Rose Milk Pudding

Hello Friends, I am back after a long hiatus to share a very healthy and yummy dessert recipe with you. Many of my friends wanted me to share the recipe and I thought this blog would be a good place to do it :)

It is a very light and delicate dessert with subtle rose flavor, no eggs and no heavy cream or fat.

So here is the recipe:

Ingredients:

Whole Milk (cold) 1cup,  Corn Starch - 2 tsp (optional), Agar agar powder - 2 tsp (vegetarian gelatin), Rose syrup (Indian preferred) or you get organic one without color in USA- 3-4 tsp , Rose petals (optional) - 1 tsp, Sugar - as needed (optional)

Method: 

Take a pan and boil the milk and cool it. Pour 1/4th cup milk (from the boiled milk) in a cup and dissolve agar agar and corn starch (optional but recommended if you want to make it firm) in the milk.

If you are not adding corn starch, please increase agar agar to 4 tsp.

Add the mixture back to the boiled milk and heat everything on medium low heat on stove. Add rose syrup (it already has sugar) and half of the rose petals (optional). Add additional sugar if needed (depending on your preference). Stir continuously and make sure it does not stick to the bottom of the pan. Make sure there are no lumps forming as well. Do not over boil. 

Once it is thick (you will feel a bit of resistance while stirring), bring to a boil and switch off the stove. You can also strain the mixture at this point to remove any remaining lumps. Pour the strained mixture into a serving dessert bowl or individual mould(s). 

Sprinkle some rose petals on top. Leave it on the counter to cool. Once it cools down, put it in refrigerator for 3-4 hours. 

After that take it out and enjoy this heavenly dessert.

Till my next post, as always take care.

**If you add Indian Rose Syrup, it will add a nice rose color to the pudding but if you prefer organic non-color kind, it will still taste the same but there will not be much color (only light color from rose petals if you add while cooking). It is totally up to your preference. 

Main picture is with Indian rose syrup and bottom one is without.