Peel apples, slice thinly

Mix with 2- 3 teaspoon of sugar or honey, half of the milk and cinnamon powder

Grease a deep flat baking dish with little butter and place the above apple mixture in it

In another mixing bowl prepare the crumble

Mix the powdered oats and powdered biscuits

Add the blanched slivered almonds, pumpkin seeds and castor sugar to the above mixture

Mix the above ingredients well, and place the chilled butter in the centre of the mixture

Mix gently with finger- tips to get a bread - crumbs like texture (short-crust pastry method)

Gently press down this pastry mixture on top of the prepared apple layer

Drizzle/spray a little milk on top, dot with little butter

Bake in a moderately hot oven (175degC) for 15-20 minutes or till done.

Alternatively, it can be microwaved for 5 minutes

Serve by itself or with whipped cream/ vanilla ice-cream