August 16, 2023

Recipe for Sitaphal(Custard Apple) Pudding

Name: Recipe for Sitaphal(Custard Apple) Pudding
Ingredients: 2 Big Ripe Custard Apples; 4 Tbspn Sugar; 1/2 Tspn Vanilla Essence; 500 ml Milk; 10gms Unflavoured Gelatin Powder(approx 3 tspn); A small bowl of Room temperature milk to bloom the gelatin

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Recipe for Sitaphal(Custard Apple) Pudding

As a kid, Sitaphal used to be my Most Favourite Fruit. I would claim Two (The Biggest ones) only for me). We used to get the medium sized ones as the Big ones were quite expensive. But, Mum ensured that we would have it often whenever it's in season. As we grew, we discovered Sitaphal Milkshake at "Bachelors" - An outlet at Girgaum Chowpatty, in South Bombay. And when we grew still further and began working, we discovered this Ice Cream parlour called Naturals(Now they have outlets all over Bombay) where they served(and still do) Sitaphal Ice cream and that till date is the First thing Floyd and I eat when we touch down Bombay. Yummmm

As I moved to Dubai, Floyd took me to the popular Kulfilicious where you get a variety of fruit flavoured and other flavoured Kulfis and guess what I saw on the Menu???? Yep you guessed that right - Mr. SITAPHAL!!! it was so delish and till date we wait for the Sitaphal season to start to go enjoy the yummy Sitaphal Kulfi.

As I love playing with Gelatin and Agar Agar and since Floyd is a Dessert freak and a Sitaphal freak too and since Mr. Sitaphal has been following me till Dubai in various forms, I thought Dedication toh banta hai boss!!!! Hence the Pudding!!

Sitaphal in itself is a burst of flavour and happiness in every bite, the pudding had to turn out yum!!!

Do give it a try if you love Sitaphal as much as we do 🙂

Course Dessert

Cuisine Indian

Keyword Agar Pudding, Custard Apple, Desi Dessert, Dessert, pudding, Sitaphal Pudding, Sweet Tooth

Ingredients

2 Big Ripe Custard Apples
4 Tbspn Sugar
1/2 Tspn Vanilla Essence
500 ml Milk
10gms Unflavoured Gelatin Powder(approx 3 tspn)
A small bowl of Room temperature milk to bloom the gelatin

Instructions

Wash and Break open the Custard Apples and with the help of a spoon separate the flesh along with the pulp and de-seed the flesh
In a bowl add a little room temperature milk and and sprinkle the gelatin over it and keep it aside for about 15-20minutes. Do Not stir
Note: This process is called blooming. It simply means that gelatin first needs to moisten before adding it to a hot liquid to set
In a vessel add the milk, vanilla essence, custard apple and sugar and bring it to a boil
Note: Let the Custard Apple pieces be as it is as it tastes nice to bite into them while eating the pudding
Turn off the heat and add the gelatin mix into the boiled milk and mix it well until all the gelatin gets dissolved. Pour this mixture into a bowl and cling wrap it and tuck it into the refrigeratore for about 6-8 hours to chill. Once it has chilled in the fridge and is set and firm, you can run a knife around the pudding and topple it into a serving tray or leave it as it is. Enjoy this pudding nice and cold! So Yummmmm!