Happy New Year folks!!
Wishing all of you peace, prosperity, health and happiness this 2019…..Most of us would have made resolutions for this year. I, for one, decided to start my New Year on a sweet note and decided to make this ‘Rose falooda’, my very first recipe of the year…..
Rose falooda is a cooling summer dessert which is rich and delicious. It is made with milk, rose syrup, sabza seeds, sev and topped with a variety of toppings. Top the rose milk with vanilla ice cream for a delicious delight, I am sure you will love it too.
Rose syrup or Rooh afza had a special place in my growing up years. During summer vacations or after school, homemade lemonade, rooh afza sherbet, lassi and chaats, jaljeera were few drinks which kept us refreshed and energised. And after dinner, cold rose milk which was mostly rose milk or dry fruit shake was mandatory after a good play session in the evening. Falooda ice cream or kulfi falooda was a treat that we all used to look forward to.
You can make interesting flavours and variation from this falooda recipe. Instead of using rose syrup you can use khus syrup to make Khus falooda which is also cooling in summers. If you substitute regular milk for soy milk or almond milk you can make Vegan version of falooda. For making that you need to use vegan ice-cream too.
If you have a full serving of this dessert, it’s almost as filling as a good heavy meal. Only thing you don’t count here is calories in rose falooda 😊
Now, over to the recipe….
Ingredients
- 250 ml Milk
- 2 scoops of Ice cream (preferably vanilla)
- 6 tbsps. Rose syrup
- 50 gms. Rice vermicelli
- 30 gms. Chia seeds/Sabza seeds
- 1 tsp. of Almonds and Pistachio, chopped
Method
- Soak chia seeds for 30-40 minutes.
- Cook rice vermicelli in 2 cups of water for 2-3 minutes.
- Drain the vermicelli and keep it in cold water.
- Add 3 tablespoons of rose syrup to milk and stir it well. Keep it aside.
- To serve it, first add lots of ice to the glass.
- Add 2-3 tbsp of soaked chia seeds.
- For next layer add half the amount of cooked and chilled rice vermicelli
- Drizzle some rose syrup over it.
- Top it with chilled rose milk and stir gently.
- Now serve it with a scoop of ice cream and chopped almonds and pistachio.