Falooda

Name: Falooda
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 1 servings
Cuisine: Pakistani Punjabi, Sindhi & Pashtun
Ingredients: 1 glass milk; 1 oz chinese noodles; 1.5 tsp rose water; 0.5 tsp falooda seeds; pista

Falooda seeds, glass milk and chinese noodles come together in this Pakistani drink, scented with rose water and simmered on the stove.

30 min · Serves 1 · Easy

Ingredients

1 glass milk, skim to full
28.35–56.7 gchinese noodles, or 1-2 falooda sev
1.5 tsprose water, or rooafzah
0.5 tspfalooda seeds, or takmaria seeds (optional)
pista, kulfi (Indian Store, $5 for a quart) or plain kulfi ice cream (Indian Store, $5 for a quart)

Method

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Time: Cook 30 min · 30 min total
Difficulty: easy

1
Soak the Takmaria Seeds in water for at least 1 hour. Boil the noodles/sev in water for about 15 minutes.
2
Drain the water, and boil the noodles in a little milk for about 5-10 minutes on low heat. Do not burn the noodles!
10 min
3
Turn off the heat and add lots of ice to the pot to cool the noodles for about 10 minute Stir them to quicken the process.
10 min
4
Put the noodles in the glass, add Rooafzah/Rose Water, pour in milk, add a little crushed ice and stir. (Rooafzah is a sweet syrup added to milk or water for a drink in itself).