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Falooda Recipe | How To Make Basic Faluda With Ice Cream

 

Falooda recipe with step by step photos and video. Falooda or faluda is a popular Indian summer dessert drink consisting of various elements like milk, ice cream, rose syrup etc.

Elements in a falooda are

It is layered with many edibles like:

    1. Rose syrup – both homemade rose syrup and store brought rose syrup work well. In the absence of rose syrup, rose water can be used. You can even use rooh afza instead of rose syrup. It is the rose fragrance and the pink color that makes falooda refreshing as well as appealing.
    2. Sabja seeds – sabja seeds are sweet basil seeds. These tiny black seeds are also known as tukmaria seeds. They are similar to chia seeds, but not the same. In the absence of sabja seeds, you can use chia seeds.
    3. Falooda sev – sev means vermicelli and in an authentic falooda vermicelli made from corn starch or arrowroot flour are added. That being said, for healthier options you can use whole wheat vermicelli or rice vermicelli.
    4. Jelly – strawberry, raspberry or rose flavored jelly is another optional ingredient. In fact, you can use any fruit-based jelly.
    5. Milk – the milk is always chilled and cold. For a vegan version use almond milk.
    6. Dry fruits and nuts – cherries, tutti frutti, cashews, almonds, pistachios. Add any dry fruits or nuts that you or your family likes.
    7. Ice cream – vanilla ice cream is the commonly added ice cream in a faluda. But even other ice cream types like mango ice cream, pistachio ice cream, butterscotch ice cream, chocolate ice cream work well. Even kulfi like malai kulfi or mango kulfi can be added.

    How is a basic faluda made

    Each ingredient element is added one after the other in a serving glass or jar. First goes in the sabja seeds, followed by the falooda sev and jelly. Then the milk is poured which is lastly topped with ice cream and garnished with nuts or dry fruits.

    As mentioned above falooda is equally popular all over India but especially in Delhi and Mumbai. It is not only delicious but also very cooling for the summers as sabja seeds and rose syrup or rooh afza are cooling in nature.

    There is another variation of Kulfi falooda in which kulfi is served with falooda and sabja seeds.


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