Maani's Kitchen

Fruits & Dry Fruits Desert

Ingredients
• 1 cup vanilla pudding* (see recipe below)
• ½ cup milk
• ½ sour cream
• 2 tsp. thick cream
• 5 / 6 pieces of vanilla wafers (crumbled)
• 1 spoon lemon juice ( this is to coat the banana slices)
• Banana slices, peach slices, dry apricots cut in halves, cherries, roasted almonds(cut in small pieces) and pistachio flakes sand or any seasonal of fruit of your choice
Method

• Mix together vanilla pudding and 1/2 cup milk
• Add 1 cup sour cream, thick cream and vanilla wafers
• Add bananas or peaches, apricots, strawberries, cherries roasted almonds, pistachio flakes or any kind of fruit you wish
• Layer in pan or put in bowl
• Decorate with a bash of thick cream and top it with fresh crushed cherry
• Refrigerate 1 hour before serving

Vanilla Pudding

Ingredients
• 2 cups milk
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon butter

Method

• In a medium saucepan heat milk, over medium flame, until bubbles form at edges
• In a bowl, combine sugar, cornstarch and salt. Pour into hot milk, a little at a time, stirring to dissolve
• Continue to cook and stir until mixture thickens enough to coat the back of a metal spoon. Do not boil
• Remove from heat, stir in vanilla essence and butter
• Pour into serving dishes or use in the above recipe. Chill before serving

Recipe by Papori Palkar