This Goan staple in the dessert family can be done in 2 ways. One is with bread which is usually white bread or with custard. Custard Powder is a yellow colored corn starch that is flavored with vanilla essence. Custard is used for many Goan recipes like fruit salads, trifle and plain custard. What I love about this recipe is that the Goan caramel pudding is lower in fat calories. It’s the Goan version of Creme Brulee and Flan with a darker caramel base.
Ingredients:

- 2 cups of reduced fat milk or regular milk
- 3 beaten eggs
- 10 tbsp of sugar
- 3 slices of crustless bread ( white or whole wheat)
- 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp of water for caramel
- pinch of salt
Making Caramel:

Direction :
- In a steel bowl add 2 tbsp of sugar and 1 tbsp of water and carefully place the bowl on medium low heat till the sugar melt and caramelizes. Then slowly coat the inside of the bowl with the hot caramel use mittens or thongs.
- You can also make the caramel and coat a baking dish or you can use the store-bought caramel.
- Let cool till it hardens.
- Add the remaining sugar to the milk, stir and bring the milk to a boil. Take off heat add a pinch of salt, vanilla stir and soak the bread in the milk till it cools.
- Mash the bread well and then add the beaten eggs and pour this mixture in caramelized bowl or baking dish. Cover with aluminum foil.
- Heat oven to 350F and bake the caramel bread pudding for 40 to 50 minutes in a water bath or you can steam it on the stove for 40 to 45 minutes.
- Let it cool completely and they carefully flip it on a serving plate. Decorated with slivered almonds if you like.

Thank you for the like of “Mom’s Recipe Box: ‘Aunt June-The Church Hat-Gram’s Rice Pudding’ & Aunt Jessie’s Burnt Sugar Cake” – Jackie
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You are so welcome Jackie :-). Have a great weekend!
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Lookin’ good, Nandini!
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Thanks!
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Thank you for the like of “Mom’s Recipe Box: Pumpkin Whoopie Pies & Chocolate Chip Cookies”. Much appreciated!
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You are so welcome 🙂
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Looks so good…. and makes me want to head to New Orleans~
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Thank You!
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Thanks for the like of “Destination:Skippers at Niantic Bay.”
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I want to thank you not only for the like of “Mom’s Recipe Box: ‘Maryann’s Mixology’ Autumn Cider/Beer” but also for your consistent support of my “Mom’s Recipe Box” series.
This series means a great deal to me because it honors the memory of my mother.
I mentioned in a previous comment that bread pudding was one of her favorites. Acceptable to you, at some point in the future I would like to add your Caramel Bread Pudding to “Mom’s Recipe Box” – with attribution to you and your blog site.
Thanks again. – Jackie
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Jackie, you are so welcome. We bloggers have to support one another 🙂 . It is so good to know that your mum liked bread pudding and I will be really honored to have you do that 🙂 . Thanks Much!
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Thanks for the like of “Harbinger of the Seasons.” – Jackie
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You are welcome Jackie 🙂
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Thank you for the like of “9/11 America Remembers.”
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This looks delicious. It seems to be a cross between traditional American bread pudding and flan. Both are favorites. I’m bookmarking this!
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Ohhh that is awesome. Yes it’s the skinny version of those two 🙂
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That’s even better. I’m taking on reducing my weight and so when I get to my ideal weight, I will need delicious yet skinny versions of foods! Thanks!
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Thank you once again, this time for the like of “Destination: Mixed Reviews for New IHOP in Manchester, CT,’
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You are so welcome. Have a great weekend 🙂
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Thank you for the like of “Destination: Mixed Reviews for New IHOP in Manchester, CT”.
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This looks delicious. I love caramel and bread pudding both and have never put the two together.
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Thanks Sharyn! It is a great combination and a skinnier version of flan 🙂
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Thank you for the like of “Mom’s Recipe Box: ‘By Request’ White Chocolate Cheesecake from Donna”!
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You are welcome Donna 🙂
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Reblogged this on Flicker Farm and commented:
Oh this looks good. Tucking it away for a winter day. Might toss a hint of brandy in… heh.
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Thanks for the like of “Mom’s Recipe Box: ‘A Keene Idea’ Texas Hash from Betty Jane.”
Thank you too for the ‘follow’.
I have signed on to follow your blog! – Jackie
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You are so welcome Jackie. Appreciate the follow back 🙂
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Another thank you, this one for the like of “Mom’s Recipe Box: Everybody Loves Sweet Baked Beans from Melane.” Much appreciated.- Jackie
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You are welcome Jackie 🙂
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delicious recipe
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Thank You so much 🙂
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Thank you for the like of “Someone Else’s Pain – the Loss of Robin Williams.”
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You are welcome 🙂 He will be missed.
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Thank you for the like of “Mom’s Recipe Box- Date Nut Bread.”
Bread pudding was one of mother’s favorites but this is the first time I heard of caramel flavored – sounds good! Jackie
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You are welcome Jackie 🙂
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This looks amazing! Would I be able to reduce the sugar and use the top/end pieces of bread? I’m going to be making this tomorrow night for a family dinner 🙂 Thanks!
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Thanks Much! You sure can reduce the sugar and use the bread ends in the Pudding. Infact it may give it some texture. If you do not want the caramel you can skip it as well. You will get a white pudding. Hope this helps. Let me know how it goes 🙂
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Thanks so much for the tips – just one more questions, how does it compare to flan? 🙂 it sure looks like it! haha
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I should say it’s a sister recipe 😉 hahaha ….Main difference is it’s made with whole milk and not heavy cream. Second it has bread and the 3rd it uses whole eggs and not just the yolks. So to say the least it is a healthier version of flan 🙂
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Wow – thats awesome 🙂 Excited to make it! Thanks again!
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🙂 Have a great weekend Nadine! (your name is so close to mine 🙂 )
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Reblogged this on Short Cuts to Love and commented:
I am seriously going to try making this! xx Ro
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Thank you so much Ro for the re-blog. That was very kind of you 🙂
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Looks delicious! :o) Can’t wait to try the recipe xxx
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Thank you 🙂
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That looks fab… Must try. All your recipes are really exotic (to me!) – I’ll definitely be giving some of them a go!
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Thank you Kristy for your kind words :-). Do let me know how it goes for you.
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That caramel glaze looks perfect! Fun to find your pretty blog!
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Thank You Rhonda :-).
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Yummmm!
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Thanks Frances 🙂
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That looks amazing!
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Rod, Thank You!
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Thank you so much for your like of Mom’s Recipe Box!
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You are welcome 🙂
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Nandini: Today I made the coffee stronger than usual and goofed it up…my wife likes it strong and me not so strong..been making two different pots for years…maybe I should have been an engineer? I think I’ll leave the cooking tp you…nice site and good work!i
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Sounds like a great plan, just don’t mess up your wife’s coffee 🙂
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Yum! A superb recipe!
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Thank You Angie 🙂
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Look so wonderful, yummy !
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Thank You so much Betty May 🙂
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This looks absolutely delicious!
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Thank You so much 🙂
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Wow! So easy and appetizing. Thanks for stopping by
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You are welcome yvonnie 🙂
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This looks amazing. I am a sucker for caramel and definitely need to try this
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Thanks Nate, appreciate it much 🙂
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This all looks delicious! Great flavors.
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Thank you very much 🙂
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Nice Job looks good:) Thanks for liking a post too.
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Why are you doing this to me? I´m hungry again, you´re going to have to pay for a physical trainer when I get so overweight that I can barely crawl out of bed.
Hummm! Hungryyy!
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Hahaha… It’s a low carb meal Charly 🙂
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low carb….sounds good to me.
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I am not a fan of spicy, hot foods, but I sure like sweets! Thanks for liking my post, “Froth the Milk; Heat the Cup.”
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You are very welcome:-). Love your organizing ideas.
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And I thought you read it for the food! Wait…I haven’t published any food related posts lately. I’ll get right on that.
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🙂
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Hey! Thanks for liking my post on making scones over at my blog 🙂 How did you find it?
This pudding looks delicious btw, I have some left over caramel sauce and I always have lots of bread.. I should totally make this one day! I don’t know a lot about Goa and the Goan culture and food, but everything looks so tasteful ❤
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You are welcome Grumzz :-). I love food…Goa is the Hawaii of India. Its a beautifull place on the coast and has a strong Portuguese influence in its culture and cuisine.
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Hello Nandini, thanks for stopping by my blog and liking my Focaccia recipe. This Caramel Bread Pudding is exactly the sort of pudding that I love to make! I’ve bookmarked it for future! Thank you! 🙂
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You are welcome Neil and Thank you as well for stopping by 🙂
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Great job on the photography, not to mention the yumminess of a bread pudding combined with caramel. I’m going to give this a try and fingers crossed it will look as good as yours.
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Thank You Sunny :-). I hope it does as well.
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Oh my, another favorite! Thanks for the follow! -:)
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You are welcome Victoria 🙂
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Reblogged this on "A Curious Mind".
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Thank you so much for the reblog 🙂
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😉 “Your Welcome”.. . Great Recipe! 🙂
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Caramel and bread pudding! Perfect!
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Thanks Kloe 🙂
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Hey, I nominated you for the Liebster Award 🙂 http://wp.me/p4mUn5-1U
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Valerio, Thank you very much for the award. I am so honored to get it from you. Wishing you all the success in your blog :-).
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Remember Mom making this when we were kids…nostalgia.. looks pretty
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Thank You Simmi :-).
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This sounds so good – I’ve made the flan version many times but never this one, excited to try it!
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Thank you Sarah. I hope you will enjoy it. Do let me know:-). I see that you like to bake, so its just up your alley.
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Mmm this looks delicious. I’ve never heard of custard powder, but it sounds almost like pudding mix. Thanks for sharing this recipe and helping us learn about goan culture!
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Thank You Cupcake Artist :-). It probably would be the same.
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Nandini,
Love your site. I was in Bangalore recently on vacation, and discovered this lovely Goan place named ‘Fisherman’s Wharf’ and they had bibinca on their menu! it was sooo good!
Ria
ria@pepperroute.com
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Thanks Ria, yes bebinca is addictive :-).
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I wish there was a “really like” button! That looks so good!
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Thank You Dave appreciate it much 🙂
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Looks great. I love the caramel in there!
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Thanks You Ronit 🙂
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