Bliss of Earth Gond Katira is a natural gum obtained from the dried sap of several species of Middle Eastern legumes of the genus astragalus. Gond Katira is a viscous, odorless tasteless water soluble mixture of polysaccharides obtained from sab that is drained from the root of the plant and fried the gum seeps from the plant in twisted ribbons or flakes that can be powdered it absorbs water to become a gel which can be stirred into a paste .