Semolina Custard Pudding

This pudding is solely my creation.I have not borrowed any ideas from other recipes.My aim was to prepare a custard pudding but then  I decided to play around with some other ingredients too and thus emerged this delicious dish.

Ingredients

1 litre milk

1/4 cup slightly roasted semolina

½ cup sweened condensed milk

¾   cup custard powder-(mix into ¼ cup of water and make a thin paste)

Sugar according  to taste

1 tablespoon Orange zest

¼ cup fresh orange juice

A pinch of salt

1 tsp Vanilla essense

8 coconut  cookies ( or any of your favourite)

Method

Crumble the cookies coarsely and spread it evenly Into  a medium sized pudding dish. Pour the orange juice over it and keep aside.

In a pan add the milk, condensed milk, semolina ,sugar, salt and the custard  powder paste and bring to a boil stirring all the time.Reduce heat and keep stirring .Once it starts to thicken,add the vanilla essense and the orange zest and mix it well.Remove from heat and pour over the layered  cookie .Serve it at  room temperature  or  refrigerate if you prefer to eat it cool.

Ghee Cookies ( Nan khatai)

This is a  very  simple recipe and easy to make.Children and adults  will love this any time

Ingredients

1 cup all purpose flour

1/2 cup icing sugar

1/2 cup ghee( melted at  room temperature )

A teaspoon powdered cardamom

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

Preparation

In a bowl smoothly cream the ghee and the icing sugar.Mix together  the baking powder and the flour and add the cardamom powder.Mix gently till a crumbly dough forms.Remove the  dough from the bowl and knead it gently on a board .Leave the cookie dough  covered in plastic wrap for about 1/2 hour in the refrigerator.Remove from refrigerator and make little balls.Flatten  them slightly and place them in the baking tray and bake in a pre heated oven ,250 F for about 20 /25 minutes.

This recipe makes a dozen cookies.

I doubled the recipe since I was expecting guests at home.

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Remove from the oven and cool the cookies in a wire rack

I dusted the cookies with powdered sugar just before serving.

Storage tip:* Store in an airtight container in a cool place.Stays fresh for about 3-4 days. 

*Or wrap each cookie in aluminium foil ,place them in a sealed container before storing in the freezer(upto a month).

*Remove from freezer and leave it at room temperature before letting them melt into your mouth.