SWEET ROSES

Ingredients:

Glutinous rice flour - 115 g

Rice flour - 115 g

Coconut milk - 600 ml

Sugar - 240 g

Jasmine water - 200 ml

Liquid food colouring 

Method:

• Place the sugar and jasmine water into a saucepan and cook over a low heat for about ten minutes, stirring continuously until smooth syrup has formed. 
• Leave to cool and set aside. Now mix the syrup and two flours in a bowl, adding the coconut milk gradually.
• Work together and divide the mixture in two, one part of the white roses, and the other part for the coloured roses. 
• Add few drops of food colouring and mix thoroughly. Steam the dough blocks separately fro three to five minutes and allow to cool .
• Finally, form roses by cutting the dough into three-centimeter wide strips and curling into a rose form.