Purani Dilli Wala Rabri Falooda

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To make rabri pour full fat milk in a vessel and bring it to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium, stir and cook the milk for 30-35mins till it is reduced to ¼ th the quantity. At this stage add sugar and cardamom powder. Cook a bit more till it thickens.

Remember that once rabri cools down it will get thicker so turn off the heat at a point when the rabri is still in pouring consistency. Once reduced cool it completely, place in a fridge till it is chilled then use it.

Note - Simply put 1lt of full cream milk will give you about 250 grams of rabri.

Mix together ice and chilled water in a deep bowl and keep it ready to pipe falooda in it.

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Place corn starch in a bowl, add powdered sugar, rose water and 1cup water. Whisk it together and pour on to a pan. Heat the pan gently on medium heat and stir constantly. As the mixture gets hotter it will start to come together like a gel. Cook till all the water is consumed and the mixture is thick enough that upon upturning the mixture it does not fall.

For making falooda we need a murruku maker or sev maker which you can easily buy online or from your local store.

Hold the sev maker with a cloth and fill it with this hot mixture. Place the handle of the press and close it. Now press the sev maker over the chilled iced water and gently move it around.

You will notice how the falooda oozes out of the machine and upon touching the chilled iced water immediately solidifies into spaghetti or noodles like falooda. Keep it in chilled water for 3-4mins. Then remove it to a bowl for further use.

Incase your falooda is sticking together of breaking upon lifting it, then it means that the mixture is not cooked enough, you need to cook the mixture a bit more.

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For preparing falooda using custard powder the process is the same as above.
Once the falooda is ready we move to assemble the rabri faoodah in a tall glass.

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The rabri falooda can be assembled a no of ways, my way is the one that is pretty common on the street food of delhi.

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Line the inside with some rose syrup. Add thick rabri in the glass about 4tbsp, drop in crushed ice. You can crush ice at home by simply taking ice cubes in a cloth and beating it with a rolling pin to crush it.
Generously add soaked subza (tulsi seeds), place plain falooda on top, garnish with a cherry, some more rose syrup and some toasted & chopped pista. Serve it immediately with a long spoon to eat.

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In a glass add 4tbsp of rabri, generous amount of soaked subza (tulsi seeds),, a scoop of vanilla ice cream, rose syrup, lots of tutti fruti, top up with falooda made with custard powder, place a cherry and some cashewnuts and serve immediately with a long thin spoon to eat.