SAFFRON FALOODA

CREATOR : SRIYA   PREPARATION TIME : 25 MINUTES
COOKING TIME : 20 MINUTES
TOTAL TIME : 45 MINUTES BEVERAGES AND DRINKS  CUISINE DESSERTS :  INDIAN
 SERVES :  2
(1 CUP = 250 ML)
INGREDIENTS :
1 cup  milk
 4 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon pistachios - chopped coarsely
10 strands of saffron (CRUSHED)
2 teaspoon sabja seeds - soaked in 1/2 cup water
4 tablespoon falooda sev (UNCOOKED)
Substitute for falooda sev  is wheat vermicelli.
TOPPING :
6 scoops of vanilla ice cream
1 tablespoon pistachios - sliced
6 cashews  - sliced
6 almonds - sliced
3 glazed cherries
4 ice cubes
INSTRUCTIONS :
First soak 2 tsp sabja seeds  1/2 cup water for about 20 to 30 minutes. Later strain them  and keep aside.
Cook them, then do boil them in water till they are softened. Strain them and keep aside till they are cooled.
Take 1 cup milk in a small pan. Add 4 tbsp sugar. Then add the chopped pistachios then add crushed saffron.
Heat the milk. Simmer on a low flame,  just to heat the milk and not boil it. Keep the kesar pista flavored milk aside and allow to cool it completely.
                                    MAKING ASSEMBLING :
Once the milk has cooled, add 2 tbsp sabja seeds in a glass. Then add 1 to 2 tbsp of the falooda sev OR wheat vermicelli.
Add 2 to 3 ice cubes. Then add  1/2 of the kesar pista milk. Again add 1 to 2 tbsp of the sabja seeds and the falooda sev.
Top up with 2 scoops of vanilla ice cream. Top with some sliced or chopped pistachios and cashews and almonds. Serve immediately.