Fruit custard is a delicious chilled dessert where fresh seasonal fruits are served with a creamy eggless custard. It is a summer dessert very popular in India.

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 10 minutes
  • Cook time: 10 minutes
  • Total time: 20 minutes
  • Yield: 4
  • Category: Dessert / Sweet
  • Cuisine: world

Ingredients

  • 2½ cups milk ((can use almond milk or soya milk))
  • 3 tablespoons custard powder ((or cornstarch or arrowroot powder))
  • ¼ cup warm milk ((to make dissolve custard powder))
  • 4 to 5 tablespoons sugar ((adjust to taste))
  • 1 medium apple
  • ½ large mango ((ripe))
  • 1 medium banana ((ripe))
  • ½ medium pomegranate

Method

Preparation

  1. Rinse the fruits thoroughly and chill them in the fridge. Refrigerating after chopping will let out juices from the cut fruits making the custard runny.

How to make custard

  1. Heat 2½ cups milk in a wide heavy bottom pan or pot. Add sugar and stir until it dissolves.
  2. Meanwhile add custard powder to a small cup and stir it with ¼ cup milk (warm or at room temperature). The mixture has to be smooth without any lumps.
  3. When the milk turns hot (not boiling), pour 2 tbsp of the custard mix to the hot milk. Whisk well to incorporate it with the milk.
  4. Repeat adding another 2 tablespoons custard mixture to the milk and whisk well. This way incorporate all of the custard mixture to the milk in 3 batches, whisking after each addition.
  5. You may taste test it at this stage and add more sugar if needed.
  6. Keep stirring and cook on a low to medium heat until the custard turns thick. The custard must coat the back of the spoon well but must be yet of runny consistency. (check video)
  7. Take it off the heat and whisk it well to make it super smooth. Cover immediately. Cool this completely and chill it in the fridge.

How to make fruit custard

  1. Whisk the custard well before serving. This ensures even and smooth fruit custard.
  2. Peel and chop the fruits to bite size. Add them to serving bowl or individual serving cups.
  3. Pour the custard over the fruits and gently mix. Serve fruit custard immediately.

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.