Last time while on vacation, on our way back home after a visit to the then-new Hi Lite mall on the NH Bypass Calicut, we stopped by an eatery just at entering Tirur town. The big restaurant had put up banners about their falooda and from the crowd inside the restaurant, we noticed that majority of them were dropping in just to have it. Seeing that, my sister and I had already decided that we would order it after having our dinner.
So when the time came, we asked them for their normal falooda and “Black Beauty Falooda”. Yes, the name was really intriguing, we wanted to see what it was. In a tall glass, it was chocolate overload. The milk used had chocolate, there were bites of chocolate chips, with intermittent bites of crunchy cornflakes, dry fruits and nuts along with the large scoop of vanilla icecream, generously laced with chocolate syrup. The falooda did not miss the usual ingredients of sev and puffed basil seeds. Altogether it was really good.
This was just an attempt to recreate the taste and Alhamdulillah, it almost matched. The whole trick is to ensure that the milk is really really cold so that the cornflakes and the nuts don’t turn soggy. Once you layer up everything, mix up the whole thing with a tall spoon and enjoy! It is totally a meal in itself, so even if you skip lunch or dinner for it, you won’t regret! 😉
Love falooda? Here are some varieties on the blog:
Kulfi Falooda – my favorite!
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Chocolate Falooda
Ingredients
- 25 gm falooda sev
- 1 tbsp basil seeds tukmalinga/ sabja, soaked in 1/4 cup water for 15 minutes
- 500 ml cold milk
- 3 tbsp drinking chocolate
- 3 tbsp sugar
- 6 tbsp cornflakes
- 3 tbsp cashew-nuts
- 3 tbsp tutti frutti
- 3 large scoops ice cream
- Chocolate sauce as required
Instructions
- Cook the falooda sev and drain. Wash nicely for the strands to stay separate. Cool completely.
- Combine the milk, chocolate powder and sugar and mix well.
- Take three tall glasses for layering. Put some chocolate sauce at the rim so that it floats down into the glass.
- Divide the sev into the three glasses equally.
- Next top with the puffed up basil seeds, then with cornflakes, cashewnuts and tutti fruti.
- Slowly pour the cold chocolate mixture on top, equally into three glasses.
- Top with the scoop of ice cream and put more chocolate sauce on top.
- Serve immediately and enjoy!
Woow chocolate falooda !Interesting rafi yumm!
Thank you so much Shazia…
Do nt know what adjective to use. This is one of the best Desserts.
Thank you so much Sowmya…
Chocolate and falooda in one go!!!drooling.
Love the way you captured the light.
Thank you so much Nusrath…
Wow..looks so yum..perfect for the rising temperatures
Thank you so much Kaveri…
I love basil seeds! This looks like a great chocolate drink.
Thank you so much Angie…
Wow! this looks soo tempting
Thanks a lot Veena…
wow wow wow….Chocolaty cool filling faloda …lovely dear
Thank you so much Amrita…
chocolate is always a magical ingredient… lovely falooda recipe…
Thank you so much Priya…
Salivating……the only thing I can say seeing this……
Aww… thank you so much Lubna…
It is turning super hot here…all I can think of is icecreams and shakes…I wanna dig into that falooda to calm down my craving..looks yumm
Thank you so much Anupa…
With all the good things, I don’t care to drink 2 glasses of falooda.
Thank you so much Sathya…
wow wow chocolaty delight
Thanks a lot Ramya…
Chocolate drooling drink ,lovely
Thanks a lot Hiba…
I love faloodas and this chocolate flavour is tempting me..feel like grabbing it now
Thank you so much Gloria…
Oh that must have been chocolate lover’s the most favorite drink.. people are soo innovative allee really love the idea of adding falooda and chocolate.
Thank you so much Meena… I was wondering where u have been… 🙂
Falooda my fav! Chocolate all time craving fav.. I have never even thought of making falooda home.. now seeing your recipe I wonder if I will ever get to make one anytime soon…. some of the ingredients are so new to me.. going to google now.. 🙁 BTW, drooling pics..
The ingredients are readily available, and you shouldn’t be having much problem making them, Fami… thanks a lot dear…