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

Consider some of the dishes on the 2022 menu: carrot kebab with grapefruit; barley with pork broth and rose water; and beef tongue with seaweed crystal.

From New York Times • May 11, 2023

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

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2023

He sipped some rose water before asking, "You know the tale of how I found the flower of immortality in a cave at the bottom of the endless ocean?"

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda