Date and melon pudding

Ingredients

Milk - 2 cups
Sugar - 6 tbsp
Vanilla custard powder - 2 tbsp
Seedless dates - 200 gm
Honey dew melon - 4 cups, peeled and cubed
Cashew nuts - 3 tbsp, chopped
Fresh cream and assorted nuts for decoration


Method

1. Chop dates, add 1 cup water and soak for 1 hr.
2. Add 3 tbsp sugar and cook till it becomes like jam.
3. Add cashew nuts.
4. Mix custard powder with 1\4 cup of milk.
5. Heat remaining milk.
6. When it begins to boil, add the custard powder and cook for 2-3 minutes.
7. Add remaining sugar.
8. Remove from fire and allow to cool.
9. Mash 2 cup of melon cubes and sweeten to taste with sugar if desired.
10. In a pudding bowl, pour alternate layers of melon pieces, custard, melon pulp and date mixture.
11. Decorate with cream and nuts and serve chilled.