Falooda is a very delicious and yummy beverage cum dessert recipe that is typically flavored with Rose syrup. Key ingredients falooda are basil seeds, falooda sev, sweetened milk and ice cream. Here I made a tasty variation of the traditional falooda with Semia and using cherry syrup instead of rose syrup.
Ingredients
- Semia : 1 cup C
- Basil seed/ takmaria : 1 ½ T Sp.
- Milk : 1 ½ cup
- Cherry : 25-30
- Sugar : 2 Tbl sp.
- Chopped Apple : 1
- Almonds : 15
Method
- Soak the basil seed with enough water . Rest it for about 30 minutes.
- Coarse powder the almonds.
- Make a fine paste of cherry with 2 tsp of water.
- Cook the semia with enough water . Here I used 2.5 cup water, after boiling add the semia and cook for about 8 minutes in medium flame , don’t put the lid.
- Switch off the stove and add the milk along with sugar and powdered almonds . Mix the ingredients well
- Allow the mix to cool completely and then keep it into the fridge for chilling.
- Mix the apple pieces into the cherry syrup and keep into the fridge .
- Before serving, mix the semia and cherry mixture and basil seeds together.
- Serve the falooda chill, garnished with some chopped almonds and cherries.
Tips:-
Serve falooda with ice cream to get a rich taste.
Quantity of nuts and fruits may vary individual taste.
If you like the Falooda in layers , add one by one , instead of mixing together.
Takmaria/ basil seed/ falooda seed will be available in most of the any Indian grocery stores.
Quantity of ingredients may vary individual taste.
