Steamed Christmas Pudding Recipe
Steamed Christmas Pudding is a soft and rich pudding cake made by steaming flour batter with dry fruits and caramel syrup. This recipe has deep flavour from spices and fruits with slightly dense and moist texture. It is little different from regular cake because it is steamed and not baked. The caramel gives dark colour and mild rich taste.
Servings4 people
Ingredients
- ½ cup white flour
- ½ cup fresh breadcrumbs
- 1 cup dry fruits
- ¾ cup orange juice
- 1 tablespoon curd
- ½ tablespoon oil
- 1 tablespoon butter to grease
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- ⅛ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon vanilla essence
- ½ teaspoon garam masala or spice mix powder
For the caramel:
- ½ cup granulated white sugar
- ¼ cup water
Instructions
- First lets make caramel syrup. Take a sauce pan – add sugar to it and heat it up in medium flame. Do not mix just heat it up until sugar dissolves.
- The sugar gets dissolved and turns golden in color, do not cook more - the caramel will taste bitter.
- Be at a safer distance and pour water, it may splutter so be careful. Let the syrup boil for 5 seconds switch off and set aside.
- I soaked the dry fruits in orange juice for a day and made it ready. To a mixing bowl - add flour, bread crumbs and baking powder.
- Add baking soda, whisk it well for even mixing.
- Add garam masala powder spice mix, whisk again.
- Now add soaked dry fruits. Transfer the caramel syrup to a mixing bowl.
- Add curd, oil and vanilla essence.
- Whisk it well. Now add this to the flour. Mix well with a spatula.
- Take a oven safe / heat proof bowl. I used my borosil 0.5 litres oven safe glass bowl.
- Grease the bowl with generous butter. Add the pudding mixture to the bowl.
- Cover it with a butter paper greased with butter. Then cover with aluminium foil. Tie it with a rubber band or a string.
- You can either use your steamer or pressure cooker. Put a plate inside the cooker, add 6 cups of water to it. Place the pudding bowl on the plate.
- Close with lid, no whistle needed. Steam cook for 2 hours.
- In between check the water level and add water accordingly. Check after 1hr 30 mins then proceed.
- Insert a knife in the centre of the pudding if it comes out clean then the pudding is done else steam cook for few more mins.
- Remove from flame, set aside for 20mins. Then slide a knife at the edges then invert. Cool down completely then slice and serve Steamed Christmas Pudding.
Notes
- Caramel making – I heat the sugar without stirring till it melts, don’t overcook as it may turn bitter.
- Soaking – I just soak the dry fruits in juice before adding it, makes them soft and flavorful.
- Mixing – I try to mix the batter gently and do not over mix. This help to keep texture soft and nice.
- Steaming – I steam for long time in low flame. Check water level in between so it does not dry.
- Checking – I insert knife to check if cooked. If it comes out clean then it is ready.
Nutrition Facts
Steamed Christmas Pudding Recipe
Amount Per Serving (75 g)
Calories 423
Calories from Fat 144
% Daily Value*
Fat 16g25%
Saturated Fat 2g13%
Trans Fat 0.1g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 2g
Cholesterol 8mg3%
Sodium 311mg14%
Potassium 146mg4%
Carbohydrates 64g21%
Fiber 3g13%
Sugar 39g43%
Protein 6g12%
Vitamin A 185IU4%
Vitamin C 23mg28%
Calcium 71mg7%
Iron 2mg11%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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