Rose Jelly: Easy DIY and Health Benefits

Rose Jelly is a local delicacy in Guiyang, known for its smooth, transparent, refreshing, and delicious taste. It’s primarily made from jelly powder, boiling water, rose sauce, and sesame.

From what I understand, Guiyang’s Qingyan Ancient Town is renowned for its rose sauce, hence, when preparing the jelly here, the ingredients include not only common items like sunflower seeds, sesame, and candied fruit, but also a generous amount of rose sauce.

When you taste this jelly, you can enjoy not only its smooth, refreshing, and sweet flavor but also the fragrance of roses, which makes it quite unique.

How to prepare Rose Jelly?

1. Boil water and pour it into a container.
2. Add the jelly powder and stir thoroughly.
3. Let the hot water with the jelly powder cool and set.
4. Add rose sauce and sesame, you can also add other ingredients according to personal taste.

Health benefits and effects of Rose Jelly

Beauty and anti-aging.

Rose Jelly contains a high amount of rose petals, which are rich in anthocyanins, vitamin C, and other beauty-enhancing elements. These can promote metabolism, enhance skin elasticity, delay skin aging, and make the skin smoother and more delicate.

Detoxifying and cooling.

The petals in Rose Jelly also contain essential oils which can clear heat and detoxify, helping to eliminate internal heat and toxins, and assist in body detoxification.

Regulates digestion.

The starch in Rose Jelly can lubricate the intestines for easier bowel movements, stabilize gastrointestinal function, and relieve symptoms such as diarrhea.

Precautions when consuming Rose Jelly

1. Pregnant women, nursing mothers, and infants should avoid consumption. Due to the high carbohydrate and sugar content in Rose Jelly, it’s recommended that pregnant women, nursing mothers, and infants abstain from it to avoid gastrointestinal discomfort.
2. People with poor digestive function should avoid consumption. Due to the high starch content in Rose Jelly, people with poor digestive function may experience bloating or diarrhea if they consume too much.
3. People with allergic constitution should consume with caution. The rose petals in Rose Jelly may cause allergic reactions, so individuals with allergies should be cautious to avoid discomfort.