Biscuit Custard Pudding

I have had a hectic weekend with guests everyday… I enjoyed the cooking(chole bhature,cookies,Chicken chettinad,Jeera rice,chole palak,Seekh kabab pulao…phew) and serving  part and also loved the compliments I got!! This custard pudding is a dish amma used to make and we just loved it !!Sweets are going to be the forbidden item for sometime so going back in time ..somethings about weight and nicknames.. calories... oh not a lecture on that just a mention of it!!!

Now  I have told Navin that I may not do the regular cooking for  a day or so.. I need a break!! And how am I going to enjoy that break??

The temperature is rising day by day here and going for an evening walk is not an option any more..
Since going out is not an option in the hot Dubai weather… I am in no mood to roam around in the malls doing window shopping.. so I am going to be at home blogging,reading  and watching programs online!!!Ya I still do not have  at TV!!So i will have to restrict my cooking experiments to salads and healthy low fat food.. other wise by the end of this summer , the scales are going to tip to the right….NOOOOOOOO… cannot afford that…;)
I was a very very skinny girl while in school and being very tall only added to my skinny structure!! So I had many many nicknames… thotti( the long stick with which mangoes are plucked), skeleton,kolu( again stick) etc..During the rainy season whenever there were strong  winds  I used to get this warning” Renu hold on to the window bar or u will fly away”… yes I was that thin… but now I have put on a lot of weight  and do not fit into the skinny category  but have not gone  into the other extreme either..hahhaa… but I get the looks which says ‘ don’t have that chocolate’,’don’t have that cake..its calorie loaded"’.. and having a model as a brother is another biggggggg trouble..  everythig on the table gets converted into calories..he once put me on a cauliflower diet.. yes cauliflower has negative calories so  my main food consisted of steamed cauliflower!!!yuckkkkk!!!! I gave up within a few days.. I need my daily dose of sweet.. I am not stopping that .. ok will think about it if I become diabetic..  and N is no better.. he also gives me those stares and lectures!!
Now I have got a warning from Navin that I should not make any more sweets( thanks to one brother in law who came from India, we recd a packet of homemade sweets  and also store bought)..plus one of the guests  bought 10 big huge rasagullas.. so our fridge is well stocked with sweets.. so after posting this custard pudding I am going to give  a gap for sweets and cakes.. going to try salads and other healthy options.. I think sweet is going to take the shape of  fruits and fruit juice….!!!
So thanks to all the sweets piled up in my refrigerator, I am posting this pudding recipe.. and the next sweet recipe will come after a while or I hope so … chuckle!!!

There are certain dishes which kindle all the chilhood memories.This is one such dish for me.. amma used to make this quiet often and it used to be a big hit in our family.. it used to just disappear in minutes!!We would get very impatient when the custard was kept in the fridge.. we would run to amma and ask " aayo amma??"(meaning is it ready amma?) and we used to do this every half an hour or so....amma would say no it is not ready as she wanted us to eat it only after our main dinner was over!! Otherwise we woud just eat the pudding and not have our food!! So here is my amma's pudding recipe.. missing my amma in this far away land though i chat with her on skype for almost an hour everyday..:)

Simple easy .. yet tasty and different cos of the coffee flavour!!Ready in almost 15 minutes!!!(cooling time excluded)

Sending this recipe to   this event of gayathri's cookspot event hosted by Sizzling tastebuds


Ingredients :

Vanilla custard-2 tbspn(You can follow the instruction on the packet to make the custard.I will explain mine in the method below)
Milk-1/2 litre
Sugar- 2tbspn(increase if you want more sweet)
Marie Biscuits- around 15( depending on the dish which you take to set the custard.I took a rectangular dish which was abt 15-20 cm long and abt 8-10 cm broad)
Coffee powder- 1/2 to 1 tspn
Hot water –1/4th cup
Cashewnuts ( for garnish) ( I fried the cashew in ghee)

Method:

Mix the coffee powder  in hot water and keep aside. If you want the flavour of coffee to be strong you can add more coffee powder.
Make the custard.My packet said. Mix 2 tablespoon of milk,custard powder and sugar ( each ) and blend well. Bring the  1/2 litre of milk to boil and when the milk is about to boil , add in the blended custard mix and stir till desired thickness.Let this cool.
In the meanwhile layer a dish with marie biscuits dipped in coffee.The biscuits should just become soft and should not break..I  made 2 layers of biscuits. Then pour the cooled custard on top of this layer. Garnish with   cashewnuts and cherries( I dint have cherries in stock so just garnished with cashew)
Let it cool in the refrigerator( no need to freeze).You may cover it with cling film .
Just take out right before serving.
Your cofffee flavoured biscuit custard pudding is ready.


Notes:
For the custard follow the instruction on the packet.
You can use other biscuits also.Next I want to try with lady finger biscuits.. yes the one which  is used in tiramisu.
Sugar and coffee may be adjusted accoring to your preference.

Give it a try and let me know:)