caramel Egg Pudding

Ingredients:

* 1/3 cup sugar
*2-3 Tablespoons water
* 6 eggs
*4 cups (1 litre) milk
* ¾ cup sugar
*1 teaspoon vanilla essence

Method:

*Mix 1/3 cup sugar and 2-3 tablesppons of water and heat in a pan on moderate heat until it turns dark golden brown (caramalised). Pour and the mixture onto the bottom of a baking dish and spread it on the bottom with a wooden spoon or spatula.


*Beat together eggs + ¾ cup sugar and vanilla essence in a big bowl.

*Heat the milk and pour it in the above egg mixture while stirring constantly.

*Pour the milk and egg mixture in the baking dish containing the caramelised sugar.

*Put the baking dish in a shallow roasting tray containing 1 inch water.

*Bake in a pre-heated oven at 300 degrees Farenheit for 1 to 1 ½ hours. Check with a knife. If knife comes out clean, the pudding is ready.

*Take the dish out of the oven, let it cool, then put in the refrigerator.

*Just before serving, separate the sides of the pudding from the baking dish with a knife. Take a flat dish with slightly raised ends, put it onto the baking dish, and turn the pudding over onto the baking dish while keeping the serving dish in place.