Rose Water and Cardamom Custard

lemoncurd's Note:

A traditional custard eaten in Saudi and neighbouring Gulf countries.

• Total Time: 20 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 4 cups whole milk
• 1/4-1 teaspoon ground cardamom
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 6 full tablespoons custard powder (not instant)
• 1 -2 tablespoon rose water
• 1/2 cup whipping cream
• ground pistachios

Directions:

1. Mix custard powder with 1/2 cup of milk until smooth.
2. Add 3.5 cups of milk, cardamom and sugar into a saucepan.
3. Bring to the boil on medium heat, stirring frequently as not to scorch.
4. Remove milk from heat.
5. Add in the custard powder slowly stirring all the time.
6. Place milk back onto heat stir constantly until smooth and custard has thickened (+ - 5 minutes).
7. Remove from heat.
8. Add rose water stir well.
9. Cool.
10. Add whipping cream and mix well.
11. Place in a bowl and sprinkle with ground pistachios.
12. Serve chilled.

Reviews

[rosslare]

Lovely! I would increase amount of rosewater next time to intensify the lovely flavour, and use the whole tsp of cardamom.

[Elmotoo]

Please don't laugh...this was 1/2 gone before it got to the fridge. :O I used 5TB cornstarch & 1TB vanilla powder. IT WAS SOOOO DELICIOUS!! I'm one who craves rosewater. ;) Next time I will try 6TB cornstarch because I think it was suposed to be thicker. The only disapointment was the next day it was like a milkshake. But still DELICIOUS so I put it in a glass & drank it. :) I was confused at first about why this was a custard (I hadn't heard of custard powder) - I would call this a pudding because to me custard = egg based. Regardless, this was simple, easy & fairly quick. It did take quite some time to chill but I had already eaten most of it by then anyway, lol. And it's fabulous still warm!! I'm making some more very soon. Thanks, lemoncurd!!!

[Brenda.]

This was so good! I halved the recipe as I suspected my DH and DS may poo poo anything containing Rose Water. Ha! More for me! I used 1/4 tsp cardamom and 1/2 tbs of rose water as this was new to me as well. I had asked lemoncurd if the cream needed to be whipped prior to adding in (the answer was to add as a liquid, not whipped), but she mentioned that the consistency of this custard was medium and if I wanted a thicker custard I could add a little more custard powder. So I did, about 1 tbs more. The rose water was subtle, but noticeable and the cardamom was fantastic. It got even better with the addition of the ground pistachios. Lemoncurd, thanks so much for sharing this recipe. I can see why your DH loves the Rose Water/ Cardamom combination-DELISH! Nick's Mom