📝 Ingredients & Quantities

Base Ingredients

• Fresh Organic Rose Petals – 2 cups, gently packed
  Substitute: Dried culinary-grade rose petals (1 cup)

• Raw Honey – ½ cup
  Substitute: Jaggery or date syrup (for Vata/Kapha)

• Water – ½ cup
  Helps soften petals & create a gentle syrup

• Lime Juice – 1 teaspoon (optional)
  Balances sweetness; enhances cooling properties

• Ghee – 1 teaspoon (optional)
  Adds grounding stability for Vata; improves herbal delivery (yogavāhī)

Spices You Will Need

(All analyzed & balanced for doshas — delicate, cooling, heart-opening)

Cardamom Powder – ½ teaspoon
Rasa: sweet–pungent | Virya: cooling | Vipāka: sweet
Heart-opening; calms Pitta; uplifts mood

Fennel Seeds (lightly crushed) – ½ teaspoon
Rasa: sweet–bitter | Virya: cooling | Vipāka: sweet
Soothes digestion; cools emotional heat

Cinnamon – 1 small pinch
Rasa: sweet–pungent | Virya: heating | Vipāka: sweet
Adds softness; harmonizes sweetness

Clove Powder – 1 pinch (optional)
Rasa: pungent–bitter | Virya: heating | Vipāka: pungent
Adds depth; used sparingly to maintain cooling nature

Rose Water – 1 tablespoon
Rasa: sweet | Virya: cooling | Vipāka: sweet
Amplifies the heart-opening, Pitta-soothing qualities

🔥 Method of Preparation

• Rinse the fresh rose petals gently under cool water.
  Pat dry and remove any white bitter bases if desired.

• In a small saucepan, add ½ cup water and bring to a gentle simmer.

• Add the rose petals and cook on low heat for 5–7 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  The petals will soften and release their fragrance.

• Add fennel, cardamom, cinnamon, and optional clove.
  Stir gently to infuse their subtle aromatics.

• Turn heat to the lowest setting and add raw honey.
  (Do not boil honey — this destroys its prana.)

• Stir continuously for 3–4 minutes until mixture thickens into a soft jam-like consistency.

• Add rose water and optional ghee, stirring to blend.

• Turn off heat and allow the jam to cool completely.
  The flavor deepens as it rests.

• Store in a clean glass jar.
  Keeps for 1–2 weeks refrigerated.

• Serve ½–1 teaspoon daily as an herbal tonic, or spread on warm roti or toast for an emotional-balancing treat.

⚖️ Dosha Effects

🌿 Vata

• Very grounding when prepared with ghee

• Add cinnamon or a hint of clove for warmth

• Best taken with warm milk or warm roti

🔥 Pitta (ideal)

• Deeply cooling and soothing

• Rose, fennel, and cardamom support emotional harmony

• Avoid extra cinnamon or clove

🌱 Kapha

• Sweetness can increase Kapha; use sparingly

• Add a pinch more cinnamon if heaviness increases

• Take in the morning to awaken energy