Roat (Uttarakhand Style Sweet Flatbread)

Roat is a Uttarakhand Style Sweet Flatbread which is subtly flavoured with fennel seeds and cardamom. Here is how to make roat recipe.

What is Roat?

Roat is a very popular sweet bread that is made in the Northern regions of Uttarakhand. It’s especially made for wedding functions and festivals. As a sign of celebration, this bread is made in large numbers and served to the friends and relatives of the wedding party.

There is also a similar dish called Roat that is made in Hyderabad for weddings, but that is quite hard on the outside and tastes more like a cookie.

This Roat is subtly flavoured with some crushed fennel seeds, cardamom and jaggery that gives it sweetness.

This mix of flavours is what gives this popular bread a rather unique taste. Traditionally, this flat bread is made for Hanumanji’s festival – Jhandi and in Hyderabad, it’s made during Muharam.

This Roat bread also tastes quire similar to the Afghani flat bread, in texture, but the flavours are quite different.

How to make Roat?

To make this sweetened flat bread, first the grated jaggery is to be melted in a pan. Then the mixture is left to cool for some time. Once strained, the jaggery syrup is mixed with whole wheat flour, ghee, fennel seeds and cardamom powder.

Then to make the bread dough, some chilled milk is added in a little by little and kneaded into the dough. The dough is mixed such that it forms stiff peaks, after which it is kept aside for a few minutes.

Then the dough is divided into equal parts and rolled out to form a small circle. It’s important to keep the circle slightly thick so that the texture of the bread is maintained. Then a griddle is heated and the roat is cooked on it till brown spots appear on both sides.

Then a little ghee is added on each side and it’s left on the griddle till it’s nicely crispy and browned on both sides.

It’s important to keep pressing the roat bread while cooking it so that it gets lovely and crisp on the surface. The hot roat with a dollop of ghee makes for a delicious and comforting dessert. It’s not too much on the sweeter side and the kids are going to fall in love with this particularly flaky snack.

The texture of this bread makes it very unique as it’s crisp on the outside and nice and soft on the inside. You’ll find different variations of this dish being made in different parts of the Northern region, sometimes dry fruits and nuts are added to give it sweetness and crunch.

There are also some regions where some kesar is added to the bread to give it a royal touch. So do try this simple bread and enjoy the sweetness is every bite. Do check out some of the other Indian bread recipes that I’ve posted: Laccha Paratha, Masala Paratha, Bajra Methi Poori, and an interesting Broccoli Paratha.

You can try the Hyderabadi Dum ke Roat Recipe here.

Roat Recipe

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Roat Recipe

Roat Recipe is a Uttarakhand Style Sweet Flatbread which is subtly flavoured with fennel seeds and cardamom. 

Course Bread

Cuisine Indian

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 40 minutes

Total Time 50 minutes

Servings 10 people

Calories 138 kcal

Author Neha Mathur

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup Jaggery Grated
• 2 cups Golden Harvest Whole Wheat Flour
• 2 tbsp Ghee Plus for cooking
• 2 tsp Fennel Seeds
• 1/2 tsp Cardamom Powder
• 3-4 tbsp Chilled Milk

Instructions

1. Add jaggery in a pan along with 2 tbsp of water.

2. Heat on medium heat until jaggery melts.

3. Remove the pan from heat and let the mixture cool.

4. Strain the mixture through a sieve.

5. Mix Whole wheat flour, ghee, fennel seeds and cardamom powder in a bowl.

6. Add the jaggery syrup in the flour mixture and mix well.

7. Add milk little by little and knead to make a stiff dough.

8. Cover the dough and keep aside for 15 minutes.

9. Divide the dough into 6-8 equal parts.

10. Dust and roll the dough into a 3-4 inch circle. It should be slightly thick.

11. Heat a griddle.

12. Once the griddle is hot, transfer the roat on it and simmer the heat to low.

13. Cook from both the sides until brown spots appear.

14. Apply 1 tsp ghee on each side and cook until roat is nicely browned and crisp.

15. Keep pressing the roat with the back of a ladle while cooking.

16. Serve with a dollop of ghee as dessert or as tea time snack.

Nutrition Facts

Roat Recipe

Amount Per Serving

Calories 138 Calories from Fat 54

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 6g 9%

Saturated Fat 3g 15%

Cholesterol 15mg 5%

Sodium 2mg 0%

Potassium 99mg 3%

Total Carbohydrates 17g 6%

Dietary Fiber 2g 8%

Protein 3g 6%

Vitamin A 0.1%

Vitamin C 0.1%

Calcium 1.8%

Iron 5.2%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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