Cassata Icecream Recipe / How to Make Cassata Ice cream at Home

Love Love Love Cassata Icecream. One of my favorite is Arun Cassata Icecream. I can eat tons of them, they are creamy and delicious..I have no problem in buying them from our neighbourhood bakery and enjoying. But recreating them at home, didn't happen all in a sudden, it has a story.  Read it..



Couple days back, we all (mom, two sisters, myself & maha) went to our favorite vegetarian restaurant Arya Bhavan for dinner. We ordered chilli parota, paneer pulav, chilli gobi, chinese noodles & paper roast. It was all delcious and finally we came to my favorite part of the meal "DESERT". My sister ordered cassata icecream and i went for a butterscotch milkshake. My sister got her icecream first, and i got the spoon from her and had a bite straight away and it was so yummy. I called the waiter and cancelled my milkshake and ordered cassata. YES I DID!

After waiting for few minutes, the waiter came back and told that cassata got over. You know how sad i felt. Then finally when we reached home i was thinking all about cassata the whole night. Then early in the morning i got dream of myself making cassata at home, I know i know you think i am crazy. YES i am..This is my reality. I am sure many go through this. When i woke up, i decided to bring my dream to a real. I asked hubby to get all the ingredients and got into action. And the result was amazing, i had not one but 3 of those big slices. Yum Yum.

If you are wondering what i had for desert in that restaurant..I called the waiter back and ordered the same butterscotch milkshake..You get that i can never miss deserts in my life..HE HE..


Preparation Time : 20 to 25 mins
Chilling Time : 10 Hours or Overnight
Serves : 5 to 6

Ingredients:

Vanilla Cake - 1 packet, i used store bought

Icecreams - 4 flavours each 250 ml, I used vanilla, strawberry, pista and butterscotch
Simple Syrup - 1/2 cup, Recipe below
Cashewnuts - 1 cup chopped

Simple Syrup:

Sugar - 1/4 cup
Water - 1/4 cup

Method:


Start by making simple syrup. Take sugar and water and a sauce pan, heat it to dissolve the sugar. Allow it to cool down. Syrup done..


Take a 1 liter bowl which is big enough to hold all the icecreams and cakes. Line it generously with vanilla cake. Break small pieces of cake and fill all the gaps.


Now wet the cake with the simple syrup generously.


Now take the icecream one by one in a bowl and cream it well. Spread the icecream one by one over the cakes above each one. Once all is one, sprinkle the top generously with chopped nuts.


Now cover the whole bowl with cling wrap and put in the freezer overnight.


When it is all set and frozen, invert it over the plate and remove the plastic wrap/ 


Slice and serve immediately.


Notes:


1)You can use any of your favorite cake. But vanilla is prefered.

2)You can use any number of flavours in icecream. But use minimum of three flavours for best taste.
3)You can soak the cake with any fruit juices too instead of simple syrup.
4)You can top it with any nuts too.
5)Chill it very well before serving, overnight is prefered.

Pictorial:
Take all your ingredients


Take a bowl which you plan to assemble the icecream


line it with cling wrap


Now start arranging the cake


once it is almost complete


you are going to fill all the nooks and gaps


take small piece of cake and fill them


all covered


take the simple syrup and wet the cakes


all soaked 


Now time to take your icecream in a bowl and cream them. this is butterscotch flavour


fill the bottom layer with it


Now take your strawberry icecream and cream them as well


spread that over the butterscotch flavour


Now take your pista icecream and cream it


smooth it over the strawberry flavour


Now cream your last icecream, which is a vanilla


smooth it over the pista flavour


Now spread the chopped cashewnuts all over the vanilla one


freeze them


Now when they all are set, invert them to a plate


slowly remove the plastic wrap


TA DA...


slice and serve immediately..

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Amma's Tapioca Adai with Coconut Chutney / Maravalli Kizhangu Adai Dosa Recipe / Tapioca Dosa Recipe


Okay here i am with my sister top favorite recipe and my favorite recipe which my mom makes often ..This adai dosa is different from your normal adai dosa and my multi grain adai dosa. It taste so spicy and aromatic. Love it to the core. Making it can be quite simple, just soaking and grinding. The perfect pairing for this is coconut chutney, i have included that recipe too, check it out..


Preparation Time : 25 to 30 mins
Soaking Time : 2 hours
Cooking Time : 2 to 3 mins per dosa
Serves : 3 to 4

Ingredients:

For Tapioca Adai:
Rice - 1 cup (Normal Cooking Rice)
Tapioca / Maravalli Kizhangu / Marchini Kizhangu - 2 cup peeled and chopped
Toor Dal / Tuvaram Paruppu - 1/4 cup
Dry Red Chilli - 7 to 10
Asafoetida / Hing / Kaya Podi - 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste

For Coconut Chutney:
Coconut - 1 cup
Green Chilli - 3 to 4
Tamarind Pulp - 1 tsp or to taste
Garlic - 2 cloves
Salt to taste

Method:

Tapioca Adai Recipe:

Take rice and dal in a bowl and wash it well. Now soak it in clean water for 2 hours. 

Drain it and add it to a blender, add in chopped tapioca in it along with dry chilli, asafoetida and salt. Make it into a smooth batter.

Transfer this batter to a bowl.

Heat a tawa on medium heat. take a ladleful of batter and make into a adai dosa. Drizzle oil all around the sides. Cook for a min till it is light golden, flip over and cook for another min.

Now remove from tawa and serve with coconut chutney.

Coconut Chutney Recipe:

Take all the ingredients given for the chutney in a mixer and add little water at a time to make a smooth thick chutney. 

Serve with adai.

Pictorial:
Take rice in a bowl
Add dal to it


Wash it well and soak it for 2 hours
take tapioca
peel em and cube em


Now take the soaked rice and dal in a blender


add in tapioca


add dry red chilli


asafoetida

some salt
make in to a smooth puree

transfer to a bowl


heat a tawa


pour a ladleful of batter over it


use the same ladle to make it into dosa


just like this


drizzle some oil around the sides


flip over and cook
serve with coconut chutney


For coconut chutney, take coconut in a mixer

Add chilli, garlic, tamarind, salt in it

add little water and make a smooth chutney
Serve with adai dosa..

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