Ingredients :

4 slices white bread – crust removed
600ml milk
15ml custard powder
50ml sugar
4 eggs
5ml vanilla essence
2 cinnamon sticks
3 elachi
50ml butter

Method :

– Quarter bread slices and soak in 200ml milk
– Mix a little milk with the custard powder and 1 tsp sugar to form a smooth paste.
– Boil the remaining milk. Add hot milk to custard paste, return to stove and stir to form a thin, runny custard.
– Beat eggs with remaining sugar and vanilla essence.
– Combine with custard and remaining ingredients and pour into a greased oven proof dish.
– Bake at 180 degrees for 30 minutes.
– Serve with hot apricot sauce.

APRICOT SAUCE

50ml boiling water
60ml smooth apricot jam
– Combine water and jam to form a thin sauce.