Paan Icecream
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Rich icecream tastes like paan.
Total servings: 10
Calories: 450
Pre-Prep time: 10 mins
Preperation time: 15 mins
Occasion: Any
Cuisine: Pakistani
Effort: Average
Best for: All
How to serve: Frozen
Ingredients:
1 litre full fat milk
1½ cups sugar
¼ cup cornflour
1½ cups (300 grams) fresh cream
For Paan Flavor..
4 nos. paan leaves (betel leaves)
juice of 1 lemon
6 nos. dried dates,chuhahra, soaked overnight and finely chopped
1 tablespoon saunf (fennel seeds), powdered
¼ teaspoon cardamom (elaichi), powder
¼ cup gulkand (sweetened rose petals)
a pinch menthol
Preparation:
Wash the paan leaves and grind them into a fine paste along with the lemon juice in a blender. Sieve through a strainer and keep the juice aside.
Deseed and finely chop the dried date.
Mix together the paan juice, dried date, saunf, cardamom powder and gulkand in a bowl. Keep aside.
To proceed..
Dissolve the cornflour in ¼ cup of cold milk. Keep aside.
Place the rest of the milk in a heavy bottomed pan and bring it to a boil.
Add the sugar and simmer for 5 minutes.
Add the dissolved cornflour and simmer for another 5 minutes while stirring continuously, till it is of a coating consistency.
Remove from the fire and allow it to cool completely.
Add the paan flavouring mixture and cream to the milk.
Mix well and pour into a shallow dish.
Freeze till slushy. Remove and beat with a whisk until smooth and creamy (or use a blender).
Add the menthol and mix well.
Freeze again until firm. Scoop and serve.
