Puding Waluh: Indonesian Pumpkin Pudding with Vanilla Sauce

Method12 steps

1. 1

   Step 1: Steam the pumpkins for 10 minutes until tender. Let it cool, and then blend with the water (250 ml) until smooth. Set aside.

   Steam pumpkin · 10 minUses 350 g pumpkin, deseeded, peeled and cut into big chunks · 250 ml water

2. 2

   Step 2: In a medium-sized cooking pot, pour the milk (500 ml), add the agar powder (1), stir to mix well, and then add the sugar (100 g), salt and condensed milk. Stir to mix it.

   Uses 500 ml plain milk · 1 sachet plain agar powder · 100 g sugar for pudding · Pinch of salt · 50 g sweet condensed milk

3. 3

   Step 3: Add the pumpkin puree, stir everything together well.

   Uses milk-agar pudding base · smooth pumpkin puree

4. 4

   Step 4: Heat the mixture over medium low heat, stirring constantly until the mixture is gently bubbling (around 13 minutes), then turn off the heat.

   Heat pumpkin agar until gently bubbling · 13 minUses pumpkin-agar pudding mixture

   
5. 5

   Step 5: Prepare a pudding mold, and pour the mixture into it.

   Uses heated pumpkin pudding mixture

   
6. 6

   Step 6: Let the pudding cool, then chill it in the refrigerator until firm and cold. Prepare the vanilla sauce while it chills.

   Chill pumpkin pudding until firm and coldUses molded pumpkin pudding

7. 7

   Step 7: Mix well the milk (250 ml) and egg yolk (1), strain, and put it in a small pan.

   Uses 250 ml milk · 1 egg yolk

   
8. 8

   Step 8: Add sugar (2 tbsp).

   Uses strained milk-egg-yolk sauce mixture · 2 tbsp sugar

9. 9

   Step 9: Gently cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture is gently bubbling (around 6 minutes).

   Cook vanilla sauce base · 6 minUses sweetened milk-egg-yolk sauce mixture

10. 10

    Step 10: Dilute the cornstarch (1.5 tsp) with the water (25 ml), then gradually pour over the bubbling milk. Continue stirring the mixture until it thickens (around 1 minute).

    Thicken sauce with cornstarch · 1 minUses gently bubbling sauce base · 1.5 tsp cornstarch · 25 ml water

11. 11

    Step 11: Add the vanilla essence (1 tsp), stir, and cook for another 1 minute.

    Cook sauce with vanilla · 1 minUses thickened milk-egg sauce · 1 tsp vanilla essence

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    Step 12: Turn off the heat and let the vanilla sauce cool. Serve the chilled pumpkin pudding with the cooled sauce.

    Uses finished vanilla sauce · chilled set pumpkin pudding