JFI: Jackfruit Gadbad Ice Cream

Today is my birthday! Happy Birthday to me! We celebrated it one way by making my favorite ice cream concoction. My family is originally from Udipi in Karnataka, India. We used to make a few trips to there during summer holidays or puja or wedding times and besides the Krishna temple and the hot, humid, heat of coastal Karnataka; Gadbad ice cream is the most memorable part of my childhood memories from Udipi. Gadbad ice cream is basically a hodgepodge of fruit, nuts, ice cream and jelly served in a tall glass and the most important part of eating this ice cream is to mix up all the flavors and savor the various tastes and textures explode in your mouth. It was so tasty and good especially during those hot lazy summers when all of us cousins got together at Hotel Dianas in Udipi (apparently the originator of this style of ice cream per Shruthi)

I decided to honor my treasured jackfruit by making a very modified version of the Gadbad as an entry to Bee and Jai's JFI For Jackfruit. Here are some of the star ingredients of this ice cream:

Finely Chopped Jackfruit, Coconut Ice Cream, Raisins, Honey Coated Peanut and Cashews, Raw Cashews
Ingredients:

• Finely Chopped Jackfruit (I used canned variety)
• A few cubes of Jackfruit Coconut Cake (recipe on my blog)
• Raisins (you can use multiple dried fruits but I stuck to Raisins for this one)
• Cashews (I used Raw)
• Honey coated Peanuts and Cashews (I got a packet of these from Trader Joes)
• Coconut Icecream (I got a generic brand from an Asian market, you can use your favorite)

Recipe:
Layer dried fruits, then nuts into a tall glass. Add a layer of chopped jackfruit on top and then sprinkle in the cubed pieces of cake. Scoop in liberal amounts of ice cream and then top off the sundae with more chopped jackfruit, dried raisins and nuts. I would let all the flavors seep together for a minute or two and then dive in. Don't eat layer by layer but mix it all up and feel your senses get blown by the sweetness of the fruit, the softness of the cake, the chill of the ice cream and the crunchiness of the nuts.

Its pure heaven and even more better because its Jackfruit Gadbad! Enjoy.
Notes:

• Source: My own creation
• Information about the origins of Gadbad on Shruthi's blog
• This is my second addition to JFI for Jackfruit over at Jugalbandi.
• I used whatever nuts and fruit I wished, you can use dried figs, various ice creams, fruits, nuts combo. Whatever you prefer and desire and the results I am sure will be tasty.