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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) Jul 10, 2002

I had known that rose petals are eaten and here a sweet delicacy called 'gulkand' is prepared. But I didn't know that many other flowers are edible until I came across this
http://gardening.about.com/library/prm/edibleflowers/aa070402a.htm
this morning.

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troy Jul 10, 2002

dinu can you share the recipe for that with us, also how is the curry recipe coming

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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) Jul 11, 2002

Oh Troy, the recipe is with my DW and it will be yours any moment. Haven't forgotten it.

The rose, by any name, is very popular in Indian desserts. Rose extract is called gulkand and is very strongly recommended as a 'cooling' food in India. Laddoos (sweet balls) and paan (betel leaf) often contain gulkand. Few drops of the aromatic rose water are often used to flavor delicate sweets like rasgullas (light cottage cheese dumplings floating in syrup) and so on.

Try this: http://www.bawarchi.com/cookbook/jam4.html


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MaVieRose High Desert, CA(Zone 8a) Jul 11, 2002

Dinu, well classy restaurants and lots of Orientals use edible flowers to decorate their food or make salad with. when i used to throw party at my old house, i used them a lot in food i serve. make the dish very appealing to the eye and appetizing to eat. here's some url's for u ... http://www.whatscookingamerica.net/EdibleFlowers/EdibleFlowersMain.htm , http://www.ent.iastate.edu/ipm/hortnews/1995/7-21-1995/eatflow.html , http://www.thegardenhelper.com/edibles.html, http://www.pastrywiz.com/wedding/eatflower.htm

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