Darsaan | Honeyed Noodles With Ice Cream

Darsaan is a popular Chinese Dessert. This is a Honeyed Noodles with Ice Cream that has deep fried wonton strips served as noodles drizzled with honey, sesame seeds, finally topped with a scoop of Vanilla Ice Cream.

These Chinese Wonton Strips Dessert is not from the Indo Chinese Cuisine. This is a traditional sweet from Chinese cuisine. They serve the darsaan with vanilla ice-cream scoop on top.

They pronounce this dessert as 'Darsaan' or 'Daarsan'. In a popular joint in Kolkata, they have a fusion dish where the wonton strips are coated in green, yellow and red, finally serve with fried ice-cream.

When I decided to plan the menu for my Indo Chinese Platter, I included this for the desserts. I adapted mine from Tarla Dalal site.

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• Ingredients used to make this dessert
• Instructions ~ with Step by Step Pictures
• Substitutions or how to make this healthy
• Serving Suggestions
• Equipment you need to make this
• How to store or Shelf life of this dessert
• Other Combo Desserts you will love!
• Recipe
• Expert Tips to make this dessert at home

Ingredients used to make this dessert

This dessert is a combo dessert featuring two different dishes to be prepared and served together. For the noodles, it is traditionally wonton strips are deep fried and drizzled with sauce, finally to be topped with ice cream.

The dough for the strips can be deep fried and stored as well.

All Purpose Flour - They use All Purpose flour to make the strips. If you are unable to make this, use ready to use wonton sheets or flat noodles for the base.

Honey - Honey gives the sticky sweet taste to the dessert and you can add it to the sauce while making it.

Sesame Seeds - Toasted Sesame Seeds add a nutty taste to the dessert when it is added on top.

Ice Cream - Traditionally they serve Vanilla Ice Cream. However, you can make your Ice Cream or serve a different flavour as well.

Instructions ~ with Step by Step Pictures

How to make the Darsaan Recipe

This Darsaan is a traditional Chinese Dessert where wonton strips are deep fried and served with a honey sauce and Ice Cream Scoop.

To make the Noodles

In a bowl take the all purpose Flour, baking powder and salt and rub well.
Add ghee and water and knead a soft dough. Let it rest covered for 20 minutes
Divide the dough into half. Roll each dough into 9 inch circle using a roller pin. Using the pizza cutter, cut it into thin strips.
Make sure the strips are thin otherwise they will puff up and will not be crunchy.
Heat the oil in a Kadai, deep fry the strips on medium low flame. Cook on both sides and remove to a kitchen towel once they are crispy on both sides.

For the honey sauce

In a saucepan, take water and sugar. Bring it to a boil.
Once the sugar syrup comes to a boil add honey and sesame seeds. Turn the flame off.
Make sure not to heat further as the sauce can thicken very fast.

Serving the dessert

Place the fried noodles on a serving platter and pour the honey sauce over it.
Serve with a scoop of Vanilla Ice cream or an ice cream of your choice.

Other easy ice creams you can make yourself at home is this 2 Ingredient Homemade Ice Cream Recipe without Ice Cream Maker or this Vanilla Icecream With Ready made Ice Cream powder

Substitutions or how to make this healthy

You can use whole wheat flour instead of All Purpose flour if you are making the strips at home.

Making your Ice Cream also makes it low fat on the whole.

Serving Suggestions

Pour the sauce on the fried noodles as when its still warm. It can get sticky as it cools down.
You can garnish with Slivered Almonds or nuts if you like.

If you want to serve with homemade icecreams, you have a wide choice like these

Equipment you need to make this

Wok or a Kadai for deep frying the Strips.

Rolling Board and a rolling pin along with a pizza cutter for making the strips.

Sauce pan to make the sauce.

How to store or Shelf life of this dessert

Since this dessert calls for deep fried strips, you can make the strips and store it for a couple of days.

It's an assembled dessert, so you can make the different component, store and assemble it together when you want to serve it.

Other Combo Desserts you will love!

• Shahi Tukda with Rabri
• Eggless Blondie with Oreo Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
• Rajasthani Rabdi Malpua
• Apple Crumble with Custard Sauce
• Shikran Poli / Sweet Banana Milk with Roti

Recipe

Expert Tips to make this dessert at home

When using the fat to make the dough, knead a soft but stiff dough. So rub the flour well with the butter/ghee you use.

Prick the sheets with a fork, so that they don't puff up. Puffing up makes the sheet a bit soggy.

You can make the fried noodles ahead of time, store it in an airtight container and use when needed.