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Coffee Pudding

Ingredients: 

( For 2 servings) I make 6 times the given  proportion  to serve   10-11  people. 

  Milk                                  1 cup
Sugar                                6 tbsps
Custard Powder                 1 tbsp
Nescafe Powder                3/4 tbsp
Cocoa/Chocolate Powder   1 tbsp
Gelatin                             1/2 tsp
Nutmeg(jaiphal) +              2 pinches
Dalchini powder   Chopped Walnut                1/2 cup
Vanilla Essence                1/4 tsp
Fresh Cream                     1 cup
  Preparation :

1. Pour cold milk .
2. Add sugar + custard powder ( premixed to a smooth paste with little milk).
3. Put the mixture on  slow-medium flame .
4. Add gelatin ( premixed with  4-5 tbsps of water) to it .
5. Keep stirring  till the custard thickens .
6. When   it forms a smooth creamy paste  , remove from flame .  
7. Mix cocoa+coffee+ jaiphal powder with some of the above mixture to make a fine smooth paste .
8. This is to ensure there are no granules or knots later.
9. Pour it slowly into the above  mixture .
10. Beat well to form a smooth chocolaty paste .
11. Add the vanilla  essence. 
12. Add the chopped walnuts . Mix well .   
13. After 10-15 minutes, transfer the contents into the dessert bowl  . 
14. Place it  in the refrigerator .
15. When cool,  pour whipped cream ( sweetened  or un sweetened  as per your liking ) .
16. Mix well  if you like the two flavours to blend .
17. Else just mix lightly  to have marbled layers of brown  and white . 
18. Serve cool .  

Tips :

 
1. Use a nonstick kadai to avoid  burning of the mixture and also non messy preparation .
2. Take care you are stirring the mixture when on flame periodically .
3. Do not  chill the dessert .  

Enhancers:

1. Sprinkle  chocolate chips / grated chocolate before serving .
2. Pierce wafer chocolate rolls to make it look real tempting .