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Roth Teej Platter Roth Ingredients Wheat Flour (coarse) 8cup Ajwain/Bishop’s weed 1 tsp Ghee /Clarified unsalted Butter (4 tablespoon for moyan and 4 tablespoon for serving) Salt to taste Water as required Serving  Makes 4 Roth Method Mix all ingredients together (except water) in a mixing bowl. Knead a soft dough by adding required amount of water to it. Divide the dough into four parts.Make flat rounds of each parts and roll into thick roth (1/2 inch thickness) using rolling pin and board (Belan & chakla). Press slightly at the ends (as shown in the picture) so as to seal any cracks at the sides. With the help of a coin or a ring make small rounds over the surface of roth.These small depressions will ensure even distribution of heat inside the thick roth. Heat a tava and a gas tandoor. Gently transfer the roth over tava . Cook for a minute, till the roth surface is dry enough to handle. Now transfer the roth to ...

Jainism is a religion which celebrates renunciation seeking the goal of salvation through the difficult path of Samyak Darshan, Samyak Gyan and Samyak Charitra (self introspection, self enlightenment and self-achievement). The festivals celebrated in Jainism are therefore marked not by excesses but by Tyag and Tapsaya (renunciation and austerity). Paryushan Parva is considered to be the most revered of all Jain festivals. It is celebrated in the sacred month of Bhadrapada as per the Hindu calender (usually falling in the months of August or September as per the English Calender.) In the Parushan Parva, all Jains keep some vrats/niyams as per thier wishes and follow them. Roth Teej  falling on  Bhadrapada Shukla Tritiya as per the Hindu calender is one such Vrata which is usually kept by the ladies of the House, but the food prepared on this Vrata, modest yet delicious, is enjoyed by all and sundry. The story of the Vrata reads as und...