Home made Rose Water and Rose Latte

While browsing through the shelves of Asian grocery store, I happened to find these pretty little dried roses. I couldn’t resist myself and added them in my shopping cart. They are small dried button roses which are dark pink in color.

I used to buy rose water for skin care. Now since my daughters have started using it regularly, we run out of it very quickly. So we decided to make rose water at home. It has many uses like:

• helps balance the pH of skin
• soothes skin irritation
• has anti-inflammatory properties
• reduce fine lines and wrinkles

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How to make Rose water?

You will need :

• 1/2 cup Dried Roses
• 1 cups Water

1. Rinse the dried roses under cold water.
2.  In a sauce pan, add roses and water. 
3. Boil the roses in the water for 20 minutes on low flame. The roses will lose their color. 
4. Strain the mixture and discard the roses. 
5. Store the rose water in the refrigerator in a glass jar once it’s cooled down. The color of the rose water will depend on what kind of roses you are using and also how much water you are using. More water, less concentrated rose water and vice versa. 
6. Use the rose water on the skin, hair or for making Rose Latte.

This rose water can be used to make Rose Latte

1/4cup of Rose water
1 cup milk
Sugar 
A pinch of cardamom powder(optional)
1/4 tsp beet powder (optional)



Method:

Mix sugar, cardamom and rose water together until sugar is dissolved. Froth up the milk by vigorously shaking it in a glass container with tightly fitted lid. Now add the milk to the rose water mixture. If you use equal amount of rose water and milk, it might turn bitter. Add half a tea soon of beet powder to the milk to get the pink color. Enjoy warm or cold.