INGREDIENTS:
*Milk- 2 cups
*Sugar- 1/2 cup (more or less according to your taste)
*Cocoa powder- 1/4 cup
*Cornflour- 1/4 cup
*Chopped milk chocolate- 1 cup
*Almonds- 5-6 nos
PROCEDURE:
Preparing Roast Almonds:
*Roast almonds on a tawa in a low flame until it turns slight brown.
*Switch off the flame and let it cool.
*Chop the almonds roughly and set aside.
Preparing the pudding:
*Heat milk in a pan, when it starts to boil simmer it.
*Add sugar to it and stir well to dissolve the sugar.
*Now add the chopped chocolate and allow it to melt, this might take a few minutes. Make sure you use Good-quality chocolate compound, as it yields a silky creamy pudding and melts beautifully when cooked.
*When the chocolate has dissolved, add the chopped almonds to it and mix well.
*Take a bowl, add cocoa powder and cornflour to it.
*Add a portion of the simmering milk to it and mix well removing all the lumps.
*Add the cocoa mixture back to the simmering milk.
*Set the flame to medium while stirring the pudding continuously.
*Make sure you mix it properly, so that no lumps are formed.
*Switch off the flame and pour the pudding in bowls of your choice, i used small ones as i prefer small servings.
*Decorate with some more chopped almonds.
*Place it in the refrigerator for min. 1 hour.
*Serve this decadent pudding chilled. Enjoy!
