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Sel Roti
Nepali festival rings of ground-rice batter enriched with ghee and fried until crisp and golden.
About Sel Roti
Sel roti is a Nepali ring-shaped rice bread made for festivals and celebrations. This profile follows the family-style version shared through Kathmandu-born Newari chef Suraj Pradhan, using soaked white rice, sugar and ghee in a plain batter.
Rice gives the rings a clean, gently grainy flavour, sugar provides restrained sweetness and ghee adds a rounded buttery aroma. Deep-frying develops toasted notes while keeping the recipe free of the optional spices and fruit used in other versions.
The sel roti form broad, thin golden rings with an uneven handmade outline and a lightly bubbled surface. They are crisp at the edges and outside, with a softer, slightly chewy rice-batter centre.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Milk.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Sel Roti
Suraj Pradhan's Family-Style Nepali Sel Roti.
- White riceGround rice-batter base
- WaterSoaking and batter hydration
- SugarGentle sweetness
- GheeButtery richness
- Vegetable oilDeep-frying medium
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- White rice:
- Water:
- Sugar:
- Ghee: . Ghee is a milk-derived fat and retains a source-confirmed Milk declaration
- Vegetable oil:
Origins & food traditions
SBS Food documents Kathmandu-born Newari chef Suraj Pradhan's family tradition and supplies the complete soaked-rice, sugar and ghee recipe selected here. The independent dish reference corroborates sel roti as a traditional Nepali ring-shaped fried rice bread associated with Dashain, Tihar and other ceremonies.
Countries
- Nepal
- NepalCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Nepali Cuisine
- Nepali CuisineCatalogue link pending review