Homemade Rose Syrup

I came across this recipe in Divya's blog and was so mesmerized by the idea of making homemade rose syrup. I bookmarked the recipe at once. Rose milk has always been my son's favorite. And hence, rose milk syrup or Roohafza has always been in my regular grocery list. After trying this recipe, I'm so happy to have my homemade syrup which I don't need to buy anymore and will also be very helful during the next Ramadan. Home made syrups are ten times better than the store bought ones. This is one of the simplest and easiest syrup recipe that I have come across.We can use them to sweeten drinks, drizzled on pancakes for breakfast, for milkshakes, lassis and even in some desserts like cakes and frosting's. The color was very intense pink and beautiful. Not only is the aroma and the color attractive, but you will love the flavor too. I highly recommend this recipe to everyone. Make for yourself and enjoy this exotic and aromatic drink

Ingredients:-

• ½ heaping cup red rose petals (4 big roses)
• 2 cups (500 ml) water
• 1½ cups sugar
• 1 clove

Method:-

• Clean rose petals with water. Arrange it on a cookie tray. 
• Heat the oven to the minimum temperature. Keep the tray on the top rack and let it dry for 30 mins.
• Remember not to switch on the timer, we need only the heat to dry 
• Boil the water. Place these petals in a jar and pour the boiled water, stir for 5 seconds. 
• Let it cool down to room temperature, then refrigerate for 12 to 15 hours. 
• Strain the water to a pan. 
• Place the pan on medium flame and add sugar, clove to the pan. 
• Keep stirring to dissolve the sugar. 
• After the foam starts clearing, water starts to boil. 
• Let it simmer for 10 minutes, switch off.
• Cool completely as it achieves syrup consistency after cooling down.
• Store (along with the clove) in a clean bottle.

Notes:- 

• Just make sure the flowers you use haven't been sprayed with pesticides.
• You may use ½ heaping cup store brought dried roses instead of fresh ones.
• Instead of heating it in the oven you can also sun dry the roses for ½ an hour everyday for 2 days.
• Skip the heating and drying process if you're using dried store brought rose petals.
• Sugar can be increased/decreased according to your requirement or thickness of syrup. 
• Cardamon, Cinnamon, Star anise are other ingredients that can be added but remember it might make the syrup stronger in flavor and smell. I avoided them intentionally to let the actual rose flavor remain.
• Shelf like is more than a month but refrigeration is also accepted.

Happy Cooking!! 

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