This Sri Lankan Watalappan is a delicious, creamy Cardamom Spiced Custard. It is a spin on traditional custard that is made with dairy-free milk, jaggery, eggs, aromatic vanilla, and cardamom!
- 1 cup jaggery
- ½ cup cashew milk I used Silk Vanilla Cashew Milk
- ½ cup almond milk I used Silk Vanilla Almond Milk
- 6 eggs
- ¼ teaspoon cardamom powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
As Jaggery comes packed in these almost cone-sphere shapes, first shave off enough to fill up 1 cup
Preheat oven to 350
Add jaggery to a pan over a low flame, along with ½ cup of Silk Vanilla Cashew Milk and ½ cup Silk Vanilla Almond Milk, and stir till jaggery melts. Then let cool a tad bit
Whisk in 6 eggs (5 for a less thick custard)
Add ¼ teaspoon cardamom powder and 1 tablespoon vanilla and ¼ teaspoon salt
Pour into 4 ramekins
Place ramekins in a bigger tray and fill this with water so water line lines up with custard
Place this in oven and let bake/steam for 40 minutes
Remove and let cool - Watalappan tastes even better when it has sit in the fridge overnight!
Calories: 316kcal | Carbohydrates: 52g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.03g | Cholesterol: 246mg | Sodium: 300mg | Potassium: 94mg | Fiber: 0.1g | Sugar: 51g | Vitamin A: 356IU | Vitamin C: 0.03mg | Calcium: 92mg | Iron: 2mg