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 tablespoon 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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Vimitha Anand says
That sounds simple Hari. Will give it a try when I am in India
Hamaree Rasoi says
Lovely and colorful to look at Gulkand.Must have tasted delicious as well.
Deepa
Shama Nagarajan says
good one dear
Arjunan Akilandeswari says
Nice post.... Bookmarked
Saranya Balaji says
Sounds very good and interesting...
Priya R says
beautiful post 🙂 these paneer roses are so dainty love them
sumana ved says
It's inviting chandana....Never thought this could be done at home 🙂
R says
wow this is so cool, thanks for sharing!
Hema says
Sounds so easy and looks so awesome, going to surely try this..
Roshni says
never tasted this though i have heard a lot.. looks very lovely,.. would love to try one day