A refreshing fruit salad is the easiest dessert to make and serve for any lunch or dinner. It’s also perfect for those random days when you want a dessert but want to pretend you’re eating right because of all the fruits in it.
Ingredients for the Fruit Salad
Your basic ingredients are milk, sugar, and custard powder. The fruits added can vary. We add bananas, chikoos, apples, orange, papayas, and black grapes (the same ones we ake wine with). Sometimes we add more or less of each one. Sometimes we skip some altogether. It’s really up to personal choice.
Making the Fruit Salad
Fruit salad is easy to make in minutes.
Step I – Cut the Fruit
Slice the bananas into thin slices (thick if you prefer) and the grapes into halves or just leave them whole. Like I said, personal preference. Dice the apple, chickoo, and papaya into small pieces. And peel the orange and cut each slice into 2 or 3 bits.
Step II – Make the Custard
Add the milk to a large pot. Mix in the sugar and custard powder and stir well so it’s all mixed properly and the lunps have disappeared. Put it on the stove on a medium flame and allow to come to a boil while stirring continuously (approx 10 mins.)
Once the custard has thickened, take it off the stove. Add all the fruit to the custard, and mix. It’s now ready to serve warm. If you want it cold, refrigerate for an hour or two. Easy peasy lemon squeezy!
Fruit Salad With Custard – Fruit Custard
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Ingredients
- 1 L Milk
- 3 Tbsp Custard Powder
- 6 Tbsp Sugar
- 2 Bananas
- 2 Chikoos
- 1 Apple
- 1 Orange
- 100 Grams Papaya
- 100 Grams Black Grapes
Instructions
Cut the Fruit
- Slice the bananas into thin slices and the grapes into halves.
- Dice the apple, chickoo and papaya into 1 or 1.5 cm sized pieces.
- Peel the orange and cut into 1 or 1.5 cm pieces.
Make the Custard
- Add the milk to a large pot.
- Mix in the sugar and custard powder and set on a medium flame.
- Allow to come to a boil while stirring continuously (approx 10 mins.)
- Once the custard has thickened, take off the stove.
- Add all the fruit to the custard, and mix.
- Serve warm or cold.
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Notes
- Add more sugar if you want it sweeter.
- Add more custard powder if you want it thicker.
- Use other flavors of custard if you want to.
- You can add any other fruits of your choice.
Nutrition (Per Serving)
Disclaimer: Nutrition Information per serving is estimated by a third party software based on the ingredients used, and is for informational purposes only. It will vary from product to product, based on methods of preparation, origin and freshness of ingredients. Please consult the package labels of the ingredients you use, or chat with your dietician for specific details.
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Tips for making custard with fruit
- Add more sugar if you want it sweeter.
- Add more custard powder if you want it thicker.
- Use any other flavored custard if you like.
- Replace any of the fruits with your favorite.
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