Falooda Dessert Recipe

Faloooda is a very popular summer dessert/drink admired by the people of Pakistan, Indian and Bangladesh alike. I think falooda can rightly be called a hybrid between a drink and a dessert. The fun part about a falooda is that you can eat and drink it at the same time. This drink/dessert is all about a sip of joy and a morsel of pleasure.

This is a dessert  well put together, with a heavenly combination of textures and flavours. You get the
softness from the noodles, chewiness from the seeds, melt in the mouth feeling from ice-cream and last but not the least the crunch factor from the nuts. Drizzle it with rose or Rooh Afza syrup for a royal feel.

I like to add a layer of fruit cocktail to my recipe for extra flavour. For the ice cream flavour, I would suggest kulfi but since I could not find kulfi and neither had the time to make one so I used  vanilla ice cream instead. Whenever I need to make something and have one or two ingredients missing, I always swap and substitute instead of ending up not making it at all.


Basic falooda requires cooking the milk till thick and then layering the ingredients. I like to use a shortcut and that is custard just one tablespoon of custard powder is enough to thicken the milk to the desired consistency. Falooda noodles are made with corn flour, I could not find any so I have used rice noodles instead. I think they are very close in taste with the falooda noodles.

 So if you want to indulge in an afternoon of fun and pleasure make this falooda dessert and you won't regret it!

For more refreshing and tasty dessert recipes see: Tuttii Frutti Ice cream, No Churn Rocky Road Ice cream


Preparation: 20mins+Refrigeration    Serves: 5       Level: Easy    Category: Dessert

Ingredients	Quantity
milk	1/2 lit
vanilla custard powder	1tbsp
sugar	as required
strawberry jelly	1 packet
rice noodles	4 tbsps cooked
basil seeds	2 tbsp soaked in 1/2 cup water
vanilla ice-cream	as needed
rose syrup	as needed

Preparing The Ingredients:

1) Prepare the rice noodles according to package directions. 

2) Prepare the custard by warming milk in a pot with sugar, add the custard and keep stirring.Remove from heat when thick. Let cool. Add 3 tbsp of rose syrup.

3) Prepare the jelly according to package directions, Let cool, cut into cubes.

4) Soak basil seeds in half cup water.

Assembling:

1) Take a tall glass or a serving bowl and add a few tbsps of soaked basil seeds.

2) Add one or two tablespoon of rice noodles. . I accidentally poured some custard first.

3) Pour about 4-5 tablespoons of custard, followed by the jelly.

Add a scoop or two of vanilla ice-cream and nuts if you like to give a final touch to this recipe. Have a sip and a spoonful and let the devine combination of flavours and textures play the piano on your taste buds. Do share with me your falooda experiences and thanks again for visiting this blog.