Creamy, rich, delicious, and refreshing milkshake…
Perfect Summer dessert to cool off your heart and mind.
Amazing health benefits of Basil seeds:
- Good remedy for constipation, indigestion, and heartburn.
- It has the same effect of antibiotics eliminating bacteria.
- It helps to detoxify any toxin that might be circulating through the body via blood thereby have the property to purify blood.
- A glass of any juice with soaked basil seeds in it helps to refresh and cool our body and mind.
Falooda Recipe
Ingredients:
- Skim milk or whole milk – 2 cups
- Vanilla ice cream- 2 scoops + 2 scoops while serving
- Cardamom powder- 2 pinches
- Rose Syrup or Rooh Afza- 4 tbsp
- Vermicelli, broken into 2-inch strands- 1/2 cup (or use falooda sev)
- Basil Seed or Takmaria- 2 tbsp
- Coarsely ground Pistachios– 1 tbsp
INSTRUCTION
- Soak basil seeds in 1/2 cup water for 20 minutes or until it is plumed up. Strain the water and keep the plumped up seeds aside.
- Cook vermicelli in water till it turns soft, strain the water and keep aside. Or use falooda sev and cook in water till it gets soft.
- In a saucepan, heat the milk, add cardamom powder and rose syrup to it and let it come to a boil.
- Remove from the flame, add cooked vermicelli and stir it without any lumps.
- Add the soaked, plumped up basil seeds and 2 scoops of ice cream to the milk and combine well.
- Chill the flavored milk in the refrigerator for 1 to 2 hours.
- While serving, add 2 scoops of ice cream to the milkshake glass, pour the chilled milk over the ice cream making sure to add the vermicelli and basil seeds to the glass.
- Top the milkshake with 1 tbsp of coarsely ground pistachios.
Tips:
- Basil seeds should be soaked in water before adding to any shakes. It can be added to any kind of cold drink.
- For a more colorful look, you could even add fruit jelly to the milkshake.
- This flavorful milk can be made ahead of time and chilled, actually tastes better the next day.
Easy & Delicious Falooda
Author: Thasneen
Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
- Skim milk or Whole Milk - 2 cups
- Vanilla ice cream- 2 scoops + 2 scoops while serving
- Cardamom powder- 2 pinches
- Rose Syrup or Rooh Afza- 4 tbsp
- Vermicelli, broken into 2 inch strands- ½ cup ( or use falooda sev)
- Basil Seeds or Takmaria- 2 tbsp
- Coarsely ground Pistachios - 1 tbsp
Instructions
- Soak basil seeds in ½ cup water for 20 minutes or until it has plumed up. Strain the water and keep the plumped up seeds aside.
- Cook vermicelli in water till they turn soft, strain the water and keep aside. Or use falooda sev and cook in water till soft.
- In a saucepan, heat the milk, add cardamom powder and rose syrup to it and let come to a boil.
- Remove the pan from the heat, add cooked vermicelli and combine well without any lumps.
- Add the soaked, plumped up basil seeds and 2 scoops of ice cream to the milk and combine well.
- Chill the flavored milk in the refrigerator for 1-2 hours.
- While serving, add 2 more scoops of ice cream to a glass, pour the chilled milk over the ice cream making sure to add the vermicelli and basil seeds to the glass.
- Top the milkshake with 1 tbsp of coarsely ground pistachios and serve immediately.
Notes
Basil seeds should be soaked in water before adding to any shakes. It can be added to any kind of cold drinks.
For a more colorful look, you could even add jelly to the milkshake.
This flavorful milk can be made ahead of time and chilled, actually tastes better the next day.
For a more colorful look, you could even add jelly to the milkshake.
This flavorful milk can be made ahead of time and chilled, actually tastes better the next day.
