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Syrup for Falooda

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This scented syrup is available in Asian shops, but is easy enough to make.

The scented syrup is available in Asian shops, but is easy enough to make. Cool and store in a bottle in the refrigerator.

Ingredients

1 kg/2 lb/4 cups white sugar
750 ml/1 1/2 pints/3cups water
30 drops essence of rose
15 drops essence of kewra
red food colouring

Directions

Put sugar and water into a heavy pan and dissolve sugar over gentle heat. Cool, then add flavouring and enough red food colouring to give a strong colour as it will be diluted with many times its volume of milk or water.

Recipe excerpted from Encyclopedia of Asian Food by Charmaine Solomon (Periplus Editions, 1998)

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