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
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
Darsaan | Honeyed Noodles With Ice Cream
Ingredients
For Noodles
- 1 cup All-Purpose Flour / Maida
- 1/8 tsp Salt
- 1/8 tsp Baking Powder
- 2 teaspoon Ghee
- Water for kneading
For Honey Sauce
- 2 tablespoon Sugar
- 2 tablespoon Water
- 2 tablespoon Honey
- 1 tablespoon Sesame Seeds toasted
For Serving
- Vanilla Ice Cream / Any Ice Cream of your Choice Raj bhog ice cream that is full of nuts
Instructions
How to make the Darsaan Recipe
To make the Noodles
- In a bowl take the all-purpose Flour, baking powder, and salt and rub well.
- Add ghee, water to the flour and knead a soft dough. Let it rest covered for 20 minutes
- Divide the dough in half. Dust the balls, roll each dough into a thin 9-inch circle using a rolling pin.
- Using the pizza cutter, cut it into thin strips. Make sure the strips are thin as well, you can also prick with a fork so that they don't 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 ice cream of your choice.
Notes
Nutrition
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.
Radha says
Mouth-watering! Love the way you have described. I need to try it asap and bookmarking your recipe.
Vaishali says
Drooling over the dessert . I have had it at my cousins place where she served mango slices along with noodles and ice cream . Wow ! What a delicious dessert .