Half litre full cream milk, two tbsp custard powder, three tbsp cold milk, one-fourth cup sugar, one-fourth tsp cardamom powder/elaichi powder, 10 green grapes, 10 red grapes, one small sized banana, ...

Mrs Alfred Bird loved custard but, ironically, was allergic to eggs. This prompted Mr Bird, a Birmingham chemist, to invent custard powder in 1837. So successful was his formula – or, at least, ...