Chocolate Vanilla Pudding with Vla Custard and Longan Fruits

Back when i was in Indonesia , one my aunt was famous with all her skills with pudding and its kind . Let’s just say she’s really good with pudding , all kinds of pudding and vla , i call her ” the master ” LOL ..

So , i also learned from her a while back ago how to make fruit cocktail pudding , mind you , this is not american style pudding , where they jiggles and has no shape . This is Indonesian style pudding , with the powder made from seaweed . Don’t freak out !! It’s really delicious , not only delicious it is super healthy because it has tons of fiber in it . So , if you want to stay healthy , don’t worry too much about eating pudding will make you gain weight , well unless you make the pudding with milk and eating them with vla custard ( sort of like creme anglaise ) . The powder usually just cooked with water and sugar , you can use very low amount of sugar or to your taste .. whatever .. it is good . If you want a richer taste , of course like me you would choose milk instead of water .. and i added some chocolate in here . Anyway .. here is a recipe for the vla custard , and for the pudding , you should be able to follow the direction from the packaging .

I used Swallow brand agar agar powder , for as long as i live this is the only brand i know LOL .

And here is my chocolate vanilla pudding with vla custard served with longan fruits

For the vla custard :

500 ml milk

6 tbsp. sugar

2 tbsp. cornstarch

2 egg yolks

In a small pan , mix milk , sugar . In a small cup , mix cornstarch with a little bit of milk from the pan , once it’s all dissolve , pour the cornstarch mix into the milk mixture , cook on a med low heat . Meanwhile , beat egg yolks , once the milk mixture becomes hot enough , but not boiling , add the milk mixture 1 tbsp. each time to the egg yolk , mix it well each time , add 2-3 more tbsp. until egg yolks become thinner in consistency .

With the stove still going on the milk mixture , add the egg yolk mixture with constant stream into the milk mixture while whisking it vigorously ( if not , u will have scramble eggs ) . Cook until the mixture have thicken , remove from heat and cool in the refridgerate , once it’s cool enough , add rum .

Note : Here is another picture of pudding i’ve made