Chocolate Pudding

Happy Valentine's Day to every one....

Pudding:
Milk- 1 1/4 cups
Cornflour- 2 tbsp
Sugar- 2tbsp
Vanilla Essence- 1/4 tsp
Cooking choclate chips- 1/2 cup

Method Of Preparation: 

1. keep 1/4  cup milk aside. Boil the remaining milk.
2. Add cornflour mixed with the 1/4 cup milk and pour this into the boiled milk. Keep stirring till it starts thickening and the raw taste of cornflour goes.
3. Switch off the stove, add sugar and the cooking choclate chips.
4. Add vanilla essence and stir well. Keep aside for some minutes.
5. Pour it into  a dish after greesing it with butter. Keep in the refrigerator for 4 to 5 hours till it thickens. Once it thickens you can cut it to desired shapes and serve with vanilla ice-cream,strawberry/vanilla sauce/whipping cream/condensed milk.

Strawberry sauce:

Strawberry puree-1/2 cup(Fresh strawberries ground to smooth paste without water)
Sugar-2 tbsp
Cornflour-1 tbsp
Water-3 tbsp.
Butter-1 tsp

Method Of Preparation:

1. In a pan heat the strawberry puree along with sugar.Once it starts to boil add the corn flour mixed with water and when it starts to thicken little, add butter and turn off the heat.
2. You can serve it hot or cold.If cooling keep for 1 to 2 hours.

Vanilla Sauce:

Milk- 1/2 cup
Milk maid- 1/4 tin
Butter- 1/2 tbsp
Sugar-3/4  tbsp
Cornflour- 2 tsp
Vanilla Essence- 1/4 tsp
Water-1 tbsp

Method Of Preparation:
1. In a pan, add milk, milk-maid and sugar. Stir well.
2. In water, mix  cornflour and add this into the pan little by little, when the milk in it boils.When it starts  thickening, switch off the flame and let it cool for 10 minutes.
3. Add vanilla essence. Add butter into it. Sauce is ready.You can serve it hot or cold.

I had used some nuts with the pudding :)

This blog entry is for Delicious Dessert competition by What's cooking today! and Best Western Desserts by Priya