Gadbad – the famous ice cream from Mangalore

Gadbad – the famous ice-cream from Mangalore.

Gadbad consists of three different flavours of ice-cream layered in between jelly, chopped fruits and nuts. 

Gadbad brings back my childhood memories of the summer vacations spent in Mangalore. Our visits to Ideal icecream parlour in Mangalore city is still etched in my mind. We cousins used to look forward to having our favourite gadbad icecream there.

This post is the 500^th post on my blog. So, I wanted to make something special. What better than my favourite Gadbad ice cream? I have used vanilla, mango, tutti fruiti ice cream, jelly, some seasonal fruits, nuts and tutti fruiti to make Gadbad.

How to make mango ice cream at home click here to see the recipe

About Gadbad

Gadbad is the most popular  ice-cream in Mangalore. It is made with different flavours of ice-cream, chopped fruits, nuts, jelly and tutti frutti.

Gadbad ice-cream is known to be an accidental invention of Diana restaurant in Udipi. The restaurant owner put together a concoction of three flavours of ice-cream as he had very little quantity of each and layered the ice-creams between nuts and fruits. As it was prepared in a hurry (Kannada word for hurry is gadibidi), the ice-cream came to be known as the Gadbad.  It is served in a tall glass with a long spoon.

List of ingredients

Ice-creams :  I have used Vanilla, mango and tutti frutti ice cream. You may choose any flavours of your choice.

Fruits : mangoes, apples , pomegranate, glazed cherries

Dry fruits : cashew nuts, almonds and raisins

Tutti frutti : these are candied papaya bites which are easily available.

Jelly : I have used raspberry jelly. You can use any flavour of your choice.

Step-wise recipe with pictures

Prepare jelly as per the instructions given in the jelly pack.

Chop the nuts. Chop the fruits into small pieces. Keep aside. In a tall glass, drop in chopped mangoes. Then add, a scoop of vanilla ice-cream. Next, add some chopped apples, mangoes and pomegranate seeds.

Add 2 to 3 tbsp of jelly.  Next, add a scoop of mango ice-cream. Add  1 tbsp chopped dry fruits,  1 tbsp tutti fruiti and chopped mangoes.

Finally add a scoop of tutti fruti icecream.

Place a glazed cherry on the top of the tutti fruti ice cream. Serve immediately.

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