PAAN ICECREAM

Beetal leaf or Paan has been the most popular mouth freshner in India and still continues to be loved by almost all. It is eaten after meals not only as a mouth freshner but also to help in digestion. Many paan innovations have surfaced ever since and Paan Ice cream is a simply amazing!!! Here at my place, everyone love ice creams and that is why I love trying out various different 'seasonal' and 'unimaginable' flavours and this is one of it. I have been waiting to try this at home since long time. Trust me its really simple to make and its very quick recipe. So if you are expecting some guests over and want to serve them something innovative yet truly Indian for dessert, try this at home. Serve this to your guests after meal and let them feel the goodness of ice cream flavoured paan. I bet, no other flavour can be more idyllic than this. So make it and indulge in the deliciousness of my cherished dessert.

INGREDIENTS:

4-5 Beetal Leaves/ Paan Leaves, chopped

2 tablespoon Sugared Rose Petals/Gulkand

2 tablespoon Paan Masala

1 teaspoon Fennel Seeds / saunf

½ teaspoon Cardamom Powder / Ilaichi powder

½ Cup Sweetened Condensed Milk

1 Cup Whipping Cream

¼ Cup Milk

1 tablespoon Dates/ Kharik,  chopped

Tutty Frutty for garnishing

Pepper Mint Balls for garnishing

METHOD:

STEP 1 – In a mixer pot, add washed and then chopped paan,

cardamom powder, gulkand, paan masala, fennel seeds and some milk. Grind it until a fine paste.

If not be able to make a paste then add more milk to it and grind.

STEP 2 – In a mixing bowl, beat the whipping cream till stiff peaks.

STEP 3 – Then add condensed milk in it and blend for 2-3 more minutes.

STEP 4 – Now add the fine paste of paan mixture to it

and fold it well and mix it well.

STEP 5 – Pour the mixture in a plastic box or ice cream tin and freeze it for almost 2-3

hours.

STEPS 6 – When the ice cream is half set, remove the ice cream from freezer and make it loose.

STEP 7 – Then add some tutty frutty and chopped nuts in it and mix well.

Again pour in ice cream pot and

 add some more tutty frutty and chopped nuts for garnsihing on the top and freeze it for 6 hours or overnight.

Before freezing cover it with a cling wrap.

Scoop it and garnish it with some tutty frutty and pepper mint balls and serve chilled.