Figalicious Pudding

Ingredients list for Figalicious Pudding

• 14 Seedless dates chopped
• 4-5 Dried figs chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon Baking soda
• 85 grams Refined flour (maida)
• 1 teaspoon Baking powder
• 1/2 cup Walnuts chopped
• 200 grams Sweetened condensed milk
• 1/2 cup Nutralite
• 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla essence
• 8-10 Almonds slivered
• 1/2 cup Milk
• For custard sauce
• 2 1/2 tablespoons Custard powder
• 2 1/2 cups Milk
• 4 tablespoons brown sugar/jaggery
• For garnish
• 1 Figs quartered

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 150°C/300°F/Gas Mark 3.
2. Boil the dates and figs in a quarter cup of water with baking soda, stirring continuously. Set aside to cool.
3. Sift the flour with baking powder into a bowl. Add the date-fig mixture along with the walnuts and mix well.
4. Take the condensed milk and Nutralite in a bowl and whisk to blend well. Add the flour mixture and vanilla essence and mix well.
5. Transfer the mixture into two greased ramekin moulds. Sprinkle the almond slivers and bake in the preheated oven for about fifty minutes. To check if the pudding is done insert a knife, if it comes out clean the pudding is ready.
6. Remove the pudding from the oven and let it cool for ten minutes. Heat the milk and pour over it.
7. To prepare the custard sauce, mix the custard powder with half a cup of milk. Heat the remaining milk in a pan. Add the brown sugar and stir till it dissolves. When the mixture comes to a boil, add the custard powder mixture and cook stirring continuously till the mixture thickens and coats the back of the spoon.
8. Pour the sauce over the pudding, top with two pieces of fresh fig and serve it warm.

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