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Fruit Medley and Eggless Custard
This custard powder is available in Indian stores.
Going to the ice cream shop in India (before the Baskin Robbins, Amul Ice Creams…)meant going to a tiny mom & pop joint that served fruit salads and ice creams. We never stored ice cream at home coz of the frequent power cuts, so going to the ice cream parlor was always a treat.
Come summer and we use to try to convince my mom to buy some popsicles from the ice cream vendor on the street and my mom in turn made custard and fruit salad and always convinced us that it tasted better and it did. My mom used to divide it equally among the siblings and boy did we still fight over it…
Ok here comes the simplest recipe ever…
Take any fruits that are in season, I had plums, mangoes, strawberries and banana. So I diced them in to small chunks and let it cool. Dice the banana when you are ready to serve or they turn brown.
Follow the recipe for the custard recipe from the box. I once tried microwaving the milk instead of boiling it on the stove and it turned out horrible.
I like to put mine in small cups to make a mould, when you are ready to serve topple it on the plate and serve with chilled fruits. You can add raisins as a garnish and drizzle some honey on the fruits. (I was too impatient and hence did not let it set enough)
Looks yummy!! I love custard. I use the original Bird’s brand custard. I even drink it like a sweet soup with no fruits in it.
Subha Viswanathan said…
Very much happy to see that bowl on your blog with the scorching heat here in Chennai.
I remember the days when me and my sisters too opened up the freezer and kept tasting the icecream before it got set:-)
Thats one of my favourites!
When I as a kid, I use to read it as Brown and Poison
Yeah, ice-creams were a rare thing! My parents gave this excuse of tooth getting spoilt.yada.yada.
All I ever wanted was to grow up,
make enough money to buy icecreams.
looks good. will have to try it. I love a good fruit salad. I used to love the fruit salad at lake view in Bangalore.
rp – I have to try having it like soup
Subha – I think I remember you, u used to call asha at my sis’s house in chennai right?
has to be me – love it too
lg – LOL that is funny. Yeah I used to save up every penny for ice creams on the streets.
Starry nights – most foods are so nostalagic
This was our special treat during dreary hostel days. Loved it!
That’s a great story. Waiting for more. »
my mom used to make fruit salad and serve with this custard. so Yummy. reminded of those days !
The closest Indian store is about 10miles from home. So I tried Jello-Vanilla custard which was available in my super store. It turned out just fine. So ive added the fruits and its currently sitting in my fridge. Let you know how it turns out this evening
Wish me luck.