Date and Walnut Pudding
Ingredients:
Condensed milk ½ tin
Butter 80 grams
Dates 250 grams
Maida
(plain flour) 85 grams
Walnuts ½ cup
Vanilla essence ½ tsp
Soda bi-carbonate ½ tsp
Baking powder 1 tsp
For the custard sauce:
Milk 2½ cups
Sugar 3 tbsps
Custard powder 1 heaped tbsp
Procedure:
Chop the dates after removing the seeds. Soak in 5 tbsps of water with ½ tsp of soda for 4-5 hours or overnight. Mix maida with baking powder. Add dates and walnuts to the maida and mix well. Beat condensed milk and butter well, in a pan. Add the mixture to the condensed milk mixture, add essence and beat well. Bake in a preheated oven at 150º C for 50 minutes. Keep aside.
Prepare custard sauce by dissolving custard powder in ½ cup milk. Heat the remaining 2 cups of milk with sugar. When it boils, add the custard powder, stirring continuously.
Cook for a few minutes till it coats the back of the spoon. Serve the pudding with hot custard sauce.