Tender Coconut Pudding – Guest Post for Yummy Food – Joy From Fasting To Feasting – VIII

Ramadan Kareem !! It is with much joy that Muslims around the world welcome this auspicious month of physical and spiritual cleansing. It is the holy month in which Muslims all over the world, observe fasting from dawn to dusk., and engage in more prayers. May Allah accept all our prayers and good deeds this Ramadan.

Today’s post is a guest post for Lubna’s event – Joy From Fasting To Feasting – VIII  . I am happy to be a part of Lubna’s event of Joy from Fasting to Feasting this year too. Lubna has been hosting this event for the previous 7 years. Thanks Lubna for inviting me to be  a part of the event.

Do check out the post on Lubna’s blog .

 

 

 

 

 

Layered Moss Pudding

This is a pretty simple pudding. The basic Moss pudding between slices of cake and jelly. Serve it in individual glass for a visual treat  🙂

Moss pudding is made by adding melted China grass (or agar agar) to milk and boiling till the mixture thickens, and then cooled in refrigerator. This basic recipe can be used in many variations. One pudding which I used to make regularly was – the base layer with caramalised pineapples, then top with moss pudding layer and finally a layer of whipped cream..  yummy!!!

Okay, let’s get to the recipe

INGREDIENTS

• China grass strands (Agar agar) – 8 gm
• Water – 1 cup
• Condensed milk – 1 tin
• Milk – 3 cups
• Sugar – 1 tbsp
• Vanilla essence – a few drops
• Strawberry Jelly – 1 packet
• Sponge cake

PROCEDURE

To make the china grass layer

1. Cut china grass into small pieces. Soak it in 1 cup of water for an hour.
2. Transfer to a non stick pan and boil the china grass and water. Reduce heat and stir till the china grass dissolves completely.
3. In a pan , mix together milk , condensed milk , vanilla essence and sugar. Boil it and remove from flame.
4. Sieve the melted china grass and add to the milk mixture.
5. Keep this mixture back on medium flame and stir continuously till the mixture thickens (for around 5 minutes). Remove from fire . Sieve once more and allow to cool for around 10 minutes.

To Assemble

1. Arrange the cake slices at the bottom of the individual glasses. (If you prefer, you can use a rectangular dish and arrange the cake slices to form the bottom layer )
2. Pour the cooled china grass mixture on top of the cake pieces. Refrigerate for 4-5 hours till the pudding sets.
3. Prepare the jelly according to the instructions on the packet
4. Pour the jelly over the set pudding and refrigerate again till the jelly sets.

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Mango Layer Pudding

I love puddings… and I love to cook them too… Actually I am always on the look out for new pudding recipes, it’s kind of my weakness 🙂 …During one vacation in Kerala , while I was searching recipe books for pudding recipes , Zareena (my sister in law) said that she has got  a new recipe from her friend – it is a five layer pudding.. Five layers? Now I got really excited. So  Zareena and I got to work and made the pudding, both of us really eager to see how the layers would turn out. While we were whipping it out, my brothers would peep in asking “Is it ready now?” … And finally the pudding was in the fridge. Now my brothers got really impatient, asking every now and then “Why is it taking so long?”  The result – we had to take the pudding out before it was fully set.  We never got to see the layers 🙂  Back in Abu Dhabi , I tried the pudding again and called up Zareena to say that this time I did see the five layers 🙂

I  made this pudding recently at a get together and it got awesome responses.. So check out the recipe and try it out..

Recipe Source – Zareena

INGREDIENTS

For the first layer (Biscuit Layer)

• Marie Biscuit – 100gm
• Butter (unsalted)- 50 gm
• Sugar – 1tbsp

For the second layer (Butterscotch Layer)

• Caramalised sugar – 2 tbsp
• Butter  (unsalted) – 50gm
• Sugar – 25 gm
• Condensed milk – 1/2 tin

For the 3rd layer (China grass Layer)

• China grass (Agar Agar)- 5gm
• Water -3/4  cup
• Condensed Milk – 1/2 tin
• Sugar – 1tbsp
• Milk – 3/4 tin( measured in the condensed milk tin)
• Vanilla essence – 1 tsp

For the fourth layer (Mango Layer)

• Mango – 2
• Sugar – 1/2 cup
• Water – 1/4 cup

For the fifth layer (China grass Layer again)

• China grass(Agar Agar) – 5gm
• Water -3/4  cup
• Condensed Milk – 1/2 tin
• Sugar – 1tbsp
• Milk – 3/4 tin( measured in the condensed milk tin)
• Vanilla essence – 1 tsp

PREPARATION

For the first layer (Biscuit Layer)

• Crush the Marie biscuits . Mix the butter and sugar to make a dough. Spread this on a greased tin.Keep it in the fridge to set for atleast half an hour.

For the second layer (Butterscotch Layer)

• Mix all the ingredients in a saucepan and boil for 5 minutes. You will get a thick caramel flavoured mixture. When it cools down a bit, pour it over the biscuit layer.Keep the pudding back into the fridge.

For the third layer (China grass Layer)

1. Soak the china grass in water for 30 minutes. In a saucepan , boil the china grass with water till you get a clear liquid. Remove from fire and sieve.
2. Boil the milk, condensed milk and sugar. Take it off the fire.
3. When both the china grass mixture and condensed milk mixture are of the same temperature, mix the two .
4. Return this mixture to the stove and heat on medium flame stirring continuously. Stir for around 5 minutes till the mixture thickens.
5. Remove from fire, add the vanilla essence. When it has slightly cooled down, pour it over the butterscotch layer.
6. Keep it back in fridge to set.

For the fourth layer (Mango Layer)

• Puree the mangoes with the sugar  in a blender. It should be of a thick consistency. Add water as required and blend once more. When the china grass layer is set, pour the mango mixture over it. Keep back to refrigerate.

For the Fifth Layer (China Grass Layer)

• Repeat the process as in the third layer. Pour the cooled mixture slowly over the mango layer. Refrigerate for 3-4 hours

That’s it.. You can top the pudding with whipping cream or pralines.(That will make it a six layer pudding 🙂 )

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