Fruit Salad With Custard !

This is a special dessert from today's Thursday magazine for children that combines fruits, custard sauce and coconut fingers. Do I hear the kids say, "Hey Mummy, this is "Yummy" for my Tummy!?!

• Ready In: 37 mins
• Serves: 6

Ingredients

• For the fruit salad

• 3  cups  mixed fruit, finely chopped (apple, banana, mango, peaches, seedless grapes, etc.)
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons caster sugar
• 1⁄4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1  tablespoon lemon juice
• 1  teaspoon  mango essence

• For the custard sauce

• 6  cups  whole milk
• 8  tablespoons vanilla custard powder
• 8  tablespoons sugar

• For coconut fingers

• 1  tablespoon butter, for greasing
• 6  slices  bread
• 1⁄2 cup  condensed milk
• 6  tablespoons coconut, grated

• For decoration

• 1⁄2 cup  seedless pomegranate
• 3 -5  cherries

Directions

1. For the fruit salad: Combine all the ingredients in a bowl.
2. Refrigerate until served.
3. For the custard sauce: Mix custard powder, sugar and 1 cup milk into a mixture, free of lumps.
4. Keep aside.
5. In a deep glass dish, microwave leftover milk on HIGH for 5 minutes uncovered.
6. Stir once in between.
7. Add custard solution, mix and microwave on medium (50 percent) for 7 minutes uncovered.
8. Stir once in between.
9. Cool the mixture and refrigerate until served.
10. Coconut fingers: Remove the brown edges of the bread and cut them into 2 lengthwise.
11. Arrange them on a greased ceramic plate on high-rack and grill for 5 minutes.
12. Turn over the bread slices.
13. Spread condensed milk followed by grated coconut on the soft side of each piece.
14. Grill further for 5 minutes.
15. Allow standing time of 2 minutes.
16. Cool and keep airtight.
17. To Serve: Take a serving bowl.
18. Put into it, 4 tbsp.
19. of fruit salad.
20. Add 1/2 cup custard sauce.
21. Mix extremely well.
22. Garnish with 1 tbsp.
23. pomegranate, top with a cherry and an inserted coconut finger per portion.
24. Serve this dream dessert chilled.
25. Alternatively, slice a few pieces of your favourite vanilla cake, top it with the custard sauce and cherries.
26. Serve chilled.
27. Tip: For a creamy and smooth custard sauce, one must always pass it through a sieve before refrigeration.