It’s going to be the battle of desserts at Queen Elizabeth II’s Jubilee. Five contestants have been shortlisted out of 5,000 entries from across the world, in a competition organized by Fortnum and Mason, the posh-nosh specialists in London.
“It should make people smile!” they advised contestants, “It should be joyous and celebratory.”
Among those top five, quivering with the gelatinous delight of the Indian sub-continent, is our very own falooda. It has been transformed into a rose falooda cake by the dexterous hands and imagination of Shabnam Russo. She has been described as a skincare expert who lives in North London, but Russo sounds more like a culinary Rushdie. She has taken her remembrance of faloodas past from the streets, the sands, the sidewalks of Mumbai and made it a dessert fit for a Queen.
