Kashmiri Recipe 'Roth' with Punn story

 
K a s h m i r i* *R e c i p e
ChandraMukhi Ganju
ROTH
Religious and Cultural Importance:
Roth has cultural and religious significance for Kashmiri Hindus and is usually prepared at the time of the Kashmiri festival, 'Pun' in the month of September. Roth is prepared and puja is performed to invoke gods for blessings for prosperity and good luck. Traditionally elder person of the family relates a folk story.
 Recipe
 Serving size: 8-10 pieces

Ingredients:
  • 1 kg or 4 cups of wheat flour/all purpose or whole wheat.
  • 1¼ cup sugar or sugar substitute.
  • 12 tbsp. ghee/clarified butter or 1½ unsalted butter stick (for mixing)
  • 1½ tsp. khus-khus/poppy seed.
  • 3 black crushed cardamom.
  • Ghee for frying.
  • Soaked and peeled almond and cashew nuts and silver foil if available.
  • Water
Method:
  • Mix ghee, sugar and crushed black cardamom with the flour in a big bowl/chilamchi.
  • Mix well.
  • Add water slowly to flour to knead well.
  • Knead till nice spongy dough is formed.
  • Make balls of equal size with the dough and roll them into thick rounds bread.
  • Pierce with a fork all over and make nice designs.
  • Brush little yogurt on bread and sprinkle little khus-khus/poppy seed
  • Press peeled almonds and cashew nuts.
  • Heat ghee in a deep-bottomed kadai/frying pan.
  • Fry in medium-hot ghee/clarified butter or margarine till roath/ bread is reddish brown.
  • Fry both sides by turning with ladle carefully.
  • Take roath out of ghee and put on paper towel to strain extra ghee
  • Decorate roath with silver foil (if available)
Pun Dinucha Katha (Traditional Pun Story)
See below or download pdf file here
OM Shri GaNeshaaya NamaH ..

yi ha\_ baa osa reythana ma.Nza rethaa / ba.adira pethaa vinaayaka chorama ta\- aathavaaraa/ yeha bii osa akha raazaa ,raazubaayi ta raazakumaa.arii/ . raaza baayi oasa naav biiba dharama moji. yi a.asa pratha varya roTha karaana./ ami variya ti osa ami roTha koramuta\, ta\- osa puuzaayi hund waqta/ raazasa wonukha puuzaa karana kha.atara/ magara raazasa osa seThaa ahankaara\. raazan wona biiba dharama maaji/ yi Chu soruya be matalaba/ biiba ddarama moji gava seThaa dvakha\ doymi dohana yeli raaza\- nendrii wotha---, raazasa waa.acha sheCcha/ zi,beyi raazana Cchu hamala\- kormuta.yeli raaza\- tora wota tati korukh su jalaayi watana ,biiba dharama maaji tu\- waa.ach sheCcha\.zi yimana niyakha saa.a riya raazasi,\ yitha paa.aTha sapadeyi tima seThaa gariib\ chuunki zinda\- osa rozuna\ yimana osa nu baaiyan garana manz nokarii karanu wara.aya kaa.nha ti chaaraya\ ami raaza\- baayi kaara gurya tabelasa manz mohaniwa kaara\,amisunza kuura asa karaana luukana hindyana garan kaama\ gara\- ta\_- baana\- saapha karaana..\ aki dohana yeli yi kuura aa.asa akha garu\- saapha karaana\ ami wuCcha tima tatya roThas puuzaa karaana\ amisa kora yi seThaha khuasha\ ami koriheni wona panani maaji yi saaruyi katha\ dar jawaaba maaji wonanasa ;\- kuurya, asya ti hai aa.asya yi puuzaa karaana\, magara chaa.anis ma.alisa osa syeThaha aahankaara\ ta\- tamya kara\- atha puuzaayi seThah anaadara\ tanai peThi Cchuyi chona mola jalaayi watana\. kori wonanas dila phuTitha\, a.asi ti hai karawa yi roTha\ dyawa asi sapdi hali mushakila\ maaji wonanasa kuuri : roTha karanasa habi gaCchi aasuna gewa , modrera ta oaT\ asi kati anawa yima chiiza.\ kuura waCchis guri tabela peTha sombraawawa wushka pha.ali\ timaya Cchalaw shruuchi shraani\ pihawa/ beyi anava gora shakara\ tamii suutya banowa maaji kori roTha\ yithuya yimawa roTha banowa tithuya wa.acha yimana sheCchi\ zi raaza trowukha\ yima sapdeya seThaha khvasha\ yima draayi dawaan ta\- doraana raaza wuchhni\ tithuya waa.acha byaakha khabara zi yetha naawi manz raaza\- osa yiwaana su naawa pha.aTa\ yimana pewa yaada ta\- zi yima waCchi manza roTha puuzaayi manza thoda\. dawaana t- doraana gayi waapasa\ karikh sa.aryi puuzaa beyi sharuuha.\ tithuya tschaawa raaza barya kina\. yeli raaza tschaawa ta\- goDinethi atha butha Chalitha\ karuna roThicha puuzaayi hena\. beyi Tyoka ti\. raazasa myuula waapasa raaza darabaara.\ yima gayi waapas pananisa mahal khaanasa manza, ta\- myulukha svakha ta\- sampadaa.

 
yitha kanya timana sankaTa kosuna\ tithai kanya kaa.asitana asi ti\. yitha kanya timana aav svakha t- sam[padaa \ tithai kanya yiyatana asi ti shuryena kaTyana saana\ angana ta\_ ashanaawana sana\. saarinuyi ka?.asityena sankaTa/ \dostana ta dushamanana saan / yi\ yiyatana bruunThi\. iti shubham astu

 Note:
This story has many versions, but this version is relayed in the same way as I have heard it from my elders.
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