Basil seeds are in Falooda.
Falooda seeds are called Sabja in Tamil.
Tukmaria or Sabja seeds are known as "Basil seeds" in English and "Sabja" or "Sabja Vithai" in Malayalam. They are commonly used in falooda drinks and desserts for their gel-like texture when soaked in water.
Chia seeds are called Falooda in Punjabi
Tulasi vittanaluOther different names for the Basil seeds:sabza, subza, takmaria, tukmaria, falooda, selasih
sabja it is used in falooda kulfi for its cooling effects
Falooda - Indian Dessert Drink Rice pudding Galoob Jamun (fried dough balls soaked in sugar syrup)
It is called Sabja in Hindi. In summer most Hyderabadis drink this in kind of flavoured milk shake called FALOODA. This seed looks like a mustard seed. The minute you put it in water this seed becomes like gelatin - spongy and like a Papaya seed (mucous and fleshy). The seed is used to beat the heat in summer, is good for motion sickness, and for the burning tummy.
There are 28 Indian states and 7 Union Territories. There are a wide variety of regional food in India. Indian staples include pearl millet, rice, whole-wheat flour, and beans. Dishes are cooked in peanut oil in northern and western India, mustard oil in eastern India, and coconut oil along the western coast.