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Yomari

Name: Yomari
Cuisine: Nepali
Ingredients: 2 cups rice flour; 1 cup chaku (molasses); 1/2 cup sesame seeds; as needed water

Yomari is a traditional Nepali sweet dumpling made from rice flour dough filled with a mixture of chaku (molasses) and sesame seeds. It is a culturally significant delicacy especially prepared during the Yomari Punhi festival, symbolizing prosperity and good fortune.

4 ingredients

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Nepali85%

Indigenous15%

Ingredients

rice flour
2 cups
chaku (molasses)
1 cup
sesame seeds
1/2 cup
water
as needed

Method

Steps not available

Origin Story

Yomari has its roots in the Newar community of the Kathmandu Valley and is historically associated with harvest celebrations and religious rituals honoring Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth.

Culinary DNA

Ingredient ancestry breakdown

Nepali85%

ingredients+techniques

Indigenous15%

ingredient_origin

Techniques

steaming dough preparation filling

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