- I used only deep red color roses and recommend to use the same red / deep red color roses to make the rose syrup. It will surely help in the natural color of the syrup. The color of the syrup will depends on the roses you choose. Syrup color may vary even with dried red roses vs fresh red rose petals.
- Important - when to press sauté mode after pressure cooking - After pressure cooking the water and rose petals, make sure to strain the rose water separately from the petals, then add brown and white sugar to the strained rose water, mix well and then press sauté mode. This prevents any splashes and burns from pouring the strained syrup into the empty hot inner pot.
- Make sure to completely cool down the syrup before storing it or using it in the recipes.
- Rose syrup thickens after it cools down.
- You can use dried rose petals instead of fresh petals. Quantity remains the same as mentioned in this recipe for fresh rose petals .
- How to avoid the syrup from getting crystallized - First add both the sugar to the extracted rose water , stir well , then press the sauté mode. Then avoid stirring the mixture, let it come to a boil, and continue to boil for one more minute only. Syrup may look thinner in consistency but will thicken after it cools down. ( when it starts to boil, set external timer for one minute, don't wait for the instant pot timer or for the pre heating to be done, sometimes sauté timer after pressure cooking doesn't work)
- how do you fix crystallized syrup? If hard, glass-like crystals form in the syrup. Add a little warm water to slightly dissolve the crystals so they can be removed. Heat to boiling until the crystals dissolve.
- Gulkand - Rose Preserves - After extracting all the water from the roses, you can add required sugar to the roses, mix well and store it in a glass jar in the refrigerator.
- Why add both brown and white sugar ? Brown sugar helps to give the deep red color to the syrup and white granulated gives good syrup consistency. I felt using both sugars gives the perfect color, flavor, and texture to the syrup.
- Instead of doing a quick release after pressure cooking, you can natural release the pressure (NPR).
- Optional - You can add few teaspoons of rose essence to the syrup for added rose flavor, rose essence is available in small bottles in Indian market in USA or in Amazon online.
Other homemade syrup recipe,
find below the recipe for homemade pancake syrup - basic recipe to follow.
It takes only three minutes to prepare and only three ingredients used.
You can customize the syrup to suit your taste.
Other drinks recipes, I have listed few below, you can find the entire list of recipes in the link here -
Drinks
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