Editing Rose water (section)

===Food===
Rose water is often added to water to mask unpleasant odours and flavours.<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 December 2019 |title=All About Rose and Rose Water {{!}} how to use {{!}} health benefits |url=https://www.irandriedfruit.com/all-about-rose-and-rose-water/ |access-date=30 December 2023 |website=iran dried fruit}}</ref>

In [[South Asian cuisine]], it is a common ingredient in [[Indian sweets|sweets]] such as [[laddu]], [[gulab jamun]], and [[peda]].<ref name=IndianCuisine1>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U4woRbF8irsC&q=rose+milk+origin+india&pg=PA11 |title=The Indian Cuisine| author=Krishna Gopal Dubey|date = 27 September 2010|isbn = 9788120341708|page=11|publisher=PHI Learning Pvt. }}</ref> It is also used to flavour milk, [[lassi]], [[rice pudding]], and other dairy dishes.{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}}

In [[Maritime Southeast Asia|Southeast Asia]], sweet, red-tinted rose water is mixed with milk, producing a pink drink called [[Bandung (drink)|bandung]].

Rose water is used in various [[Middle Eastern cuisine|dishes]], especially in sweets such as [[Turkish delight]],<ref name="BBC">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/rosewater|title=Rosewater recipes|website=BBC Food}}</ref> [[nougat]], and [[baklava]]. [[Marzipan]] has long been flavoured with rose water.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jtgud2P-EGwC&q=rose+water+marzipan&pg=PA29|page=89|title=Food in Medieval Times|isbn=9780313321474|last1=Adamson|first1=Melitta Weiss|date=2004|publisher=Greenwood Publishing }}</ref> In [[Cyprus]], it is used to flavour a number of different desserts, including the local version of [[muhallebi]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rodostagma – Rosewater |url=https://heartlandoflegends.com/rodostagma-rosewater/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423200458/https://heartlandoflegends.com/rodostagma-rosewater/ |archive-date=23 April 2023 |website=Heartland of Legends|date=17 February 2023 }}</ref>

It is also frequently used as a [[halal]] substitute for red wine and other alcohols in cooking.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rose passion fruit cocktail recipe |url=https://erbology.co/recipes/passion-fruit-rose-water-cocktail-recipe/ |access-date=26 January 2025 |website=Erbology}}</ref> The [[Premier League]], [[Bahrain Grand Prix]], and [[Abu Dhabi Grand Prix]] offer a rose water-based beverage as an alternative for [[champagne]] when awarding Muslim players.<ref>{{cite news|title=PL offers 'rosewater and pomegranate' drink instead of champagne to avoid offending Muslim players|url=https://in.news.yahoo.com/pl-offers-rosewater-pomegranate-drink-instead-champagne-avoid-075931651.html|access-date=24 October 2014|work=[[Yahoo! News]]|date=26 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/formula-1/2017/07/30/champagne-sprayed-f1-podium-two-year-absence/|title=Champagne to be sprayed on the F1 podium again after two years of sparkling wine|date=30 July 2017|work=The Telegraph|access-date=14 January 2020|issn=0307-1235}}</ref>