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    Home » Recipes » Drinks

    Rose milk recipe - With homemade rose syrup

    April 6, 2015 by Raks Anand 21 Comments / Jump to Recipe

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    Rose milk with homemade rose syrup. All you need is rose water, food colour and sugar. You can make your own syrup anytime.

    From the time I remember, the one and only drink I love to have is Rose milk 😍. I cannot explain in words how much I like it. Now a days in restaurants, we get a lot of drink options. But, in my childhood, I had only this option in restaurants. Even mom make this now and then at home and we both love it a lot. Those days, no fridge too at home, so mom used to buy ice cubes from shop near by in summer and we used to make this and Rasna.

    There used to be too much excitement for the cold drinks those days. Now a days, we stock all possible drinks at home but nothing is tasting that same, its purely because we get it often. After coming here, I used to buy Haldiram’s rose syrup every year. We get few other south Indian brands that sell nanaari sarbath syrup too, but not consistently. This year I didn’t buy any syrup, suddenly today thought why not prepare rose syrup at home instead. I had pink food colour and rose essence in stock. So, it was easy for me to prepare the syrup.

    Rose milk popsicle recipe, rose ice, rose milk ice

    Why I made it?

    For this summer, this is enough for me as no one else will drink this at home. I hope this will be useful for this summer for you too. My parents bought and gave fresh baby pink panneer rose this year, I made rose water with it for washing my face. Every time I wash my face with it, that smell tempting me to drink rose milk😉. Finally today I made and had ! You can also make this rose milk popsicle I posted last year too with this syrup.

    Number 1: Honestly, when I made it at home, the purpose was totally simple. I never knew when I would visit the Indian groceries to buy a syrup bottle. But I was craving for it.

    Number 2: The rose water I made for washing face made me remember and crave for it.

    Number 3: Never wanted to buy a whole bottle that would sit in the pantry for a year or so.

    Though I used artificial colour and flavour, you can go for natural ones.

    Why should you make rose syrup at home?

    1. You have control over the quantity & quality.
    2. You can source organic, edible rose water and natural food color to make it super safe to drink.

    USED TO MAKE

    • Rose falooda
    • Mango falooda
    • Rose lassi

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    I usually store the syrup in fridge, so it stays good upto 3 months.

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    Rose milk with homemade rose syrup

    Rose milk with homemade rose syrup. All you need is rose water, food colour and sugar. You can make your own syrup anytime.
    Course Condiments, Drinks
    Cuisine Indian
    Prep Time 5 minutes
    Cook Time 12 minutes
    Servings 2 cups
    Cup measurements

    Ingredients

    • 2 cup Sugar
    • 1 & ½ cup Water
    • ¾ teaspoon Pink food colour
    • 1 teaspoon Rose essence
    • Milk for making rose milk as needed
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    Instructions

    • In a heavy bottomed vessel, add sugar, water and heat it. Stir it well to dissolve the sugar.
    • Bring it to boil. Let it boil for 4 mins in medium flame. Add food colour towards last minute.
    • Let the syrup become thick. If you test between your forefinger and thumb, a small string should form and break – sticky consistency. Not one string consistency.
    • Switch off the flame and add rose essence. Cool down completely and pour to bottle, to store in the fridge.
    • To prepare rose milk with this syrup, place 5-6 ice cubes in a tumbler.
    • Add 1 cup boiled & cooled milk and 3 tablespoon of the prepared rose syrup.
    • Mix well and serve immediately.

    Notes

    • I added 1 teaspoon of essence and it was good for me, use good quality rose essence.
    • Rose water is different from rose essence. If using rose water, you may need to add more. This syrup should stay good for a month in fridge.
    • This sugar syrup must be enough for preparing 10 tumblers of rose milk.
    • Don’t use low fat milk, use full cream milk for perfect taste.
    • You should boil and cool the milk for best taste.
    • Always serve chilled.
    • Use natural food colour and original rose water if available. If using rose water instead of essence, you may need more rose water. Not 1 teaspoon as essence is concentrated & rose water is more diluted
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    Rose milk method

    1. In a heavy bottomed vessel, add sugar, water and heat it. Stir it well to dissolve the sugar.
      step1-sugar-syrup
    2. Bring it to boil. Let it boil for 4 mins in medium flame. Add food color towards last minute.
      step2-add-food-colour
    3. Let the syrup become thick. If you test between your forefinger and thumb, a small string should form and break – sticky consistency. Not one string consistency.
      step3-rose milk syrup
    4. Switch off the flame and add rose essence.
      step4-add-essence
    5. Cool down completely and pour to bottle, to store in the fridge. To prepare rose milk with this syrup, place 5-6 ice cubes in a tumbler.
      5a-mix
    6. Add 1 cup boiled cooled milk and 3 tblsp of the prepared rose syrup. Mix well and serve immediately.
      5-rose milk ready

    Notes


    • I added 1 teaspoon of essence and it was good for me, use good quality rose essence.
    • Rose water is different from rose essence. If using rose water, you may need to add more. 
    • This syrup should stay good for a month in fridge.
    • This sugar syrup must be enough for preparing 10 tumblers of rose milk.
    • Don’t use low fat milk, use full cream milk for perfect taste.
    • You should boil and cool the milk for best taste.
    • Always serve chilled.
    • Use natural food colour and original rose water if available.

    Rose milk tastes great only when had cold, so add ice cubes and chilled milk. Perfect for this super hot summer.

    rose-milk-recipe

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    Comments

    1. harini

      April 06, 2015 at 8:53 am

      hi raks tasty as well as beautiful post.even i too prefer this to drink than any other juices.and can u post how u prepare rose water?eager to know,because here in chennai we get this rose easily.

      Reply
    2. Saibaba SV

      April 06, 2015 at 9:15 am

      Very simple recipe of healthy drink which can be prepared in all houses.

      Reply
    3. Lakshmi Priya

      April 06, 2015 at 12:55 pm

      Beautiful pictures raji maam

      Reply
    4. Durga Karthik.

      April 06, 2015 at 2:04 pm

      Good one.

      Reply
    5. Nivedhanams Sowmya

      April 06, 2015 at 3:00 pm

      Nice idea to make the syrup at home... Endless possibilities now.. Will try this... Bookmarking it

      Reply
    6. Malathi ganesh

      April 07, 2015 at 8:15 am

      This is how we my prepare rose milk from my childhood. Never bought rose milk outside 🙂 will taste superb

      Reply
    7. sankar saranya

      April 07, 2015 at 2:44 pm

      For summer its superb ideas

      Reply
    8. Durga Karthik.

      April 09, 2015 at 10:49 am

      Rose milk words in photo are pretty. HOW DO YOU MAKE IT .

      Reply
    9. Priya

      May 03, 2015 at 2:14 am

      Ur recipes are very interesting... Tried many recipes from ur site...

      Today I tried making this syrup, but I went wrong..

      After cooling down.. it started making thick layer and my sugar was forming as crystals...

      Syrup consistence was half string... as u mentioned..

      Plz correct me where i went wrong....

      Reply
    10. Raks anand

      May 03, 2015 at 2:21 am

      Sugar syrup past the required consistency. You should keep the flame in medium while making syrup and do not keep stirring after the syrup dissolves. No need to get perfect one string consistency. Initial stage is enough.

      Reply
    11. Priya

      May 03, 2015 at 4:09 pm

      Thanks.. I will try once again...

      How long we can store the syrup? do we need to add any preservative?

      Reply
    12. Raks anand

      May 03, 2015 at 4:10 pm

      In fridge upto a month.

      Reply
    13. Bobby Ganesh

      June 05, 2015 at 5:45 am

      I added red color instead of pink which I didn't have...Rose milk was orange in color.

      Reply
    14. venki

      October 19, 2015 at 3:14 pm

      Is Rose essence available in departmental stores?

      Reply
    15. Raks anand

      October 19, 2015 at 3:21 pm

      Yes

      Reply
    16. Devika

      April 06, 2019 at 12:23 am

      This is my hubbie’s n kids favorite drink. I prepare at home with completely natural color... I peel and slice a beetroot and boil in the water first until soft. Then remove the vegetable slices for other uses and add sugar to the beet boiling water to make syrup, then lastly add the rose essence... no one seems to ever notice any beetroot taste, which is especially surprising since none of them are even willing to eat any beetroot dishes! It’s even healthier this way.

      Reply
      • Raks Anand

        April 07, 2019 at 10:09 pm

        Awesome, I too have this idea in mind, only want to use panneer rose and beetroot for colour. I dont mind sugar. Thanks for sharing, I will sure try this.

        Reply
    17. Jayshree

      April 06, 2021 at 4:14 am

      What rose essence have you used?
      Can i get it in USA?

      Reply
      • Raks Anand

        April 06, 2021 at 11:06 am

        I used a brand called F&N, not sure about US availability. This is slightly watery. You can use Haldirams if its available. Haldirams is bit thicker, so adjust accordingly.

        Reply
    18. Saraswathi

      April 19, 2021 at 7:11 pm

      5 stars
      I was trying to buy the rose milk syrup from an online shop and found it be out of stock. Since I promised my son Rose milk, I checked your blog to try it at home. I followed your measurements and got an excellent Rose Syrup and rose milk. You saved me so much money, the recipe is easy to make at home.

      Reply
      • Raks Anand

        April 20, 2021 at 3:04 pm

        Thanks a lot, Appreciate your time and help too 🙂

        Reply

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