Custard Falooda

Ingredients:

For Custard:

2 cups milk

4 tbsp custard powder

3-4 tbsp sugar

For Vermicelli:

1 cup milk

1/4 cup condensed milk

2-3 tbsp sugar

1/2 cup vermicelli

1 cups fruits, chopped

1 tbsp basil seeds/ sabja seeds

nuts, chopped

2-3 tbsp tutti frutti

vanilla ice cream, as required

cherries for garnishing

Preparation:

1. Soak basil seeds in 1/2 cup of water for for 10-15 minutes.
2. In a bowl, add custard powder and 1/2 cup of milk and mix well without any lumps.
3. Heat remaining milk in a saucepan adding sugar on medium flame. When it reaches the boiling point, add the custard mixture and stir continuously until it becomes smooth and thick.
4. Remove from the flame and then keep it in refrigerator to cool.
5. In a pan, boil 1 cup of milk adding condensed milk and 2-3 tbsp sugar.
6. Add vermicelli to it and cook it on low flame till it turns thick. Then keep it in refrigerator to cool.
7. To serve, take tall glasses and add little soaked basil seeds and then layer with 2 tbsp custard.
8. Then add chopped fruits and then layer with little cooked vermicelli and top it with a scoop of ice cream.
9. Garnish it with nuts, tutti frutti and cherries..Serve immediately...