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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 Time
15
minutes
mins
Total Time
15
minutes
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.