Dry fruit Pudding

Ingredients

Honey - 75 g
Orange juice - 2 tbsp
Lime juice - 1 tbsp
Dates - 100 g ( chopped)
Sultanas - 150 g
Apple (peeled and grated) - 50 g
Orange peel - 50 g ( chopped)
Lemon peel - 50 g (chopped)
Cherries ( chopped) - 50 g
Bread crumbs - 250 g
Butter - 250 g
sugar - 250 g
Chopped cashew nuts - 50 g
Salt - a pinch
Nutmeg powder - ½ tsp
Cloves (powdered) - ½ tsp
Cardamom powder - ½ tsp
Eggs (beaten) - 5

Preparation
Mix the dry fruits with the honey, orange juice and the lemon juice. Let it soak for a day.
Mix the cashew nuts, salt and the spice powders with the bread crumbs - combine this with the fruit mixture.
Beat the butter and the sugar until light and fluffy - mix this with the fruit mixture and the beaten egg.
Pour the pudding mixture into a greased bowl.
Boil water in a saucepan. Keep the pudding bowl covered in this saucepan and steam for 2½ to 3 hours or until done. Make sure that you refill water in the saucepan if required while cooking.
Allow the pudding to cool and serve