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{{Infobox food

| name = ''Falooda''

| image = Faluda.JPG

| caption = ''Falooda'' with kulfi, rose syrup, and basil seeds (sabja seeds)

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| region = [[South Asia]], [[Myanmar]]

| course = Beverage

| served = Cold

| main_ingredient = Milk, [[rose syrup]], [[vermicelli]], [[sweet basil]]

| variations = =

| calories =
| other =

| type = Drink

| other =

| similar_dish = [[Bandung]]

[[Nam maenglak]]

[[Alouda]]

[[Bombay crush]]

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| image4 = Phaluda.JPG|caption4=''Phaluda'' from [[Myanmar]]

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The origin of ''falooda'' goes back to [[Iran]] ([[Name of Iran|Persia]]), where a similar dessert, ''[[faloodeh]]'', was popular.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://www.thepersianfusion.com/rosewater-and-lemon-sorbet-faloodeh/|title=Faloodeh: Persian Rosewater and Lemon Sorbet|last=Sinaiee|first=Maryam|date=10 May 2015|work=The Persian Fusion|access-date=12 June 2017|language=en-US|archive-date=12 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180512035906/http://www.thepersianfusion.com/rosewater-and-lemon-sorbet-faloodeh/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The dessert came to late [[Medieval India]] with the many Central Asian dynasties that invaded and settled in South Asia in the 16th to 18th century.<ref name=":1" /> The present form of ''falooda'' was developed in the [[Mughal Empire]] and spread with its conquests. The Persianate rulers who succeeded from the [[Mughals]] patronized the dessert with their own adaptations, specifically in [[Hyderabad State|Hyderabad Deccan]] and the [[Nawab of the Carnatic|Carnatic]] areas of present-day India.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.eatingindia.net/blog/the-royal-falooda/|title=The Royal Falooda|website=Eating India|access-date=4 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170528183939/http://www.eatingindia.net/blog/the-royal-falooda/|archive-date=28 May 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> This dessertbeverage is now a part of [[Pakistani cuisine]], [[Burmese cuisine]], [[Indian cuisine]], [[Bangladeshi cuisine]] and [[Sri Lankan cuisine]] and is served on weddings and other occasions. In [[Sri Lanka]], Falooda (''ෆලුඩා'' / ''ஃபலூடா'') is often consumed as a popular [[Beverage|dairy refereshment]].

==Metaphorical references==

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* The Iraqi [[Kurdish people|Kurds]] make a version with thicker vermicelli.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

* The [[Mauritius|Mauritian]] version is called ''alouda''.

* A variant of known as a "Bombay crush" is popular amongst [[Indian_South_Africans | South African Indians]].

==See also==