Steamed date pudding

steamed date pudding

It is a tasty pudding with refined flour, brown sugar, dates and vanilla essence. Cooking time is 30 minutes, serving for 4.

Ingredients

Dates (pitted 7 chopped)           1 cup

Soda bicarbonate                      ½ tsp

Butter                                      90g

Soft brown sugar                       ½ cup

Cream                                     1 tbsp

Vanilla essence                        1 tsp

Eggs                                        2

Refined flour (maida)                 1 cup

Method

First soak the dates in one cup of hot water and add soda bicarbonate and set aside to soften.

soak dates

Take butter in a bowl, add brown sugar and cream together and mix well till the sugar dissolves.

add brown sugar and crem

Now add vanilla essence and eggs and mix well.

Add refined flour and mix.

Then add the dates along with the water and mix gently.

Now pour the mixture into the muffin moulds. Sprinkle a little brown sugar on top.

mixture in mould

Now put the moulds in the steamer & steam for about 20 minutes.

keep mould in steamer 

Take out from mould and serve.