Chikku / Sapota Pudding

Ingredients:

5-6 chikku / sapota / chikoo
500 ml milk
1/2-3/4 tin condensed milk
8-10 gm china grass
sugar as required

Preparation:

1. Soak china grass in 1/2 cup of water for 10 minutes.
2. Peel off the chikoos and puree 4-5 chikoos using a blender and finely chop the remaining chikoos. Keep it aside.
3. In a thick bottomed pan, boil milk and condensed milk adding enough sugar.
4. In the meantime, heat the soaked china grass along with water in another pan on low flame, stirring continuously until the china grass melts completely.
5. When the milk mixture reaches boiling point, add the melted china grass and mix well.
6. Then mix the pureed chikku with the prepared milk mixture and remove from flame.
7. Pour this into a pudding tray and garnish it with chopped chikku. Keep it in the refrigerator till set and serve chilled….