Dehradun. Wedding- When it comes to sweetening the mouth on the special occasion of marriage, people make different types of sweets. While there is a custom of making Gulgula in Uttar Pradesh, Roth in Kashmir, a traditional sweet of Garhwal is made in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand, which is called Rotna. Many people also call it Pahari Biscuit. Giving information to Local 18, Sushma Bacheti, a resident of Dehradun, the capital of Uttarakhand, said that the culture of the mountains of Uttarakhand is very unique. People also like the food here very much. Here Pahari biscuits which are completely healthy, are called Rotna. There is a tradition of making it for auspicious purposes. He told that rotna is prepared from flour and jaggery in the mountains and is made on every Teej and festival. If you are also fond of eating sweets, then you will like these.
How to make rotna?
Sushma told that to make rotna, firstly syrup is prepared from jaggery and water. Then wheat flour, ghee, fennel, sesame and coconut are added to it, kneaded and left for 10 minutes. After this, small laddus are made, put in molds, shaped, fried in oil and left to cool. It looks like a biscuit. It is said that when a girl comes from her parents’ home to her in-laws’ house after marriage, she is given rotna. Daughters take them to sweeten their mouths. Apart from this, on big festivals like Diwali and Holi, people carry sweets like laddu, barfi and rasgulla, but in the mountains, only rotana is used to make the loved ones sweet. If you also want to get these then you can contact on https://www.instagram.com/namakwali?igsh=MTJ4eHhoYXkzZnp1YQ==.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : November 13, 2024, 2:52 PM IST
