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Falooda (Photo by edseloh/flickr)

A refreshing drink-dessert popular in Mumbai and its surrounding cities.

Ingredients

1 teaspoon basil seeds
rooh afza syrup or rose syrup
iced water or cold milk
2 tablespoons psyllium husks*
crushed ice
agar-agar jelly (optional)

Directions

Soak basil seeds in 1 cup warm water for 10 minutes until they develop a slippery coating.

For each tall glass pour in 2 or 3 tablespoons of syrup, almost fill
the glass with water or milk and sprinkle with a teaspoon of psyllium
husks. Stir in a teaspoon of the soaked basil seeds and add crushed
ice. If liked, small dice of agar-agar jelly may also be added.

* Available at health food stores

Recipe excerpted from Encyclopedia of Asian Food by Charmaine Solomon (Periplus Editions, 1998)

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