Pakistan

Falooda

Name: Falooda
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Pakistan
Ingredients: 500 ml Milk; 3 tbsp Rose syrup (rooh afza); 50 g Falooda vermicelli (wheat starch); 1 tbsp Basil seeds (sabja); 2 scoops Vanilla or kulfi ice cream; to garnish Pistachios

Sweet rose milk drink with vermicelli

Falooda is a lavish, cold dessert drink that reached South Asia through Persian influence and is beloved in Pakistan and India.

In sweetened, rose-syrup-perfumed milk float falooda vermicelli, basil seeds and a scoop of ice cream - layered, it is a feast for the eyes.

Servings2

Time25 min

LevelEasy

Ingredients

Milk500 ml
Rose syrup (rooh afza)3 tbsp
Falooda vermicelli (wheat starch)50 g
Basil seeds (sabja)1 tbsp
Vanilla or kulfi ice cream2 scoops
Pistachiosto garnish

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Soak the basil seeds in water until swollen.
Cook the falooda vermicelli, chill.
Stir rose syrup into the chilled milk.
Layer vermicelli, basil seeds and rose milk in glasses.
Crown with a scoop of ice cream and pistachios, serve at once.

Make it original

Rose syrup and basil seeds for falooda are in the Asia Boutique.

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