India's ice cream industry gets a taste of reinvention

HYDERABAD, India -- "You must try the Chakkarakeli banana soft serve," says a staff member at Manam Chocolate Karkhana, an upscale Indian craft chocolate shop in Banjara Hills, Hyderabad. And from one lick of this ice cream, it is safe to say it tastes even better than the original fruit -- a native south Indian fragrant banana that has been churned into this creamy dessert.