Mango Falooda Recipe | Instant Mango Dessert

Hope you are enjoying your summer with sweet mangoes. Here I am bringing you another showstopper mango recipe for mango lovers like me! This mango falooda is mango flavored chilled beverage or dessert, loaded with juicy and pulpy mangoes. This layered dessert with beautiful shades of colors and different textures is the best way to enjoy the mango season. It is enjoyed by both children and adults.

Mango Falooda is a variation of the popular dessert drink Falooda. Falooda or faluda is a cold dessert drink originating from the Persian dish ‘faloodeh’. Traditionally, it is made with rose syrup, vermicelli, falooda sev, crushed ice, basil seeds, ice cream or kulfi, and topped with chopped nuts. The basic falooda does not contain any fruits or purees but this mango falooda has mango chunks and mango puree as essential ingredients.

The best thing about this recipe is that you can prepare all the ingredients ahead of time. Once you have all ingredients handy and you are ready to enjoy it, all you need to do is to layer up your serving glass full to the brim with the ingredients of mango falooda using the step-by-step instructions below!

You don’t need to wait for special occasions, you can make it at home anytime you want with a few ingredients. The ingredients like Pakistani juicy mangoes, basil seeds or tukh malanga, falooda sev, evaporated milk, rooh afza, a scoop of mango ice cream, and garnishing of tutti frutti, and chopped nuts make this chilled and luscious instant mango falooda a tempting dessert and beverage that you can eat as well as drink. Serve with a straw and long spoon, savor the decadent flavors of this rich falooda dessert, and let me know your feedback in the comments.

Ingredients for Mango Falooda Recipe

A handful of ingredients you’ll need to assemble this delicious instant mango falooda:

• Mangoes: Use good quality, fully ripe, aromatic, and sweet mangoes for this recipe for a more intense mango flavor. Pakistani honey mangoes are best for this recipe. They are extremely sweet, delicious, pulpy, aromatic, and rich in flavor. Cut half of the mangoes to get mango cubes (check this post to get perfect cubes) and blend the rest of them to make mango puree.
• Basil Seeds: Basil seeds also known as tukh malanga, tukmaria, or falooda seeds are tiny black seeds. They look like chia seeds, but they are slightly different and are not as gelatinous. You need to soak them in water for 30 minutes before using them. They are easily available at most South Asian grocery stores or online on Amazon.
• Falooda Sev: Traditional falooda noodles are usually made from cornstarch. They are easily available at South Asian grocery stores or online on Amazon. You just need to prepare them according to the package instructions.
• Evaporated Milk: I use evaporated milk for my mango falooda recipe to get a rich texture and balance out the sweetness of other ingredients.
• Rooh Afza: Rooh Afza is a thick ruby-colored rose syrup, easily available at most South Asian grocery stores or online on Amazon. It is an essential ingredient of traditional falooda.
• Mango Ice-cream: Top the mango falooda with homemade mango ice cream for a more intense flavor.
• Garnishing: I like garnishing my mango falooda dessert with tutti frutti, and sliced pistachios and almonds.

Substitutes and Variations

• You can use the canned mango chunks and mango pulp for this recipe if fresh mangoes are not in season.
• Substitute basil seeds with chia seeds, if basil seeds are not available.
• You can replace falooda sev with wheat vermicelli, glass noodles, rice noodles, or even colored vermicelli.
• Feel free to swap evaporated milk for full-fat sweetened whole milk or any vegan milk.
• You can top your falooda with any ice cream of your choice.
• Feel free to use glazed cherries or any other nuts of your choice for topping.
• You can add more toppings like mango jelly, mango custard, some whipped cream, or fresh-cut fruits to your falooda to enhance the flavor.
• You can adapt this recipe to make various kinds of faloodas having different flavors like pista falooda, berry falooda, dry fruits falooda, mixed fruits falooda, or chocolate falooda.

Can I Make Mango Falooda in Advance?

Serve the assembled falooda right away else the ice cream will melt. But you can easily prepare the individual elements of falooda like cutting pistachios and almonds, soaking basil seeds, cutting mango chunks, making mango puree, cooking falooda sev, and making mango ice-cream ahead of time and storing in the refrigerator and freezer for 3 days.

Recipe Tips and Notes

• Make sure all the ingredients and the serving glasses are chilled before you start assembling your falooda.
• You can also add a few ice cubes to the falooda.
• Adjust the quantity of the ingredients used in layering the falooda depending on the size of the glass. If you have a smaller serving glass then do not repeat the layers.
• Scale this recipe up to make a double or triple batch.
• You can also make a falooda bar for a party by serving all the ingredients separately, so everyone can assemble their own customized falooda dessert as per their liking.

Tip: If you have unripe mangoes and you want them to ripen faster, just wrap them in brown paper at room temperature for 2 to 3 days or until your mangoes are ripe.

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• Homemade Mango Ice Cream
• Mango Sago

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Recipe

Serves: 2 Prep Time: 5 Minutes

Nutrition facts: 50 calories 50 fat

Rating: 4.8/5

( 6 voted )

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Ingredients

• Mango Chunks – 1 cup
• Mango Puree – 1 cup
• Tukh Malanga or Basil Seeds (soaked in 1 cup of water for 30 minutes) – 2 teaspoons
• Falooda Sev (cooked as per package instructions) – ½ cup
• Evaporated Milk – 1 cup
• Rooh Afza or Rose Syrup – 2 tablespoons
• Mango Ice-cream – 2 scoops
• Tutti Frutti – for garnishing
• Pistachios and Almonds (cut lengthwise) – for garnishing

Instructions

Step by step recipe is given below:

1. Soak tukh malanga in 1 cup of water for 30 minutes. In the meantime, cook falooda sev according to the package instructions and then drain them.
2. To assemble mango falooda, in a chilled tall serving glass, add a layer of soaked tukh malanga in the bottom of the glass, followed by layers of falooda sev, evaporated milk, rooh afza, mango chunks, mango puree, sliced nuts, and tutti frutti.
3. Add another layer of soaked tukh malanga, followed by layers of falooda sev, evaporated milk, and mango puree.
4. Finally, top the glass with a large scoop of ice cream and garnish with tutti frutti, sliced nuts, and mango cubes.

Serve immediately with a straw and long spoon else the ice cream will melt. Enjoy! And Remember ‘COOKING IS EASY’!

Notes

• Adjust the quantity of the ingredients used in layering the falooda depending on the size of the glass.
• Scale this recipe up to make a double or triple batch.
• You can also make a falooda bar for a party by serving all the ingredients separately, so everyone can assemble their own customized falooda dessert as per their liking.