Healthy Ice Apple Dessert - Dieters Choice

Last Year I had Shared A Recipe Of Ice Apple With Milk, Which I Titled As FLOATING ICE APPLE IN MILKY PARADISE Check Out If You Haven't Seen Yet!!

This recipe is sister version of the above title mentioned, but a very healthy and low calorie treat.

Every Summer mom makes sure we get some ice apples and we consume it, as it is (whole fruit) skin peeled or making this yummy light dessert.

When mom brought this yesterday she asked me to make the dessert. Ice apples fused with milk gives real yumm taste, and really worth trying this way once.  I made very much as it is made always, But this healthier alternative strike my mind. I took out some the batch to try the innovation my way.

It was when I started adding sugar!! Sugar??? Ok I should admit im trying to omit sugar from my diet, unless and until im not giving a real treat to myself!! Or there is a shout from my family come-on have it!!

Time taken to prepare - 5 mins
Servings - 2

Ingredients :
Full Cream Milk/ skimmed milk - 1 cup (boiled and cooled)
Ice Apple - 6-8 (peeled & chopped)
Dates - 7-8 or more (chopped)
Basil seeds - 2 tsp
Almonds - 1tbsp (blanched) Sliced

Method:
- Add milk, ice apple and dates in a bowl and keep it inside fridge for 4-5hrs for flavors to infuse with each other
- Soak basil seeds in water for 15-20 mins and keep it in fridge for cooling separately
- Check for sweetness while serving. By this time dates would have soaked in milk nicely, mixing its sweetness to the dessert.
- Add in basil seeds (drain extra water) and almonds just before serving.
Serve it Chill.

Notes:
- If you want you can add sugar if you feel sweetness of dates is not enough.
- Basil seeds gives really soothing effect while eating
- Almonds give gud crunchiness.
- Shelf life of this is 6-8hrs, If milk and fruit is kept like that for longer time, it will produce a kind of stickiness which cannot be consumed.
- Its always better to add basil seeds while serving, I fear it may get sticky quick. 
- You can add more dates than mentioned above it will not effect the taste.

Personally I liked this combination alot!! It was just different and biggest thing was a big Healthy Tag It was Carrying :) It was a guilt free indulgence!!

Variation (For Guests)
- You can add condensed milk for richer taste.
- Use dates paste instead of pieces, this will give more dominance to taste of dates.
- Add in vanilla ice cream while serving.
- Can add in more dry fruits if desired.
- Add some amt of rose syrup from top while serving.

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FLOATING ICE APPLE IN MILKY PARADISE

We call It Tarkul!!! Tadgola (in Marathi) is called Ice-apple in English (lovely name), Nungu in Tamil, Tala in Oriya, Tari in Hindi, Taal in Bengali, Tale Hannu or Tateningu in Kannada, Pana Nanguin in Malayalam, Munjal in Urdu, Tadfali in Gujarati and Targula in Konkani.

This particular fruit is native to South Asia. The fruit is covered inside a thick shell, 2-3 fruit in Each!! Big Sharp Knife is used to remove this as it is so hard outside as tender coconut. Not much difference i'll explain below how :)

This pic above is best example which i took from google Tes At Home. Not much pictures are available about this fruit and I cant Click a original one as Im not in my village as well :) Ive seen there live in orrisa how they remove the whole fruit and its fun to peel out the soft fruit inside it :) After removing from shell we might find a yellow layer which is little bitter in taste. Ive seen some people eating as it is. But I love to peel of the skin and then consume it :)

This is how the peeled ones look like

Large shinning pearls kept inside a bowl :) thats wat I felt after seeing the pic

Mom & Dad make sure we have this treat every summer. This fruit is loved alot within my family more than mangoes :P   yea seriously!! Y not??? when we find so many issues in consuming mangoes this fruit works opposite to that. Its Summer Coolant to body. It helps from sun stroke and hydrates us from fatigue, Gives natural sugar vitamins and minerals needed for our body :) 
I also read in google that its good for people sufferring from chickenpox it might help them reduce the number of days of suffering as it is a coolant to body.
It contains phosphorous n calcium also can reduce exceeding white discharge in women
No FATS or CARBOHYDRATES cans be found So All Dieters Go Go enjoy ur treat :)
It also cures stomach n skin disorder and is good for digestion in pregnant women facing constipation and acidity problem. Better than any juices which contain high calories. Google can Teach Me all :) and Im one of the Dedicated Student Google Can ever have :P lolz

Sorry mango Lovers Reading My Post!!!! But the above content is true :) something which mangoes cannot provide.

Coming back to the recipe
(Dont Forget To Read Notes) I certainly was thinking what to name it and just named it as the picture is presented here.
This one is my childhood fav mom used to make it and I was always greedy to have more n more y not?? Who wants to leave such yummy treat so quickly????

Boil Half Liter Full Fats Milk and sugar according to your taste to make it sweet enough and cook in low flame for 2-3 mins stirring it. 
Cool It!.
Chop the above fruit roughly Add into the milk. Refrigerate  n Serve Chill Your Done :)

Surprise!!!!
This Dosent End here. When its nicely Chilled Imagine What u get??? The flavors of ice apple gets fused with milk and bring out a distinct flavor to the whole thing!!. Ice Apple Taste Like Sweet Tender Coconut and the taste of milk Is something I cant explain. Sometimes I get confused If I want More of Milk or these Floating Chunks :)

Presenting another Variation To this Dessert!!!
Chop up the fruit and Add in 3 tsp Of Rooh Afza Or Rose Syrup. Mix it well. You will get something like this

My Pinky Pearls :D Looks Cute Dosent It???
Now Mix This In prepared Boiled milk as mentioned above. And It will Look Like This

Rose Color has got mixed with milk Giving Out a pretty color to both.

Chill It and your ready to serve :)

Notes 
- Make Sure u get fresh soft fruits for this. Harder ones Dont serve the purpose right they can be served as it is.
- Do not add these chunks into hot milk. I dont know what might be the result lolz as ive never done so. 
- You might also want to grind it and see and then add into the milk as pure or small chopped chunks STOP!!! Bad idea we tried it once when I was small and the result was a thick paste which dint taste gud at all.
- If your trying the 2nd variation I would inform you 1st that i had used rooh afza and there was some smell of rooh afza coming. I did this to show another variation for blog :) You can make a try for sure :) the whole idea was to give lil coloring to these fruit chunks. Thats it!!! So you can use any food color if u like, But After adding to milk It might bleed into milk as well. Go ahead try urself!!!
- If u dont have milk ready With You You can always chop up the fruit and keep inside the fridge. once milk is boiled and cooled as mentioned above add in both and let it sit for at least 1 hr or 2 (it will help infusing flavors)
- I cant give exact measurement of fruit milk and sugar because Quantity of fruit depends on availability  Milk should right enough so that there is not too much of fruit nor milk. It should go hand in hand, so you can be careful while adding milk to the fruit. When u feel this much is enough then stop it. Point is The fruit chunks should float but also not so much like one here n one there :) My pics shows it well enough!!! 
- Adding flavorings or Condensed milk would make the dessert loose its original Taste!!!
- Consume within 4-5 hrs or preparation. Keep it in fridge with good cooling temp until then,
More long its kept, It will start getting some kind of thick sticking consistency from the fruit.
- Serve it after Food as dessert Or Consume it as ur evening snacks Choice is yours!!!!

What ever might be the variation :) I always go with the 1st method mentioned in this post. 
I always keep the milk ready and take pleasure to chop up this fruit over the milk itself, so that the juices fall right away into milk improving the taste of dessert. 


Isnt it a wonderful Summer Chiller??? If u have this fruit why wait for :) Please Go ahead This Dessert is quiet Economical Too :)





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Vermicelli Tutti Fruity Vanilla Custard

This Special Recipe dedicated to my Mom and All U mommy's there reading me :) Happy Mothers Day!!!
Vermicelli and Tutti Fruity along with Vanilla Flavored Custard!! Dosent that sound interesting???
Yes Ofcourse this was part of my experiment. I love vanilla custard with fruits so does my family we always want to have more and more of it, cant have enough of it. But at times when we carve to have milk custard its not important that we have all the ingredients and fruits available at home every time.

I had some alteration in my mind which I wanted to try until I saw Rafeeda's Sewiya Custard do have a look at her recipe. I dint go exactly her way, but the title was enough for me to encourage. Thank You Rafeeda your recipe title induced me to create something of my own :) What I needed was simple and had it in my pantry available. So I just wanted a work gap apart from daily chores and there I started my experiment in my very kitchen lab ;)

Ingredients 
100 gms vermicelli  thick variety
half liter full cream milk
3-4 tblsp custard powder
Water 1 cup
Sugar as desired
Tutti Fruity As Much as needed
Almonds Blanched and Sliced up
More Water For boiling vermicelli

- Boil milk in a pan along with 1 cup water, and side by side take another pan pour in water and let it come to boil.

- As soon as water boils, add in vermicelli and let it cook till 90% done, Let all its starch release in water.(see notes) Wash it under running water and set aside. till we prepare custard this wont take more than 2 mins

- Mean while milk is boiled, make paste of custard powder with water or extra milk.
- As milk is boiling add in the custard paste and cook till it is almost done. takes around 2-3 mins with constant stirring

- Now add sugar and vermicelli and let it cook till done and you get nice thickness of custard. At this point if you want more thickness you can add more custard powder and make sure to cook it well so that no powdery taste emitts

- Let it rest. Finally It will look like this as in pic below :)

- Serve it Chilled :)

We can find separate strands of vermicelli with their distinct color visible from food color (see notes)
Add in Almonds into the custard or either use for garnishing choice is yours
Wash Tutti Fruity and strain the water. Garnish it before serving!!

Notes:
 - I have added a pinch of food color here to give vermicelli a different look within the custard. its purely optional but it gave a better appearance

- Running vermicelli under cold water is to stop the cooking process as well as the food color to bleed of. I dint wanted the food color to ruin my custard color. But still after so much precautions lil color from vermicelli did bleed into my custard and gave better look to it I guess :)

- I added extra 1 cup of water to the milk because I just had a feeling that after adding vermicelli it might absorb some moisture, and also custard consistency which I wanted was not very thick nor thin, go with your instinct here

- Washing Tutti Fruity is my personal choice. It has some kind of sweetness which I observed previously that it ruins the taste of prepared desserts, So Now when I use it I make sure to wash it and use along with anything.

- I never measure sugar while preparing such things, As I keep adjusting the sweetness. Make sure Add lil more sugar than you feel is perfect when the custard is hot, Basically when any food is chilled it give show u as less sugar taste (specially to milk based dishes), so to avoid this I make sure to add lil added sugar than the perfect sweetness desired

- Adding Almonds Is again optional but it will give some crunchiness to the whole thing :)

Impressions:
It was just perfect for our custard carvings!!!
Crunchy Chewy Saucy and Slippery Lip Smacking Treat
Everyone enjoyed even the last drop of it :)

My mom liked it alot and also suggested me to dry roast the vermicelli next time and then do the following procedure, so that nice aroma gets fused in to the dessert, I tot for a while, then said will try next time :)

Love u miiiii *hugs*
And yes Mum's can give some better suggestions we cant think of!!
Cheers to All you Lovely Ladies There :)


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2 Steps Choco Vanilla Ice Cream

Simplest Ice Cream Making Ever!! Without Ice Cream Machine Too!! Wow!!!

Rich Creamy Dense Better Than Store brought what else you need? Yea u just need to try this out :)

The whole recipe involves just 2-3 steps and it works wonders.

Source : Fauzia's Kitchen Fun

Method:

Whip 2 cups of whipping cream with a quarter tsp. of salt and 2 tsp. vanilla essence until stiff peaks form.  If you want vanilla cocoa flavor add cocoa powder accordingly to your taste, mild chocolate flavor or heavy depends on your choice

Mix 1 can of good quality condensed sweet milk (about 400ml) with any flavorings that you want, then fold this into the cream.

Freeze for minimum 6-8 hours and then serve!!

This recipe makes about 2 liters of ice-cream.

This is the most shortest Post From me till nw i guess lolzz :) No need elaborate explanations. Same way mix up ur own flavors and get set go!!!  (Dont Forget To Read Notes)

Notes:
- If u intend to follow the recipe as it is, Pls use a whipping cream which is not pre sweetened dairy/non dairy depends on ur availibility!!
- Incase you use pre sweetened whipping cream then make adjustment with the ingredients!!

Preeti used  1 cup non dairy cream (pre sweetened) + 1/2 tin of milkmaid + 1 small tetra pack of Amul.... that should be 200ml. This worked well for preeti as well as rajashri and others followed the same who ever used pre sweetened whipping cream.

Dola used a whipping cream which was not sweet, so she exactly went with the recipe and got perfect taste using whole tin of condensed milk for sweetness

Pls go with your instinct Its not that hard, Though its  a Fool Proof Recipe Tried by many now!! Still if you fail to get the product right, Dont be dishearted, try to locate what went wrong, and you can use up the end material into shakes and smoothies, Nothing Will Go Waste :)




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Mango Rose Falooda

Falooda Falooda Falooda!!! I never knew what is falooda, until I tried myself at home, Majority of the recipes I post here is sadly my 1st attempt to make as well as taste :) I never had tasted this delicious thing anywhere outside simply that I wasnt much fond of neither was the exposure much to the outside world. So finally I had a Chance To Make it at home and Enjoy. Only after Sipping falooda I realised What I had missed all these years, having such a drink is is just relaxing and soaking in the calmness :D 

This drink must be fav among all age groups im damn sure about it :), Eating jelly, sipping milk with richness of ice cream, the basil seeds crunchiness and trying to get noodles floating in it is all together a different experience Right???
Lets Stop the history and geography now, lets get started with the recipe :)

Cooking time : 5- 10 mins
Level: Easy
Preparation Time - 5 mins
Serves - 2
Ready in - Assembling takes less than 2 mins :)

Ingredients

Milk: 2 cups
Vermicelli or rice noodles: handful
Rose Syrup or rooh afzah : 2-3 tbsp
Basil seeds: 1 tbsp soaked in water
Vanilla icecream for serving (optional)
Homemade jelly (any flavour.....cut in to small cubes...optional)
Some chopped nuts (i used pistachios n cashewnuts)

Method

Boil the noodles in water, drain the excess water and let it cool in the fridge. Soak the basil seeds in water for abt 45 min, they will puff up and double in size.....then boil them for 5 min n drain.

In a glass add cooked noodles or vermicelli (cool), and basil seeds, rose syrup / rooh afzah, pour in cold milk n mix.add jelly cubes n nuts. top it with a scoop of vanilla ice cream if desired. Enjoy!!!!

Notes

- I used 2 tbsp rose syrup n rooh afzah according to taste until u get ur desired sweetness or add some sugar while boiling milk and add  little bit of rooh afzah or rose syrup for flavoring.
- You can use any flavor of jelly
- Full fats milk will give much rich flavor.


1st pic I have used Rose Syrup which gives a very rich color to the drink and lots of rose flavor

2nd pic I have used rooh afzah for flavoring and added sugar to milk so the color is light in appearance. 

Also i wanted to experiment on the flavors on how rose flavors goes with mango ice cream :) 
it was just excellent and worth to try :)

Dont forget to  serve in tall glasses every one wants more of course

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