Gulkand Recipe – How to make Gulkand at home – Rose Petal Preserve Recipe

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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

Course: Jam, Preserves

Cuisine: Indian

Servings: 2 tbsp

Author: Hari Chandana Ponnaluri

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.