Date and Walnut Pudding

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Date and walnut pudding is a baked pudding recipe with dates and walnuts added to the spongy pudding mix. A classic pudding recipe which can also be prepared by steaming and served as dessert after meals.

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Date and Walnut Pudding recipe - How to make Date and Walnut Pudding

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Preparation Time: 45 minutes Cooking Time: 1 hr Total Time: 1051 hours 45 minutes 7
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Ingredients

2 eggs
250 gms dates (khajur)
1/2 cup (80 gms) butter
85 gms (a little more than 3/4 cup) plain flour (maida)
3/4 cup (100 gms) powdered sugar
1/2 cup walnuts (akhrot)
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda

Custard Sauce
2 1/2 cups (1/2 kg) milk
3 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp heaped custard powder

Method

Remove seeds from dates and chop them finely.
Soak chopped dates in 5tbsp of water with 1/2 tsp soda-bicarb for 4-5 hours or overnight.
Sift maida with baking powder.
Beat eggs and keep aside.
Mix dates and walnuts gradually and alternately with the maida.
Keep aside.
Beat butter and sugar very well. add essence. mix.
Add the maida mixture and the beaten eggs, gradually and alternately to the butter-sugar mixture. beat well.
Bake in a preheated oven at 2000 c for 45-50 minutes. keep aside.
Prepare custard sauce by dissolving custard powder in 1/2 cup milk.
Heat the remaining 2 cups of milk and sugar.when it boils,add the custard powder, stirring continuously.
Cook for a few minutes till it coats the back of the spoon.
Serve the pudding with hot custard sauce.