Mawa Gulkand Bites Recipe is an Indian mithai recipe made from mawa, cashew nuts, milk powder, and gulkand, which is the base of the mithai with the stuffing of dry nuts, gulkand, and rose petals.Summer has just started, and the Holi festival is around the corner. There is no Indian festival without sweets. I thought, why not make a mithai with Gulkand this year? It will be helpful in both ways, as eating gulkand is good in summer and a new mithai for everyone to relish. Today, we have prepared this Mawa Gulkand Bites Recipe made from rose petal jam or known locally as Gulkand.Even if you haven’t prepared for Holi Festival Sweets, you can make this beautiful mawa gulkand rose bites mithai at home with limited preparations. Our Mewa Mithai or Khoya Barfi recipe is simple and requires a few ingredients. This gulkand bites recipe is similar to other Indian milk-based desserts, but this one has a unique flavor due to the rose petals.
Prep Time5 minutesmins
Cook Time25 minutesmins
Soaking time30 minutesmins
Total Time1 hourhr
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Indian
Keyword: Gulkand Bites, mawa bites, Mawa Gulkand Bites, mawa rose bites, Rose Bites
Servings: 12servings
Ingredients
150gramsMawa / Khoya / Whole dried milk
75 gramsCashew nuts
¼cup Warm Milk
2tbspSugar
2 tbspRose Petal Jam / Gulkand
1tbspDry rose petals
¼cupMilk Powder
½tspRose Emulsion
1tbspGhee
2tbspAlmond / Cashews / Pista
Ingredients for stuffing
1½tbspGulkand with nuts
6 tbspDry rose petals
6 tbsp Pistachios powder
12piecePistachios
Instructions
In a bowl, add cashew nuts, and pour warm milk. Mix it well.
Cover it with a lid. Rest for 30 minutes.
After 30 minutes, grind the mixture into a smooth paste.
Take a non-stick pan or a Kadai, and add khoya or mawa.
On a low flame, roast the khoya or mawa for 10 minutes.
Now add the cashew nut paste, and mix it well.
Roast the khoya and cashew nut mixture for 10 minutes on a low flame.
Add sugar and gulkand or rose petal jam. Mix all the ingredients well.
Add dry rose petals, milk powder, and rose emulsion, and mix all the ingredients well.
Add ghee, some nuts, if required little rose emulsion, and mix all the ingredients well.
Take a little mixture in your hand and form a ball. If it binds, it is ready. Else roast for a few more minutes.
Now take out the rose mixture in a bowl.
Allow the rose mixture to cool completely.
Now take the stuffing ingredients - gulkand with nuts, dry rose petals, pistachios powder, and pistachios in a separate bowl.
Take a small portion of the mixture, give it a round shape, and flatten it with your fingers. Add a tsp of gulkand.
Bring all the ends together, close them, and seal them. Rotate it between your palm, and give it a square shape.
Coat the rose bites in dry rose petals. Now place the pistachio over it and press it.
Similarly, make another rose square shape bite. Coat this in pistachio powder and place the pistachio over it.
Your Mewa Bites are ready. You can prepare them during Diwali or any festival and share them with your friends.