Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
Yomari
Steamed rice dumplings filled with molten jaggery and sesame. A Newari winter festival treat.
60 minTime
4 gProtein each
mildSpice
Make it your way
Grandma's wayRice dough filled with jaggery and sesame, steamed.
The original332kcalsame
4 gproteinsame
2 gfibresame
60minutessame
Classic yomari.
Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.
Ingredients
Method
4 steps- 1Melt jaggery with a spoon of water until thick and syrupy (chaku). Stir in sesame and cool slightly.
- 2Pour hot water into rice flour with salt and knead into a smooth dough.
- 3Shape a ball into a cone with a hollow inside, fill with chaku and pinch closed into a fish shape with a long tail.
- 4Steam for 15 minutes.
Serve it like this
Serve warm on a plate, tails pointing up, perhaps with a drizzle of ghee.
