Prepared with just 5 ingredients in 5 minutes, this homemade eggless custard powder is 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
Have you ever tried making custard using homemade custard powder at home, rather than making it using store-bought one? If no, then you should try making your own mix at home. It’s easy, fresh, and prepared with high-quality ingredients.
Whenever there was fruit custard planned to be prepared for my weekend dessert or any get-together, I used to buy custard powder from the market and make the custard. But since the day I have prepared it at home, there is no looking back.
Warm creamy custard prepared with homemade powder mix is so delicious and has a very fresh taste as compared to the store-bought one. It just needs 5 ingredients, which I am sure will already be available in your pantry. And if it’s not, you can easily get them in your nearby grocery store.
Keep this homemade powder handy and make a delicious custard anytime. Make it with just 5 ingredients in 5 minutes.
Also, this recipe is best when you have that sudden custard craving. So next time you are planning to make custard at home, either to make everyone’s all-time favorite fruit custard or just to top it on pies and tarts, make this instant custard powder at home.
This custard powder is,
- Easy + Quick
- Gluten-free
- Eggless
- Made with just 5 ingredients
- Made from scratch
- Better than the store-bought one
Ingredients
This is a super easy recipe and just needs 5 ingredients, that is icing sugar (confectioner’s sugar), milk powder, cornstarch, vanilla powder, and yellow food color powder.
If the vanilla powder is not available, you can skip adding it to the custard powder. Add vanilla extract while making the custard instead. You can also use vanilla sugar as a replacement for vanilla powder.
The same goes for yellow color powder. If you only have liquid color, you can add it while making the custard.
So basically, while making custard powder, you can only use dry ingredients. If they are wet, add them later while making the custad.
How to make Custard Powder?
Add ¼ cup icing sugar (confectioner’s sugar), 1 cup milk powder, ½ cup cornstarch, 1 tsp vanilla powder, and ⅛ tsp yellow food color powder in 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 in a clean and dry glass jar and store in a cool and dry place.
Making Custard using the Powder
To make warm and creamy custard, heat 250 ml milk in a pan.
Mix 2 tbsp custard powder in ¼ cup of cold milk to make a lump free mixture. If there are lumps in the mixture, pass it through a strainer.
Add the vanilla extract and the yellow food color if you have not added these two while making the powder.
Pour this mixture slowly in the pan and keep stirring continuously.
Cook on medium heat until the custard thickens. Keep stirring continuously. Remove the pan from heat and cover it using a cling film to avoid formation of cream layer on top. Chill the custard and serve with fresh fruits and jelly.
Pro Tips by Neha
Colour 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 powder. Just add 1 tbsp 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 custard, you can pass it through a soup strainer.
Storage Suggestions
Store the powder in a glass jar in a cool and dry place. It stays good for upto 3 months.
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Custard Powder
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
- Add ¼ cup icing sugar (confectioner’s sugar), 1 cup milk powder, ½ cup cornstarch, 1 tsp vanilla powder, and ⅛ tsp yellow food color powder in 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.
- To make warm and creamy custard, heat 250 ml milk in a pan.
- Mix 2 tbsp custard powder in ¼ cup of cold milk to make a lump free mixture. If there are lumps in the mixture, pass it through a strainer.
- Add the vanilla extract and the yellow food color if you have not added these two while making the powder.
- Pour this mixture slowly into the pan and keep stirring continuously.
- Cook on medium heat until the custard thickens. Keep stirring continuously. Remove the pan from heat and cover it using a cling film to avoid the formation of a cream layer on top. Chill the custard and serve with fresh fruits and jelly.
