Category Archives: Cool dessert

Homemade Mango Ice Cream

Mango is the king of fruit, and a variety of delicious dishes can be constructed either with ripe or raw mango. Mango Ice Cream is an all time favorite for many people around the world. It is one of those recipes that you cannot deny in summer; it’s a must have essential to combat the heat. Mango ice cream is made with mango puree, heavy whipping cream and flavored with vanilla and mango extract. There’s nothing better and fresh like homemade mango ice cream, as it is simple and easy to make at home and an excellent dessert to present to guests. In this recipe i have used store bought mango puree but you can make it using fresh mango puree.  This recipe is made using an ice cream maker, but if you do not have a ice cream maker you can check out my previous mango ice cream recipe. 


Chiku (Sapota) Ice Cream

Chiku a.k.a. Sapota is a brown color fruit that is exceptionally sweet. Chiku can be eaten as a fruit or drank as Chiku milk shake, which is a very famous drink. Ice cream is everyone’s favorite dessert and one can buy a variety of them in stores. However you might not find Chiku ice cream in a store. This recipe provides steps to prepare Chiku Ice cream at your own house. Homemade ice cream is always the best, you can also tweak it based on your taste. It is super easy to make this ice cream and it tastes delicious. This ice cream is flavored with coffee and vanilla extract, coffee gives a unique taste to chiku ice cream and is well served with chia seeds. Enjoy this summer special recipe during hot days!  

Matcha Green Tea Frozen Yogurt

Beat the heat this summer with cool, refreshing and flavorful Matcha green tea frozen yogurt. I had previously shared Matcha Green Tea Ice Cream which is a real big hit in my family. Matcha green tea comes in powder form available in Japanese stores. The green tea powder gives a great taste to ice cream, smoothie, cake or so on. This recipe is made using hung yogurt, Matcha green tea and flavored with ginger, lemon grass and cardamom powder. This combination give a unique flavor to the recipe. I have used homemade yogurt but you can also use Greek yogurt for this recipe. I have used ice cream maker to make frozen yogurt but this can be done without ice cream maker. Lemon grass is a Asian herb which is used in Ayurvedic medicine and it has many health benefits. Lemon grass can also be used in other recipes like tea, curry, soup or so on.Lemon Grass_2

Matcha Green Tea Ice Cream

Delicious Matcha Green Tea Ice Cream is a very popular dessert in Japan and now even other places people like it. I would like to welcome summer with this refreshing green tea ice cream recipe. One of my Japanese friend told me about this recipe and she inspired me to make it and share on the blog. She also told me that how much it is popular in Japan and people love to eat it. Matcha green tea, comes in powder form and used for cooking for recipes like smoothie, cake, yogurt ice cream or so on. I have tried both Matcha green tea universal quality as well as culinary quality and found universal quality gave a better result however you can use any one. This is generally available in Japanese store or Asian store (I bought it from Hana world market). The soothing color of green tea gives refreshing look as well as taste to the ice cream. I am sure you, your family and friends would love this ice cream. Making Matcha green tea ice cream is super easy. You can make this with ice cream maker or without ice cream maker too. Matcha Green Tea_2

Mango Falooda

Falooda is one of the popular cool dessert in India. Mango Falooda is made with milk, mango, home made strawberry jelly, sabja seeds flavored with Rrooh Afza and khus syrup. I have used rose syrup flavored falooda sev, and you can find at any Indian store if you do not want to make it at home. Mango falooda is a refreshing dessert during the summer and really rich. 

Fruity Kala Khatta (Chuski)

Kala Khatta is a tangy sweet syrup which is poured on the crushed ice to make a dish called Gola. It’s like a ice candy and enjoyed by licking it. It is also called Chuski. Kala khatta is made from Indian blackberry (Jamun) which is generally available in frozen form in Indian grocery stores. You can also use fresh Jamun if available. You can also make it more flavorful by adding additional fruits to it like watermelon and raw mango. This would give a refreshing feel to your taste buds.  Beat the heat this summer while indulging in this tangy refreshing taste.

Mango Ice Cream

Ice cream as we all know is an awesome dessert, favorites of kids as well as adults specifically during summer. Mango which is also known as king of fruits is eaten as fruit itself and used in many dishes like mango milk shake, mango shrikhand and raw mangoes are used to prepare pickles. Making Mango ice cream at home is very simple and easy. You can choose your own fruit and follow the same process to prepare an ice cream of your choice.