Ingredients:
10 tall transparent
falooda glasses (narrow at
base, wider at rim ie.
conical)
1 litre chilled unboiled
pasteurized milk
1 cup rose syrup
1/2 litre vanilla ice-cream
1 tbsp. falooda seeds
For falooda sev:
Sev press with medium-fine
holed plate
1 cup corn flour
2 cups water
plenty of ice-cold water
Method:
1-For
sev:
Mix corn flour and water.
Cook on slow fire, stirring
continuously, till
transparent.
If required add few more
tbsp. water while cooking.
Mixture when cooked should
be transparent and can be
sticky.
Oil inside of press. Spoon
in cooked mixture.
Hold press over a large bowl
of ice water.
Press out spaghetti like sev
into water.
Do not disturb by stirring.
Keep in refrigerator to
chill till required.
Drain in colander before
using.
2-For falooda seeds:
Soak cleaned seeds in 1/2
litre water for 30 minutes.
Drain in colander, chill in
refrigerator till required.
To proceed before serving:
Beat chilled milk with hand
mixie till frothy.
Take number of glasses to be
served.
Pour 2 tbsp. of syrup at
bottom.
Add 2 tbsp. sev. Top with 1
tbsp. seeds.
Tilt glass a bit, pour milk
to 3/4 level, carefully.
Do not disturb the base
layers, while pouring.
Top with a scoop of vanilla
ice-cream.
Serve with long handled
thick shake spoons.
Variation:
3-Kesar Falooda:
Use kesar syrup to make "kesar
(saffron) falooda" Top ice
cream with chopped almonds,
cashewnuts and pistachios in
kesar falooda.
Note:
Careful with the soaked
falooda seeds, they are a
very sticky affair to clean,
if you get them spilled over
your clothes or floor! These
seeds form an excellent
intestinal cooling agent in
the summer season.
Especially in cases of hot
flushes, menses, and heat
related disorders.