Eggless fruity whole wheat plum pudding. Christmas pudding is a traditional pudding recipe without which no Christmas meal ends. This rich pudding is served at the end of British Christmas meal. Christmas pudding is also called as plum pudding and prepared adding lots of nuts and dry fruits.

So no wonder, I already have two eggless fruit cakes posted on the blog - Red Wine cake and Fruit cake. This year I wanted to share an eggless version of a Kerala style plum cake. One major difference in this and the other fruit cakes, is the addition of caramel. You can cook Eggless fruity whole wheat plum pudding using 20 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Eggless fruity whole wheat plum pudding

You need 1.5 cup of whole wheat flour.
Prepare 1 cup of freshly prepared orange juice.
You need 3/4 cup of brown sugar.
Prepare 1 cup of brown bread crumbs (from four brown breads).
Prepare 1/4 cup of almonds.
You need 2 of cardamom.
Prepare 2 of cloves.
Prepare 1/2 inch of cinnamon.
Prepare 1 pinch of nutmeg.
It's 2 pinch of dried ginger powder.
You need 1/4 cup of golden raisins.
It's 1/4 cup of black raisins.
It's 1/2 cup of chopped dates.
You need 2 tsp of tutti fruitti.
Prepare As needed of chopped mango flavour jelly.
It's 1 of grated apple.
It's 1 of banana mashed.
It's 1/2 tsp of orange zest.
Prepare 2 tsp of cold butter grated.
You need 1/2 tsp of baking soda.

This does give a nice brown color to the cake. Christmas pudding is a steamed rich fruit pudding served during the dinner on Christmas. I have read about the Christmas pudding in an Agatha Christie novel in which Poirot visits a house during Christmas and solves a mystery. The ruby which he came in search of would be found in one of the puddings served on Christmas.

Eggless fruity whole wheat plum pudding step by step

Prepare the orange juice and soak the raisins, dates and tutti frutti in it for 4-5 hours..
Prepare the spice powder and keep it aside..
Also prepare the coarsely powder almonds..
Prepare the bread crumbs..
Mix the dry ingredients together..
Then add the grated apple, mashed banana,grated butter along with the spices in it..
Then add the soaked dry fruits along with the juice and chopped jelly in it..
Mix it well. Grease a pot or tin with butter and pour the batter in it..
Cover it and steam it in a cooker for 2 hours..
Now your pudding is ready. After cooling down completely demould this from the tin on a plate and serve..

The custard is ready when the whole mixture thickens. Let it cool at room temperature. To one part, add all the fresh fruits and mix well. Remove the glass dish now from the refrigerator. Spoon the plain custard layer over it.