Selroti Popular Nepalese deep oil fried bread

 

Nepalese Traditional Recipe Sel Roti

About Sel Roti: A Nepali Traditional and Cultural Recipe

Sel-roti, is a bread made up of rice flour and is deep fried into thin, crisp rounds. Sel roti is also termed as Cell Roti, Sel Roti, Cel Roti, Selroti or Celroti and सेल रोटि  in Nepali language. Selroti is one of the most famous Nepalese snack among Nepali in all over the Nepal. Selroti is also used sometime as food in several occasions. But it is specially a Nepalese traditional snacks. Most of Nepalese person like this recipe to eat in any time of the day or night. It is easy to have as snack.

When the word Sel roti is pronounced, Nepalese got water in their mouth. Let’s learn here to cook such a great and tasty Nepalese recipe Sel Roti. This cooking method may help you to cook and make the Selroti.

Celroti is made of Rice flour, water, sugar, oil and ghee. It is one of the most tasty Nepali recipe. Sel Roti is generally served or eaten as confectionery bread. Sel Roti is generally eaten with tea and / or other hot beverages. Cel Roti is widely use in the Nepalese festival. This tasty snack is mostly used in the Tihar festival of Nepal. Tihar festival means Deepawali or Diwali. This recipe is essential in Tihar festival. It is said that bhai tika, the last of Tihar festival is not complete without Selroti. Selroti is served to brother by the sisters in this festival. This oily recipe is also used more in wedding parties, anniversary and other traditional and cultural events.

Ingredients

• 2 cups uncooked rice
• 3 tbsp. sugar
• 3 tbsp. ghee (clarified butter)
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 Tbsp. rice flour if the batter is thin (liquid)

Directions

1. Soak rice overnight.
2. Drain out water and put rice in mixer grinder along with sugar and ghee.
3. Grind for about 3-4 minutes until it becomes paste.
4. If the batter is too liquid, add 1 tbsp. of rice flour.
5. Cut the top portion of a plastic bottle to drop batter.
6. Add oil 1/2 inch in a pan and heat.
7. Drop the batter in oil making round circle. 
   
   
   
   
8. Fry until golden brown.
9. Enjoy!