This healthy falooda recipe is vegan and is free of refined sugars. It is vegan and uses a whole lot of fruits and seeds making a delightful, yummy concoction.
Falooda is a really simple, layered dessert. But too often sugary syrups topped with sugary ice creams is what you find. Here’s the thing – you can make really healthy versions of it easily. There is no falooda police, as far as I can tell, stopping you from making it however you want :). Here’s a vegan, sugar free version for you to try.
Let us get right to it: There are 4 parts to this falooda.
Let us make the bottom layer – Chia seed gel. This one usually uses Sabja seeds (or basil seeds). You can easily substitute chia seeds with this.
Ok, so only 3 ingredients for this gel – Chia seeds, rose water and soy milk. Find really good rose water (finding good rose water) and make a gel.
Next, moving on to liquid smoothie portion of the Falooda. Add dates. The dates will add fiber that slows the absorption of sugar in our body.
Add strawberries – fresh or frozen, both work. 
Blend
Next, we need to prepare the ice cream portion of the falooda. Some mad genius, not me, figured out that if you freeze bananas and then blend them, you get a pretty awesome icecream doppelganger.
First, freeze bananas overnight in a ziploc bag.
Put frozen bananas in blender. Try to grind them without any liquid. If need be, add a little bit of milk to get it started. The Vitamix blender has a stick that helps push the pieces into the blade as it is running. For an Indian style mixer, you might have to open and mix it a few times to get a smooth consistency.
Blend till creamy
Now let us assemble it all together, shall we?
Layer 1 – Chia seed gel
Layer your favorite fruits.
Adding blackberries
How about some blueberries…
In the next layer, I added spaghetti squash strands instead of the typical corn noodles used in Faloodas. Click the link for spaghetti squash payasam to get more details on how to get these low carb squash strands.
Ok, I admit, getting spaghetti squash ready for falooda is a bit of an overreach. But, it is just an example of how healthy you can choose to make it, if you really need to.
Now pour the strawberry smoothie over it
Top it with delicious banana ice cream.
Upgraded Falooda Recipe
Super Healthy Falooda - refreshing, delicious and healthy
- 2 Tbsp Chia Seeds
- 1/4 cup Rose Water
- 1/4 cup Soy Milk
- Few Blackberries
- Few Blueberries
- 2 Tbsp Spagetti squash – cooked and strands separated
- 3/4 cup Dates
- 12-14 Strawberries
- 4 cups Soy Milk (Any Vegan Milk)
- 3 Frozen Bananas
- Few Splashes of Milk
- Any locally available chopped fruits, salted nuts etc
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Get chia gel ready by combining ingredients for the gel
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Make smoothie ready by combining smoothie ingredients
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Make icecream by blending frozen bananas. Add a few splashes of milk to get the blender going, but not too much.
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Get spaghetti strands ready by following instructions in the "Semiya Payasam' recipe in the blog
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Layer the ingredients in the format show above or not :). A falooda is like a blank canvas. Add or subtract ingredients that you like and make it the way you love.
Yummy!! Healthy and Satisfying!!
Conclusion
Do you plan on trying this recipe? Or have you made it and wish to express your comments. Post your thoughts below….Have a great day!!
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Thank you so much for this. I had a falooda craving (only ever had it a handful of times in my life but always a flavour and sensory delight). Being now GF WFPB was holding me back from having a go at making my own. But you have made it look so tempting and do-able. Appreciate your work. Will be trying it today.
Thank you Arvind!!