Name: Faluda
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Sri Lankan
Ingredients: 85 g (3 oz) packet strawberry or raspberry jelly crystals; 1 tablespoon basil seeds*; 35 g (1¼ oz) dried seviyan vermicelli noodles*; 1 litre (35 fl oz/4 cups) full-cream milk; 185 ml (6 fl oz/¾ cup) rose syrup (or rose sherbet syrup); 270 g (9½ oz/2 cups) ice cubes; 2 tablespoons sugar

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Hidden Kitchens of Sri Lanka

By Bree Hutchins

Published 2013

About

Faluda is a sweet drink made from rose sherbet syrup, milk, basil seeds, vermicelli noodles and red jelly. When Fareena offered me a glass, I was a bit apprehensive because of its pink colour and musky smell, but it was delicious and really refreshing. I guzzled it down quickly, completely forgetting that it was made with Colombo tap water.