wellhealthorganic.com Sabja Seeds: Sabja seeds, also known as Basil Seeds or Falooda Seeds, are a delightful addition to various recipes and beverages such as juices, sherbets, or mocktails. Here’s a simple method to prepare these mildly fragrant seeds before incorporating them into your culinary creations:
Sabja Seeds
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Cuisine: Indian
- Course: Beverages
- Diet: Gluten Free, Vegan, Vegetarian
- Difficulty Level: Easy
Also Read: Kathal Ki Sabji
Ingredients:
- ½ tablespoon sabja seeds (sweet basil seeds or falooda seeds or tukmaria)
- ¾ to 1 cup water (for soaking)
Instructions:
- Take the sweet basil seeds in a bowl, and carefully remove any chaff, husks, or stones present among them.
- Optionally, rinse the seeds in a small fine strainer if desired.
- Pour water over the seeds, ensuring to add enough water to prevent the soaked seeds from becoming lumpy as they swell.
- Basil seeds absorb water only as much as needed, so you can add extra water to prevent the formation of lumps.
- The basil seeds will gradually begin absorbing water upon soaking.
- Allow them to soak for 20 to 30 minutes. Once they have absorbed water, a translucent gelatin-like coating will form around them.
- Strain the soaked seeds and use them in various beverages, coolers, sherbets, ice creams, falooda, or kulfi.
- Any leftover soaked sabja seeds can be refrigerated for 1 to 2 days for future use.