Mix the melted butter with the biscuit crumbs until the mixture comes together.
Press into the bottom of a 10 inch springform tin with your fingers or the back of a glass.Refrigerate For 15 minutes.
Meanwhile mix the gelatine with the hot water till mixed properly and keep aside.
Beat the whipping cream till standing peaks with a hand mixer.Make sure the bowl and blades are chilled for 1/2 an hour before beating .This helps the cream to stand in stiff peaks easily.
Add the cream cheese, Gelatin and sugar to the stiffly beaten cream and mix with the beater in low speed till just mixed.Add more sugar according to your taste if your cream doesn’t have sugar in it.Remember that the gulab jamun in it will also impart some sweetness.
Add the Kesar masala or the saffron milk, cardamom powder,rose water to it and mix with a spatula slowly.
Now take out the biscuit base from the fridge and layer it with 1/3rd of the cream cheese mix.
Now layer the gulab jamuns placing them with a little gap from each other and finally pour the rest of the cream cheese mix on the gulab jamun layer.
Smoothen out the mix neatly and sprinkle the pistachios, cardamom powder and the saffron strands on the top.
Cover with a cling film making sure it doesn’t touch the mix.Refrigerate for nearly a day for better results and neat pieces of cheesecake.
Unmould after nearly 15-16 hours cut in triangles and serve.
Recipe Notes
Notes:
For making biscuit crumbs,crush the biscuits sealed in a zip lock with a rolling pin or grind them in a mixer.
Make sure the blades of the hand mixer and the bowl in which the cream has to be whipped and the cream are chilled for the cream to stand in peaks.
My personal experience says Agar Agar doesn’t mirror 100 percent Gelatin but for vegetarians this is a good option. Agar agar tends to solidify very fast in normal temperature unlike Gelatin. It is advisable to mix it with hot water just before adding it to the cream cheese mix. If it solidifies then put the bowl agar agar mix on a pan of simmering water and stir it will liquidify again.For knowing more about Agar Agar read here.
If you let the cheesecake set for nearly a day the sliced pieces are neat and presentable .