Faluda (Serves 4)
10ml china grass powder to be cooked in 250ml water (optional)
30ml takmaria (basil seeds) soaked in 250ml water
1l fat free milk (chilled)
5ml cardamom powder
4 sachets of sweetener (or sugar to taste)
2-3 drops of food colour
5ml rose syrup
125ml boiled and chopped vermicelli (optional)
Method
- Pour the water into a small saucepan and mix in the chine grass
powder, and heat on the stove till it thickens—quickly pour into a bowl
and allow to set in the fridge (45minutes)
- Once set, remove and grate
- Place the takmaria in a bowl with about 250ml water; within minutes
it starts to swell up and once swollen they look like tadpoles. They
have no taste at all
- Pour the milk into a large bowl and add the cardamom, sweetener,
food colour, rose syrup and using a whisk-whisk the mixture till it
starts frothing
- Now add the takmaria, vermicelli and the grated china grass and stir and chill
- Stir before pouring into glasses and a dollop of ice cream before serving
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