Rose Day 2022: Is rosewater missing from your kitchen? We guess the answer is yes. Because people are only aware of rosewater beauty aspects, they rarely know about the other uses of this liquid/water made with rose petals. You will be surprised to learn that this flavourful elixir can bring out the authentic sweet-smelling taste to many desserts and drinks. In addition, rosewater is massively utilised in Middle Eastern and Turkish cuisines. So, let's not restrict ourselves from this unique, delicious taste and check out some tempting rosewater recipes.
Rosewater Pastries
Ingredients:
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup yoghurt, icing sugar, canola oil
- 2 cups caster sugar, flour
- 1-2 tablespoons pink food colour, rosewater
Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 180 Celsius. As per your choice, you can grease the decorative moulds.
- Now put castor sugar, eggs and oil in a container and beat it well. Next, stir self-raising flour, rosewater and yoghurt. Finally, pour the batter into coveted moulds and bake for thirty minutes.
- Then cool down the mould at room temperature and freeze it. With remaining colo and ring, rosewater, put the icing sugar in a dish and mix thoroughly in lukewarm water.
- Take out fresh cakes and sprinkle with icing. Do you want that tempting floral feel? Then it would be best if you decorated it with rosebuds.
Gin Rosewater Cocktail
This romantic cocktail not only looks delicious but also wins your taste buds.
Ingredients:
- Rosewater
- Lemon syrup
- Gin
Directions:
- Firstly, you need to add one cup of sugar and water to a pan and boil until the sugar gets melted.
- Next, add one teaspoon of rosewater essence after it cools down. Collect this syrup in the fridge for some time.
- Now, pour gin (as craved) in your cocktail shaker, put some ice, syrup and lemon juice.
- Finely dilute all the ingredients after shaking well for about twenty seconds.
Pro-Tip: Do you wish to have more sparkling flavour? Then you can try adding soda to your cocktail.
