Simple, practical, and full of everyday flavour, Custard Recipe | Homemade Creamy Fruit Custard is a vegetarian Indian dessert made with custard powder, milk, and sugar in about 145 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 5 minutes
- Cook time: 20 minutes
- Total time: 145 minutes
- Yield: 7 Servings
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
- ¼ cup custard powder
- 5 cup milk
- ½ cup sugar
- pomegranate
- apple
- banana
- strawberry
- grapes
- ½ tsp cardamom powder
Method
- Firstly, in a bowl, take ¼ cup custard powder and dissolve with ½ cup milk.
- Make sure there are no lumps, and keep aside.
- In a kadai, heat 4 cups of milk and bring to a boil.
- Once the milk comes to a boil, mix the prepared custard milk mixture continuously.
- Keep stirring till the milk thickens and turns creamy.
- Add in ½ cup sugar and mix well. Continue to cook till the custard turns creamy.
- Transfer to a bowl and refrigerate for 2 hours.
- Once the custard milk is chilled, it becomes more creamy. Whisk smooth to achieve a uniform thickness.
- Add in fruits of your choice; I have added pomegranate, apple, banana, strawberry and grapes.
- Also, add ½ tsp cardamom powder and mix well.
- Finally, enjoy the chilled Fruit Custard Recipe.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.