Fruit custard is considered one of the easiest and yet a tasty and amazingly healthy dessert. You can use fruits of your choice. The preparation time is very less.Fruit salad with custard is also the most common dish for any special occasions, such a birthday parties or when a family get-together. It is a perfect dessert after a heavy meal.
Fruits are loaded with goodness and nutritional benefits. Make this fruit custard especially for children who are picky or don’t eat fruits. They can be served as after-school snacks.You can prepare it in the morning and refrigerate it. It tastes best when served chilled.
If you are planning on consuming the eat later, make sure you refrigerate or store it in an insulated food container to retain the freshness and temperature.
Health Benefits
- The vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants in fruits, will help in keeping your heart healthy, so you can reduce your risk of heart-related problems as you get older.
- Adding fruit to an overall plant-based diet may cut your risk for cancer even more. Fruits contain important antioxidants such as vitamin C, beta-carotene, and phyto nutrients.
Ingredients
cups milk: 3
tbsp custard powder: 3
tbsp sugar: 5
cup bananas, sliced: 1/2
cup apples, chopped into cubes: 1/2
cup grapes: 1/2
cup pomegranate kernels: 1/2
Note:You can also add pear, cherries, strawberries, pineapples, mango, orange, kiwi or any other seasonal fruit of your choice.
How To Make Fruit Custard Recipe
- Before boiling the milk, keep a 1/4th cup of milk aside.
- Boil the milk in a pan on a medium flame. Keep stirring occasionally to prevent the milk from sticking to the bottom.
- Add sugar while the milk is boiling.
- Add custard powder to the 1/4th cup milk and mix well avoiding the lumps and add it slowly to the boiling milk.
- Continue to stir and ensure it does not burn at the bottom.
- Allow to boil for another 2-3 minutes.
- Remove the pan from the stove.
- Stir for another 2 minutes to avoid the custard sauce from sticking.
- Allow to cool down to room temperature and refrigerate for a few hours.
- Chop all fruits into bite-sized pieces and place the fruits in a serving bowl.
- Pour custard mixture on the fruits.You can add as a layer as well.
- Garnish jellies or chopped nuts like almonds or cashews and serve the custard chilled.
Trivia
- A strawberry is not an actual berry, but a banana is.
- Kiwi contains twice as much Vitamin C as an orange.