QUICK STEAMED PUDDING

1 c  milk
3/4 c brown sugar
1 dess  butter
1/2-3/4 c raisins or dates
1 tsp bicarb
1 heaped cup SR

Put first 4 ingredients into a large saucepan, bring to boil then remove from heat.
Then stir in bicarb. Then add SR.

Put into basin without lid, steam in saucepan with water in to go up 1/3 of basin.
Put lid on saucepan and cook 30 mins.

Variations
Lemon:  Replace raisins with dates or lemon:  (use juice 1/2 lemon in saucepan, then put juice of 1.5 lemons mixed with some sugar. Put this into basin first, then add batter, then cook.

Orange:  with or without dates,  add sugar to orange juice in basin before adding to batter