Homemade Gulkand Recipe / Rose Petal Preserve Recipe
How to Make Gulkand at home - A Traditional Indian Rose Petal Preserve made with fresh rose petals.
Prep Time15 mins
Total Time15 mins
Servings: 2 tbsp
Ingredients
- 1 cup Rose Petals tightly packed (petals of fragrant and light pink roses)
- 3 tbsp Sugar
Instructions
- Collect the fresh and fragrant rose petals.
- Gently wash the petals with water and let them dry on a paper or cloth.
- Put the petals into the mixie. Quickly pulse the petals one or two times to shred them. You can also chop the petals into pieces.
- Spread a layer of rose petals in a dry glass jar.
- Now spread a layer of sugar over the rose petals evenly.
- Then again spread a layer of petals over the sugar layer.
- Repeat till all the petals are over.
- Close the jar with a lid and keep it in the sunlight for 7 – 10 days
- Mix the gulkand every other day using a clean spoon.
- Store in an airtight container and refrigerate it.
- You can store it for a year or more.
How to Make Gulkand with Step by Step Photos:
- Collect the fresh and fragrant rose petals.
- Gently wash the petals with water and let them dry on a paper or cloth.
- Put the petals into the mixie. Quickly pulse the petals one or two times to shred them. You can also chop the petals into pieces.
- Spread a layer of rose petals in a dry glass jar.
- Now spread a layer of sugar over the rose petals evenly.
- Then again spread a layer of petals over the sugar layer.
- Repeat till all the petals are over.
- Close the jar with a lid and keep it in the sunlight for 7 – 10 days
- Mix the gulkand every other day using a clean spoon.
- Store in an airtight container and refrigerate it.
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Vimitha Anand says
November 7, 2013 at 10:48 pmThat sounds simple Hari. Will give it a try when I am in India
Hamaree Rasoi says
November 8, 2013 at 3:14 amLovely and colorful to look at Gulkand.Must have tasted delicious as well.
Deepa
Shama Nagarajan says
November 8, 2013 at 7:11 amgood one dear
Arjunan Akilandeswari says
November 8, 2013 at 8:52 amNice post…. Bookmarked
Saranya Balaji says
November 8, 2013 at 2:41 pmSounds very good and interesting…
Priya R says
November 8, 2013 at 3:56 pmbeautiful post 🙂 these paneer roses are so dainty love them
sumana ved says
November 8, 2013 at 7:03 pmIt's inviting chandana….Never thought this could be done at home 🙂
R says
November 9, 2013 at 1:33 amwow this is so cool, thanks for sharing!
Hema says
November 12, 2013 at 4:44 pmSounds so easy and looks so awesome, going to surely try this..
Roshni says
November 25, 2013 at 5:37 pmnever tasted this though i have heard a lot.. looks very lovely,.. would love to try one day
Sarah Bauduin says
February 13, 2014 at 7:38 pmCan I use dry rose petals? If so, do I have to hydrate them before use? Thanks!
Hari Chandana P says
February 14, 2014 at 2:49 amNo, use fresh petals only.
Ranjani Raj says
March 20, 2014 at 10:13 amDifferent recipe… first time i am seeing this…
Rebecca Subbiah says
May 17, 2014 at 11:19 pmhow cool
Gloria says
May 21, 2014 at 6:45 pmwe love gulkand…bookmarked this…looks very inviting.. very happy to follow you…
Jayashri says
March 21, 2017 at 9:54 amHi, can you please tell me where i can get edible rose petal?in india?
Hari Chandana Ponnaluri says
March 21, 2017 at 5:05 pmHi, you can find them in flowers markets.
Muskan says
April 8, 2017 at 2:27 pmPlease tell me it could be stored till a month??
Hari Chandana Ponnaluri says
April 8, 2017 at 3:14 pmYou can store it for upto a year or even more. Thanks! 🙂
Manjari says
May 11, 2018 at 2:20 amHi, I saw in the recipe that we should keep the jar in the sunlight for 7-10 days. Should we place it under the sun for the whole day or for a certain number of hours per day?
And, should we mix the Gulkand during or after the whole process?
Thanks !
Hari Chandana Ponnaluri says
May 11, 2018 at 3:48 pmHi.. Yes, we should place the jar under the sun entire day and mix it every other day during the process. 🙂
gail says
May 16, 2019 at 12:42 amWhere we live in California it is foggy and not sunny during Rose season is it possible to make this when it’s foggy
Hari Chandana Ponnaluri says
May 18, 2019 at 7:18 pmSorry. It is not possible.