Instant Fruit Custard

We went to a friends birthday party, where this delicious custard was served as a dessert.

I was so impressed not just by its taste, but also by the “instant” part.

I know this would appeal to lots of busy moms like myself. Thanks Jayashree!! for this instant recipe.

Ingredients

• 3 cups of vanilla icecream
• 1 cup of frozen mango pulp
• 1/2 cup of “Kesari” canned mango pulp
• 1 tsp of sugar (optional)
• 1 1/2 cups of cut fruits (grapes, strawberries, apples, banana. kiwis etc)

Method

• Defrost vanilla icecream in the microwave for 25 seconds.
• whisk with spoon or hand whisk.
• Mix in the mango pulps & sugar.
• Add the fruits & mix well well together.
• Serve chilled.

Tips/Notes

• You can try a variation with any fruit flavoured ice creams.

Mango Milk Shake

This is a delicious, refreshing, and easy-to-make drink for hot summer days or any day.

We tend to serve this at a party when we have no sweets/dessert planned.

I remember those glorious summer day in India, when I was a child. Come summer & all we ate was mangoes. Alphonso Mango Slices for Breakfast with khakra, Payari for 10:00 snack. Payari juice/raas for lunch & for dinner my mom would make alphonso cubes mixed in payari milk (payari raas mixed with milk) along with theplas. YUMMMMMM……

She’d also make a deadly milkshake.

Here’s her recipe ( I’ve just added the icecream part)

Ingredients

• 1 cup mango pulp
• 1 cup chilled milk
• 2-3 tblsp powdered sugar
• 2 scoops of vanilla icecream
• 1 tblsp Chopped cashew, pistachio & raisins
• Few strands of saffron
• cool-whip or redi whip for decoration

Method

• First blend the mango pulp in a mixer properly.
• Then add milk and sugar to it and blend once again.
• Pour in tall glasses.
• Put a scoop of vanilla icecream in each glass.
• Put a dollop of reddi-whip on once side of each glass.
• Decorate with chopped nuts & top them with 2-3 strands of saffron.

Tips/Notes:

• I prefer frozen mango pulp over the canned pulp.
• If you want creamier milkshake substitute 1/2 cup of milk with 1/2 cup of vanilla icecream.
• If you’re like me & want liquidie milkshake, add 1/4 cup of milk more. You’ll have the adjust the amount of sugar according to the amount of milk
• Don’t use fat-free or 1% milk for milkshake. Go for 2% or Vitamin D milk.