Falooda- Beat the Heat!

In our home Falooda is the top ranking Beat the Heat drink/dessert

Hubby and I are addicted to Falooda and what's better than preparing your own. One hot day when we were out on errands and shopping we stopped at a Cool bar for Falooda. We were so disappointed,- it was too sweet, the jelly was too thick and there was sago used. We usually relish Falooda, but after having that version I didnt want to have Falooda for sometime.

Here's my version to share with you, but dont forget to garnish with some chopped nuts. I was in a mighty hurry to photograph this one. My little girl loves Falooda, she can gulp it all down in one go. So I had to prepare this while she was napping in order to click a picture. At the age of 2 she does not understand why something that looks so good needs to be photographed, instead of devoured. Often she is so impatient as I try to take a picture of my food, that after I have clicked and check if its good enough, I find a little hand in the picture edging towards the dish!

Ingredients-

1tbs rose syrup

2tsps basil seeds/sabja

2cups milk

Rice vermicilli

Homemade Jelly

Ice cream

Condensed milk to sweeten

Chopped nuts

1 cardamom

Preparation-

• Basil seeds- soak in water till they swell. Drain after they are ready.
• Vermicilli- cook in boiling water and drain.
• Milk- boil and reduce to half, sweeten with condensed milk. Peel, and crush cardamom and add to the milk.
• Jelly- scrape it with a fork, to get blobs.
• Chill all the above before layering.

Layering-

Some recipes for Falooda suggest mixing all the ingredients in the milk. I believe Falooda must be layered with all the chilled ingredients.

1. Take a tall glass and pour in the rose syrup.
2. Add the basil seeds.
3. Layer the vermicilli.
4. Add the jelly.
5. Pour in the sweetened, flavoured milk.
6. Top with scoops of ice-cream.
7. Garnish with chopped nuts

Enjoy and Beat the Heat!

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