Creamy falooda milk shake

Ingredients

• Whole Milk or Low Fat Milk - 2 cups
• Basil Seeds 1/2 - 1 teaspoon
• Vanilla Ice Cream 1/2 cup
• Vermicelli handful
• Rose or Saffron Syrup 5 tablespoons (Saffron Syrup recipe below)
• Sugar 1 1/2 tablespoon or to taste
• Cardamom Powder - 1 pinch
• Pistachios 1 teaspoon(coarsely ground), to garnish
• Strawberry Jello - Readymade, or Homemade
• Vanilla Ice Cream or Indian Kulfi- 2 1/2 scoops, for serving

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Preparation

• Soak the basil seeds in water for 30 minutes - 2 hours. Boil 2 cups of water and add vermicelli - boil for 3 minutes.
• Heat the milk and bring to a slow boil. Add cardamom powder, sugar and rose syrup to the milk and mix well.
• Strain the vermicelli and add it to the milk. Cool to room temperature, and place in the refrigerator for a few hours.
• Strain the basil seeds and add to the chilled milk mixture. Now add 1/2 scoop of Vanilla Ice Cream or Malai Kulfi and dissolve it in the milk.
  
• In a couple of tall glasses, add 1 scoop of vanilla ice cream or Kulfi and then pour the chilled milk mixture over it.
• Insert a long spoon and garnish with the coarsely ground pistachios and serve immediately.