Homemade Gulkand Recipe / Rose Petal Preserve Recipe
How to Make Gulkand at home - A Traditional Indian Rose Petal Preserve made with fresh rose petals.
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.
Nutrition values are estimates only.
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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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Sarah Bauduin says
Can I use dry rose petals? If so, do I have to hydrate them before use? Thanks!
Hari Chandana P says
No, use fresh petals only.
Ranjani Raj says
Different recipe… first time i am seeing this…
Rebecca Subbiah says
how cool
Gloria says
we love gulkand…bookmarked this…looks very inviting.. very happy to follow you…
Jayashri says
Hi, can you please tell me where i can get edible rose petal?in india?
Hari Chandana Ponnaluri says
Hi, you can find them in flowers markets.
Muskan says
Please tell me it could be stored till a month??
Hari Chandana Ponnaluri says
You can store it for upto a year or even more. Thanks! 🙂
Manjari says
Hi, 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
Hi.. Yes, we should place the jar under the sun entire day and mix it every other day during the process. 🙂
gail says
Where 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
Sorry. It is not possible.
Mohona says
Mam can I use Red rose petals instead of using light rose petal?
Will it taste the same?
Hari Chandana Ponnaluri says
Yes, you can. But the flavor may slightly different!
BHOOMIKA YADAV says
use only desi rose which is available at every flower market around india.
Vasudha says
Thank you for the recipe. I tried this out, really loved the taste. However, I want your suggestion on this- The sugary liquid stays at the bottom of the jar and – Rose petals are papery.
Can you suggest me what to do?
Hari Chandana Ponnaluri says
Hi Vasudha, Glad you enjoyed it. Have you mixed the gulkand in the making process?
Vasudha says
Do you mean mixing the gulkand every other day using a clean spoon?
No, I didn’t do it.
Hari Chandana Ponnaluri says
Yes! Can you try doing that from now on, just mix and expose it to sunlight. Not sure if it will turn out well.