiling milk it coagulates and fprm lumbs.
- When we add the custard mixture to the boiling milk stir continuously otherwise it will stick to bottom and burn easily.
- Refrigerator of custard sauce for few hours to make it chilled is very important before adding the fruit in it.
- Add finely chopped fruit, they well nicely mix and coats with custard.
- To make it vegan can use coconut milk or almond milk
- Do not use citrus fruits as they are not a milk compatible and will upset your stomach
Recipe card for Mixed Fruit Custard | Eggless Fruit Custard Recipe
Mixed Fruit Custard | Eggless Fruit Custard Recipe
Ingredients
Custard base
- 500 ml milk
- 2 tbsp granulated sugar 30 gm
- 2.5 tbsp custard powder
Fresh Fruits used
- 1 apple (chopped)
- 1 mango (chopped)
- 1 pomegranate
- ½ cup grapes (chopped)
- 2 tbsp almond flakes
- 2 tbsp black currants
Instructions
- In a sauce pan add 2 cup milk, keep ¼ cup milk in abowl.
- Once a boil came add sugar and mix till it dissolves.
- Add custard powder in the leftover milk and dissolve till the mxture become smooth and lumps free.
- Now add this mixture gradually to the boiling milk and stir constinuously till the mixture become thick.
- Check the spoon if the mixture coats it then switch off the flame.
- Let it cool down completely.
- A layer will come on the surface , mix well with spoon or with the help of a whisk. Also you can churn it in a mixer grinder just for few seconds. Transfer it in to a bowl and put it in the refrigerator for 5-6 hours or overnight.
- When ready to serve finely chop apple, mango and grapes . Keep them aside.
- Take out the custard mixture from refrigerator and transfer in a wide bowl. Add fruits except pomegranate. Mix them well. Now garnish with pomegranate seeds, black currant and almonds flake. Serve chilled and enjoy.
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