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Custard: Spiced Coconut Custard

Source of Recipe

"A taste of Sri Lanka" By Indra Jayasekera


List of Ingredients

5 Eggs
250 g Jaggery
250 ml Coconut milk, thick
150 ml -water
pn Cardamom powder
pn Cinnamon, ground
pn Nutmeg powder
1/4 ts Rose essence
50 g Cashew nuts


Recipe

Lightly beat the eggs. Mix the jaggery and water and boil until the jaggery has melted. Allow to cool. Add melted jaggery and coconut milk a little at a time to the eggs and continue to beat.-Add the powdered cloves, cardamon, cinnamon, nutmeg and rose essence and pour into a greased bowl. Cover with grease proof paper and steam for 1-1/2 hours. Sprinkle with cashew nuts before or after steaming.