Rose Day 2025: The celebration of Valentine's Week commences on February 7 with Rose Day, setting the tone for a week dedicated to love, culminating in Valentine's Day on February 14. Each day of this week carries its own unique significance, with Rose Day focusing on expressing love and admiration through the exquisite beauty of roses.

Roses symbolize not only beauty, love, and passion but also add a charming element to culinary creations. Their captivating aroma, vibrant colours, and subtle flavour can enhance any dish. Let us celebrate this special day by enjoying a selection of delightful recipes that highlight the prominence of roses.

1. Rose Cookies

Ingredients:

Refined flour (maida) 1/2 kilogram

Coconut milk 1 cup

Rice flour optional 250 grams

Sugar 200 grams

Eggs beat 6

Salt 1/2 teaspoon

Vanilla essence 1 teaspoon

Baking powder 1 teaspoon

Oil to deep fry

Method:

1. Combine maida, rice flour, coconut milk, sugar, eggs, salt, vanilla essence and baking powder. Mix well to form a smooth thick batter.

2. Heat sufficient oil in a nonstick pan.

3. Dip the rose cookie mould in the hot oil and when hot enough, dip it halfway into the batter and put it back immediately into the oil.

4. Deep fry the cookies till crisp and separate them from the mould by shaking them lightly.

5. Heat the mould again and repeat the process to make the remaining cookies.

6. Garnish and serve.

2. Rose Barfi

Ingredients:

1½ cups crumbled paneer (cottage cheese)

½ cup crumbled mava (khoya)

5 tbsp powdered sugar

A few drops of rose essence

4 to 5 drops of edible red colour

For the garnish

10 almonds (badam), cut into halves

Method:

1. Combine all the ingredients, except the red colour, in a deep bowl and mix well.

2. Divide this mixture into 2 equal portions. Add red colour to one portion and mix well. Keep aside.

3. Spread the white mixture in an even layer in a 175 mm. (7”) diameter thali using a spoon.

4. Spread the pink mixture over the white mixture in an even layer using the spoon.

5. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour and cut into 20 equal-sized diamond pieces.

6. Garnish each piece with an almond halve and serve chilled.

3. Rose Phirni Tart

Ingredients:

½ cup rose syrup

2 tbsps dried rose petals

2 tbsps soaked rice

5 cups milk

3 tbsps sugar

5-6 almonds, slivered + for garnish

¼ tsp green cardamom powder

2 readymade tart shells

Blanched pistachio slivers for garnish

Gulkand balls for garnish

Gold vary for garnish

Method:

1. Drain and transfer the soaked rice in a blender jar and grind coarsely.

2. Add the ground rice and cook for 8-10 minutes stirring continuously or till rice cooks.

3. Add rose syrup and mix well. Add sugar and mix well. Cook till sugar dissolves.

4. Add dried rose petals, almonds, green cardamom powder and mix well. Set aside to cool down.

5. Fill up the tart shells with prepared phirni. Garnish with pistachios, gulkand balls, almonds, gold vary and serve.

4. Rose Kheer

Ingredients:

750 ml milk

1/4 cup rice

1/4 cup chopped nuts

2 tbsp. ghee

2 tbsp condensed milk

1/4 cup khoya/mawa.

Cardamom powder

Handful sugar

A few drops of rose syrup

2 tbsp rose petal jam

Method:

1. Prepare by soaking rice and chopping nuts. Heat ghee in a pan.

2. Boil milk, add drained rice, and cook until rice is done.

3. Toast nuts in ghee until golden brown.

4. Enhance flavour by adding condensed milk, Khoya/Mawa, Cardamon powder, and Sugar.

5. Stir in Rose flavour syrup and Rose Petal Jam for pink colour and flavour.

6. Layer in glasses: Rose Petal Jam, Rose syrup, toasted nuts, pink Kheer, nuts, white Kheer, pink Kheer.

7. Garnish with toasted nuts and edible flowers.

5. Rose halwa

Ingredients:

3 cups rose syrup

A pinch of salt

¼ cup ghee

1 cup corn starch

1 ½ cups water

¼ cup ghee

¾ cups mixed nuts, blanched, chopped (almonds, cashew nut, pistachios)

Ghee, for greasing

For garnish

Pistachios, blanched, chopped

Fresh rose petals,

Method:

1. In a large bowl, add rose syrup and a pinch of salt.

2. Add ghee, cornstarch, water and whisk it well.

3. Transfer this mixture to a large kadai and keep stirring constantly.

4. Cook on medium flame, add ghee and mix until it's well absorbed completely.

5. Add mixed nuts and mix them well and make sure everything is well combined.

6. Transfer the halwa to the greased tray and level it up.

7. Rest for 30 minutes or until the halwa is set completely.

8. Finally, cut the rose halwa into pieces. Garnish it with pistachios, and rose petals and serve.

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