Nutella Custard Pudding

My son was asking the last day, ‘ Have you stopped blogging?’  I replied ‘ No…  why?’ His answer was ‘ Well , you are not making any new dishes these days’  Yes.. I am back after a  long hiatus.. and the reason –  a nagging back pain, which turned worse..  a rush to the hospital followed by treatment and bed rest .Now slowly getting back to the normal routine – which includes cooking and blogging..

One good thing that came out of my ill health was the bed rest.. though initially  bit depressed as I couldn’t move round, the treatment period gave me  sort of ‘chill out time’ .. a break from the daily routine.. after a few days, I was enjoying it – the rain, the greenery and the long conversations with my little sister… Infact  my friends and cousins were bit envious seeing my long rest period..

And this post is for all my loving friends and family who rushed in to help and offer support when I was in distress due to the back pain .. and to my dear hubby who had to take over the household duties and look after me too..

Thanks to all my fb page fans.. We have crossed 200 likes !!! Do keep supporting me..  Your positive feedback instills a sense of pride in me..  🙂 and  gives me the motivation to keep going.. To celebrate let’s have something sweet.. this recipe was given to me by my friend Roshan who knows about my love for puddings..  🙂

INGREDIENTS

1. Marie biscuit – 150 gm

2. Butter – 3 tbsp

3. Nutella chocolate spread – 1 cup
Fresh cream – 1 cup

4. Chinagrass -10 gm

5. Milk – 2cups
Custard Powder – 3tbsp
Condensed milk – 1 tin

6. Fresh cream – 2 cups
Vanilla essence – 1tsp
Sugar – 6 tbsp

METHOD

Layer 1 —  Biscuit Layer 

• Powder the biscuits finely.
• Add the butter to the biscuit powder and mix to form breadcrumb like texture
• Spread this as a layer on the serving bowl or in individual glasses and keep in fridge for about half an hour to set.

Layer 2 – Nutella layer 

• Beat the 3^rd ingredients .
• Spread half the nutella cream mixture over the biscuit layer and refrigerate again.

Layer 3 – Chinagrass layer

• Soak chinagrass, cut into strips,  in 1 cup of water for an hour .
• Heat the chinagrass with water till it is completely dissolved
• In another pan, heat 5^th ingredients
• When the mixture thickens add the melted chinagrass and stir continuously.
• Remove from fire after a minute.
• Beat 6^th ingredients in a bowl
• Add this cream mixture to the chinagrass mixture.
• Let it cool for 5 minutes.
• Pour the chinagrass mixture over the nutella layer and  refrigerate to set for about 3 hours.

Layer 4 – Nutella layer

• Spread the remaining nutella mixture over the chinagrass layer
• Refrigerate and serve.

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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