Chocolate Pudding with Vanilla Sauce

Ingredients:

For chocolate pudding:

Milk : 2 + 0.5 cups
Sugar : 4 tbsp
Chocolate chips/grated or cubed chocolate : 3/4 cup
Cornflour : 4 heaped tbsp
Vanilla essence : 1/2 tsp

For Vanilla sauce:
Milk : 1 cup
Sugar : 1 tbsp
Condensed milk : 1/2 cup
Cornflour : 4 tsp
Vanilla essence : 1 tsp
Water : 1/4 cup
Butter : 1-2 Tbsp

Method:

 Pudding preparation:

Grease a pudding dish with butter & keep aside (you can use individual molds too). Add 4 tbsp heaped cornflour to 1/2 cup milk. Mix well without any lumps and keep it aside. Combine remaining 2 cups of milk, 4 tbsp of sugar & chocolate. Keep stirring & bring this to a boil, reduce the heat and add the cornflour milk mixture little by little and add vanilla essence. Stir continuously till it becomes a thick & pouring consistency. The chocolate should also be melted by now. Remove from fire . Mix well. Pour this pudding mixture to the prepared pudding dish. Let it cool to the room temperature. Refrigerate it for 4-5 hours.

Vanilla sauce preparation:
Add 4 tsp of cornflour to 1/4 cup water & mix well without lumps, keep it aside. Combine 1 cup of milk, 1 tbsp of sugar and 1/2 cup condensed milk. Stir well & let it boil. Reduce heat and gradually add the cornflour mixture. Mix & cook till you get the consistency of a sauce. Add vanilla essence & mix well. Remove from fire. Add chopped butter to the sauce & stir till it melts. Cool it to room temperature. Refrigerate it and serve with chilled pudding.