Falooda
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Ingredients
  • 6-8 tbsp rose syrup
  • 2 tbsp basil seeds (Soaked in 1 glass of water)
  • A small handful of roasted vermicelli (Refer to notes below)
  • 1 cup of strawberry jelly (Either purchase the instant ones or make from scratch using Jell-o or other jelly crystals premix)
  • 3 cups of cold fresh milk
  • Vanilla ice-cream
  • Chopped almonds or pistachios (optional)
Instructions
  1. Boil 3 cups of water in a pot, add vermicelli and cook for 3-4 minutes. Strain and keep aside.
  2. Place 1.5 tbsp of rose syrup in a tall glass, top with 1 tsp of soaked basil seeds, 2 tbsp of vermicelli and 2 tbsp of jelly.
  3. Pour cold milk and top with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
  4. Drizzle with a little rose syrup.
  5. Top with almonds or pistachios if using.
OR you can use the mix it all method
  1. Boil 3 cups of water in a pot, add vermicelli and cook for 3-4 minutes.
  2. Strain and keep aside.
  3. In a pitcher, combine all of the ingredients (Except ice cream)
  4. Divide the falooda into 4 glasses and top each glass with a scoop of ice cream.
Notes
Roasted vermicelli are readily available in Indian groceries store. If you are not able to lay you hands on the roasted ones. Just use normal vermicelli. Dry roast the vermicelli in a pan till lightly golden. This takes about 3 minutes.
Do take note that Jell-o is not halal.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 4 Calories: 248 Fat: 4g Saturated fat: 2g Unsaturated fat: 1g Trans fat: 0g Carbohydrates: 45g Sugar: 20g Sodium: 118mg Fiber: 1g Protein: 8g Cholesterol: 15mg
Recipe by Maya Kitchenette at https://mayakitchenette.com/a-delicious-falooda-recipe/