Egg less Mocha Caramel Pudding (A Pudding Combined With both Coffee and Chocolate Flavour )

Caramel pudding   is a milk based dessert with a layer of caramel sauce on top.It is very popular dessert   throughout the world.If you are  getting  bored with normal caramel custard  then you can try this Mocha Caramel  Custard, here I added instant coffee powder and cocoa powder.This time I made egg less version  of  caramel  custard by using gelatine. If you are vegetarian, then you can use agar agar or china grass instead  of gelatin. 


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Author - Moumita 
Preparation Time - 15 Minutes 
Cooking Time- 30 Minutes 
Setting Time - 3Hours (Minimum)
Servings - 4 People 

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INGREDIENTS OF MAKING CUSTARD
2cups Milk
1/4cup sugar
2.5 tsp powdered gelatin
3 tsp custard powder
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
Cocoa powder-2tbsp
1.5 tsps instant coffee powder dissolved in little warm water

INGREDIENTS OF MAKING CARAMEL

Sugar-1cup
Water-3tbsp 
Instant Coffee Powder -1/2tsp



METHOD OF MAKING CARAMEL 

Add sugar and water in a small pan and heat on medium flame until it starts to turn a light golden brown. 
Add coffee powder.
Do not stir. Once the sugar  turns a light golden brown swivel  the pot a little to let the colour even out.
pour immediately  directly into a big mould or some small  balls and swirl the mould that spreads to fill the base.

METHOD OF MAKING CUSTARD 

Pour the milk into a medium pot and sprinkle the gelatin over it. 
Let the gelatin soften a little.
Add  sugar and custard powder. Stir to mix.
Take 1/4 cup milk  and  add cocoa powder and instant coffee powder and mix   properly with a fork.Then pour this milk to the gelatin mixed milk.
Add vanilla essence  into the milk and mix.
Heat on a low flame  with a wooden spoon until the mixture thickens .Stirring  Continuously.  
Pour the custard through a strainer  into the mould over the hardened caramel and chill in the refrigerator until firm. It will take 3-4 hours.


HOW TO UNMOULD

After 3-4hours ,take out the custard from fridge.
Loosen the sides with a knife carefully and invert on a plate. 


TIPS


If you do not want to use gelatine then you  can use agar agar  or china grass (it is a vegeterian form of gelatin )..you just follow the instructions  of using  agar agar or china grass instead of using gelatine .

5 tbsp  chopped agar-agar

Soak the agar agar or china grass in a 3/4 cup of cold water for 1 hour. Then heat on low flame until it dissolves and becomes a clear liquid.

 When your custard  is about to ready then add melted china grass to the custard and mix.Boil again for 2 minutes. Strain the mixture into the mould and then follow  the  upper  methods.