Caramel Bread Pudding

Name: Caramel Bread Pudding
Yield: For 3/ 4 persons
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1/4 cup Sugar (for caramel); 6 pieces Bread; 1/4 cup Custard powder (flavour of your choice but I prefer vanilla); 1/2 cup Water; 1/2 cup Milk; 1/2 cup Sugar

Jayati Banerjee @cook_16195885

#MidnightCravings
If it's all about midnight cravings then what could be tastier than a slice of the chilled creamy pudding ! And whats more ? It's a pudding without eggs that means vegetarians are also welcome to jump over !

Jayati Banerjee @cook_16195885

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Ingredients

For 3/ 4 persons

6" bowl or mould
1/4 cupSugar (for caramel)
6 piecesBread
1/4 cupCustard powder (flavour of your choice but I prefer vanilla)
1/2 cupWater
1/2 cupMilk
1/2 cupSugar

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Steps

1

First grease the mould with butter
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Melt 1/4 cup sugar in a pan to make caramel. You may add a little (1/2 tsp) water
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Pour the caramel in the mould and keep it aside to be set
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Cut the bread pieces into small portions and grind them in a grinder
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In a bowl mix custard powder with the water
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Heat milk in a pan over low to medium flame, add sugar (1/2 cup) and mix
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Add custard mixture and mix well, make it thick
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Add bread powder to it slowly and stir constantly
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Pour this mixture in the mould on the caramel, cover it with an aluminium foil
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Heat water in a large saucepan / steamer, place a stand in it. Place the mould on the stand and steam over medium flame for 40-50 mins. Then insert a toothpick in the custard, if it comes out clean then it's done. Turn off the heat and take out the mould.
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After that bring it to the room temperature and keep in the fridge for 2-3 hrs
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Then flip over a plate, the custard comes out, garnish it with cherries / dry fruits and serve chilled.