Made using just 5 ingredients in 5 minutes, this eggless Homemade Custard Powder and milk are all you need to make a creamy custard. Make it at home from scratch using this quick and easy recipe (gluten-free).
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About This Recipe
This eggless Homemade Custard Powder is a breeze to make at home. It comes together in just 5 minutes using 5 simple ingredients from scratch.
Although it is easily available in grocery stores, making it at home is definitely preferable as it is made using high-quality ingredients. There are no preservatives added to it and you can skip adding the artificial color too.
The traditional custard has egg yolks added to it and people who don’t eat eggs might feel the taste a little bit eggy. But when made using this eggless powder, the custard tastes equally delicious minus the eggy taste and smell.
The warm creamy instant custard made using homemade powder mix is super delicious and has a very fresh taste as compared to the store-bought one. It is gluten-free too.
My custard powder recipe will give you approximately 1 and ½ cups of powder which is good to make custard for 10-12 people. You can easily half, double, or triple the recipe as per your requirement.
You can use this homemade custard powder to make fruit custard, custard ice cream, or custard shake, or add it to sabudana kheer along with tapioca pearls.
Ingredients
To make this recipe, you will need icing sugar (confectioner’s sugar), milk powder, cornstarch (corn flour), vanilla powder, and yellow food coloring.
Cornstarch acts as a thickening agent and gives a creamy texture to the custard sauce. You can replace it with water chestnut flour or arrowroot powder.
If the vanilla powder is not available, you can skip adding it to the custard powder. Add vanilla extract (vanilla essence) while making the custard instead. You can also use vanilla sugar as a replacement for vanilla powder.
The same goes for yellow coloring. If you only have liquid color, you can add it while making the custard. You can also choose to skip adding the color altogether. Your custard will be white in color in this case.
So basically, while making custard powder, you can only use dry ingredients. If they are wet, add them later while making the custard.
You can replace the yellow food color with a pinch of turmeric as well. The color will be milder but if you are sensitive to food color, then it is a good alternative.
How To Make Homemade Custard Powder
Add
- ¼ cup icing sugar (confectioner’s sugar)
- 1 cup milk powder
- ½ cup cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon vanilla powder
- ⅛ teaspoon yellow food color powder
to a medium-sized mixing bowl.
Mix well using a wire whisk or a spoon.
If the vanilla powder is not available, skip adding it. You can add some vanilla extract while making the custard instead.
Transfer the mixture to a clean and dry glass jar and store it in a cool and dry place.
How To Make Custard Using The Powder
To make a warm and creamy custard, heat 250 ml of whole milk (full-fat milk) in a pan over medium-low heat.
Stir together 2 tablespoon custard powder and ¼ cup of chilled milk to make a lump-free mixture. If there are lumps in the mixture, pass it through a fine-mesh strainer.
Add the vanilla extract and the yellow food color if you have not added these two while making the powder. If added, then skip this step.
Pour this mixture slowly into the pan with the milk and stir continuously until the custard thickens.
Remove the pan from heat and cover it using a cling wrap to avoid the formation of a cream layer on top.
Chill the custard and serve with fresh fruits and jelly.
Pro Tips By Neha
Color is added to give the custard a hint of yellow. You can totally skip it.
If you don’t have icing sugar, you can powder the regular sugar in a blender to make a fine powder. Since icing sugar has added corn starch, add 2 tablespoon of extra cornstarch to the recipe.
While making the custard, it is important to dissolve the powder in little milk to avoid lumps. If you still have lumps in your mixture, you can pass it through a fine-mesh strainer.
If the final custard also has lumps, you can pass it through a fine-mesh strainer too.
You can add ½ cup of cocoa powder to the mix to make chocolate custard powder.
Storage Suggestions
Store the custard powder in an airtight container in a cool and dry place. It stays good for up to 3 months.
To increase the shelf life, you can refrigerate it for up to 6 months.
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Homemade Custard Powder Recipe
Ingredients
- ¼ cup icing sugar (confectioner's sugar)
- 1 cup milk powder
- ½ cup cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon vanilla powder
- ⅛ teaspoon yellow food color powder
Instructions
Make Custard Powder
- Add icing sugar, milk powder, cornstarch, vanilla powder, and yellow food color powder to a medium-size mixing bowl.
- Mix well using a wire whisk or a spoon.
- If the vanilla powder is not available, skip adding it. You can add some vanilla extract while making the custard instead.
- Transfer the mixture to a clean and dry glass jar and store it in a cool and dry place.
Make Custard Using The Powder
- To make a warm and creamy custard, heat 250 ml of whole milk in a pan over medium-low heat.
- Stir together 2 tablespoons of custard powder and ¼ cup of chilled milk to make a lump-free mixture. If there are lumps in the mixture, pass it through a fine-mesh strainer.
- Add the vanilla extract and the yellow food color if you have not added these two while making the powder. If added, then skip this step.
- Pour this mixture slowly into the pan with the milk and stir continuously until the custard thickens.
- Remove the pan from heat and cover it using a cling wrap to avoid the formation of a cream layer on top.
- Chill the custard and serve with fresh fruits and jelly.
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