rose water

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The dough is then rolled into small balls, fried and soaked immediately in a warm syrup made from saffron threads and rose water.

From Salon • Oct. 21, 2025

So Mr Jain decided to turn his roses into rose water and rose oil.

From BBC • Oct. 2, 2023

“The saffron, the rose water, those flavors are very home for me,” Petrossian says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2023

The flavor also appears elsewhere in Asia, in Persian dishes like sohan, a saffron brittle topped with pistachios, and bastani, an ice cream typically scented with saffron, pistachio, vanilla and rose water.

From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2022

He left the dining room impregnated with the penetrating fragrance of rose water that she had sprinkled on his head so that she could follow his tracks through the house.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez