Simple, practical, and full of everyday flavour, Fruit Custard is a vegetarian Indian dessert made with whole milk, custard powder, and warm milk 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: 10 minutes
  • Cook time: 15 minutes
  • Total time: 145 minutes
  • Yield: 4
  • Category: Dessert
  • Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients

  • 2 cups whole milk
  • 2 tablespoons custard powder
  • 1/4 cup warm milk ((to dissolve custard powder))
  • 1/4 cup sugar ((adjust according to your taste))
  • 2 cups assorted fruits ((I used apple, banana, mango, grapes, pomegranate))

Method

  1. Add custard powder, and warm milk in a small bowl. Use a hand whisk to thoroughly stir it, making sure there are no lumps. Set it aside.
  2. Pour the whole milk into a heavy-bottom saucepan. Bring it to a gentle boil on medium-high heat. Stir occasionally.
  3. Once the milk has boiled and begun to foam, add sugar and stir well for 1-2 minutes until it dissolves.
  4. Then reduce the heat to low and pour the custard powder mixture while stirring continuously. Make sure there are no lumps.
  5. Cook for 5-7 minutes, until the custard thickens. Then remove from the heat and let the custard sauce cool to room temperature. The custard thickens as it cools down. Note: If you are looking for a thicker custard, cook for a few more minutes.
  6. Then cover and refrigerate for 2 hours to chill.
  7. While the custard is cooling, wash and chop the preferred fruits into bite-sized pieces. Set them aside.
  8. Once chilled, add the chopped fruits to the custard and gently mix everything well.

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.