Ingredients

• milk - 2 cups
• sugar - 6 tbsp
• vanilla custard powder - 2 tbsp
• seedless dates - 200 gm
• honey dew melon - 4 cups, peeled and cubed
• cashew nuts - 3 tbsp, chopped
• fresh cream and assorted nuts for decoration

How to Make Date and melon pudding

• Chop dates, add 1 cup water and soak for 1 hr.
• Add 3 tbsp sugar and cook till it becomes like jam.
• Add cashew nuts.
• Mix custard powder with 1/4 cup of milk.
• Heat remaining milk.
• When it begins to boil, add the custard powder and cook for 2-3 minutes.
• Add remaining sugar.
• Remove from fire and allow to cool.
• Mash 2 cup of melon cubes and sweeten to taste with sugar if desired.
• In a pudding bowl, pour alternate layers of melon pieces, custard, melon pulp and date mixture.
• Decorate with cream and nuts and serve chilled.