Beat Pandemic Blues With Flower-Pressed Cookies

Nuts, raisins and berries have always been popular choices when it comes to dessert toppings. But things are changing now. A growing number of home chefs and bakers are opting for edible flowers to decorate their desserts. Be it cookies or cakes, pictures of bright flower-adorned sweet meats have taken over social media feeds, which, in turn, is inspiring many to try it in their own kitchens.

- Joyeeta.Chakravorty

For cookbook author Nandita Iyer, a quick search on the internet about edible flowers led her to whip up some interesting flower-pressed food delights.“The pictures that I saw on the internet were an absolute moodlifter during these gloomy times. It not only encouraged me to experiment with floral adornments, but also improvise on them,” she explains, adding, “One of my initial concerns, however, was whether or not the flower would stick to the food.” She fetched flowers from her own little garden at home.