As a kid I always used to buy different kinds of cold flavoured milks like kesar badam, pista, rose milk etc. These flavoured milks loaded with sugar and the cooling effect always used to soothe my gut and make me feel energetic. Nowadays neither can I buy those flavoured milks here nor do I want to consume a lot of sugar. So rose milk with sabja seeds was made for Ram Navami this year.
For this simple rose milk with sabja seeds I have used boiled and cooled milk. Basically heat the milk on low flame till it rises up, switch off the flame and allow it cool till room temperature. Then store in the refrigerator for atleast 2-3 hours till chilled. Use authentic rose water to make rose milk. See notes to refer to what you can do in case you do not have good quality rose water or extract.
The beautiful pink hued rose milk with sabja seeds can be made using a natural colour (a paprika extract). To get the beautiful pink colour natural organic colour can be used to make rose milk with sabja seeds. I have optionally added sabja seeds/tukmaria/falooda seeds/basil seeds to give a nice texture and is also very good source of fibre. Try more beverage recipes to beat the heat:
Mango milkshake
Apple banana milkshake
Cherry lemonade
Mango Lassi
Bellada Panaka
Blueberry Lassi etc.
- 3 Cups cold milk
- 1 Tsp edible rose water
- Few drops organic natural red food colour (optional)
- 2 Tbsp sugar
- ½ Tbsp sabja seeds/basil seeds/tukmaria/falooda seeds (optional)
- Dried edible rose petals to garnish
- In a small bowl, add the sabja seeds
- Add little water and soak the sabja seeds for 15 minutes
- Meanwhile add the cold milk (boiled and cooled) in a bowl
- Add edible rose water (authentic and not artificial)
- Optionally add a few drops of organic natural red food colour
- Add sugar and mix everything very welltill sugar melts
- The sabja seeds soak up water and swell
- Strain the sabja seeds in strainer
- Pour the sabja into the rose milk
- Garnish with edible dry rose petals
- Keep it chilled and serve when required
Adjust sugar as per your taste
Boil organic rose petals, strain and use if you don't get good quality organic rose water
Rose Milk With Sabja Stepwise:
In a small bowl, add the sabja seeds
Add little water and soak the sabja seeds for 15 minutes
Meanwhile add the cold milk (boiled and cooled) in a bowl
Add edible rose water (authentic and not artificial)
Optionally add a few drops of organic natural red food colour
Add sugar and mix everything very welltill sugar melts
The sabja seeds soak up water and swell
Strain the sabja seeds in strainer
Pour the sabja into the rose milk
Garnish with edible dry rose petals
Keep it chilled and serve when required
