Eggless Fruit Pudding

Ingredients:

Maida                                      -        2 cup

Salt                                          -        ¼ tsp

Sugar                                      -        1 cup

Butter                                     -        ½ cup

Mixed dry fruit & nuts -        1 cup

Milk                                        -        1 cup

Mixed spice powder               -        ½ tsp

White vinegar                         -        1 tbsp

Soda                                        -        1 tsp

Candied peel, chopped -        2 tbsp

Method:

Sift maida with salt and spice powder. Add butter and mix lightly with finger tips. Stir in fruits, nuts and candied peel. Dissolve sugar in milk. Add vinegar and soda. Add this liquid to the maida mixture. Mix lightly. Pour in a greased, deep ring mould. Cover with aluminium foil. Place cooking plate upturned in the cooking pan. Pour enough water in the pan to come to ½ the level of the mould. Place the mould in the water. Cover the cooking pan with the lid and press the switch to “Cooking”. (Whenever you make a steamed pudding, it is very important to ensure that water or steam does not come in contact with the pudding mixture. So take care to see that the foil seals the mixture well).

While the pudding is steaming, we can use the 2 dish pan or steaming basket (line the base of the basket with foil) to cook a variety of steamed dishes like dhokla, muthia, rava idly, etc or steam vegetables or potatoes to use in any other recipe. You may open and close the cooker to place and remove the 2-dish pan or steaming basket while the pudding is steaming. This will not interfere with the steaming of the pudding. And, it is not necessary to monitor your pudding either. If you are around, you may switch off the cooker after one hour or the switch will move to “Keep Warm” when the water in the pan is evaporated and you can take out the pudding at your convenience.

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