The well-known fruit of rural Bengal is now the trending sherbet of the city, the body will be cold instantly!

The name of Falsa seems to have been lost in the crowd of popular summer mango-lychee-watermelon. But this single dark red fruit was once often seen in rural Bengal. Many of the current generation may not even have heard the name of this fruit. However, if you sit down to list the qualities, you have to be surprised. When you put it in your mouth, it feels a little sour and a little sweet at the same time. A storehouse of vitamins A, C, iron, anti-oxidants, minerals. It also contains potassium, which helps maintain electrolyte balance in the body and aids in digestion.

Although small in size, the Toitambu falsa in juice helps to keep the body moist. Boosts immunity, good for heart health. Even diabetic patients can eat it freely. Yet this simple looking ‘berry’ never got the limelight it deserved!

So if you want to taste some different fruits this summer, you can bring back the once-familiar falsa to the table. You can eat it with a little bitonun. If you want, you can make delicious sherbet with phalsa. This sherbet does not match the combination of mind and body.

Learn how to make syrup.
It requires—

• 500 grams of falsa
• 5 tablespoons of sugar. If you don’t want to use sugar, molasses, honey or stevia can also be used.
• Half a teaspoon of salt
• Half a teaspoon of pepper
• A pinch of black salt
• cold water

Wash the falsa in water, keep it in a big bowl. Add sweet, salt and pepper to taste. Knead everything well using hand or fruit masher. When each fruit is well mashed, keep it aside for half an hour. If kept under direct sunlight, the flavor will be more open. After the specified time, strain the extract of the fruit along with the seeds well. Mix well with cold water. In this condition, if necessary, you can increase the amount of sugar or salt.

The hearts of the guests who came home with great pomp are bound to melt in this sherbet. However, after extracting the falsa extract, it works best if consumed within twenty-four hours while it is still fresh.