Rose Milk

The pink nostalgia drink — chilled milk, rose syrup, and basil seeds. Chennai summers in a glass. Follow the full recipe card below — ingredients, timings, and method included.

Rose Milk

The pink nostalgia drink — chilled milk, rose syrup, and basil seeds. Chennai summers in a glass.
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings: 2 glasses

Ingredients
  

chilled full-fat milk
rose syrup (rooh afza style)
basil seeds (sabja), soaked 15 min
Ice cubes
Dried rose petals to top

Method
 

  1. Soak the basil seeds until they bloom into jelly pearls.
  2. Stir the rose syrup into the cold milk.
  3. Drop in the basil seeds; stir.
  4. Pour over ice and top with petals.

Notes

Basil seeds need the soak — dry seeds in milk clump into bitter little rocks.