Ingredients:
• 1 liter – Milk
• 8 tbsp – custard powder
• 4 tbsp – water
• 4 bread slices
• 10 tbsp – Sugar
• For the Caramel:
• 4 tsp – Sugar
Method:
- Trim the sides of the bread slices and break into small pieces.
- Boil the milk on a medium flame. After a while add the bread pieces.
- Allow the milk to boil, stirring at regular intervals for 15 minutes.
- Disslove the custard powder in 4 tbsp water.
- Gradually add it to the boiling milk, stirring continuously while you do so, to avoid lumps.
- Once the milk thickens add sugar. When the sugar dissolves, remove the milk from the gas and cool.
- Blend it with an hand blender till smooth and even.
- For the caramel: In a steel/ aluminium container, melt 4 tsps sugar to a rich brown colour.
- Evenly spread the melted sugar.
- Remove from gas. Cool completely.
- Pour the cooled milk mixture into it.
- Refrigerate for 7 to 8 hours to set.
Recipe courtesy of Anita Raheja