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Yomari

Name: Yomari
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Nepal
Ingredients: 200g Rice Flour; 180ml Boiling water; 80g Brown sugar; 3 tbsp White Sesame Seeds; 2 tbsp Shredded Coconut

Dessert

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Rice-flour dumplings filled with dark sugar and sesame, then steamed — a Newar winter festival sweet.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Yomari are made for Yomari Punhi, the Newar winter harvest festival: rice-flour dough is shaped like a teardrop, filled with dark sugar (chaku) and sesame, and steamed. They're offered to the gods in thanks for the harvest and shared among the family.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a winter festival day in the Kathmandu Valley, children and adults shape white teardrop sweets at home, lifted steaming from the steamer.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

Rice Flour 200g
Boiling water 180ml
Brown sugar 80g
White Sesame Seeds 3 tbsp
Shredded Coconut 2 tbsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Melt the dark sugar with a little water in a small pan, mix in toasted sesame and coconut, and let cool.
Gradually add boiling water to the rice flour, mix, and knead by hand until smooth.
Divide into 6 balls, hollow each with your finger into a deep cup, and taper to a teardrop shape.
Fill with the sweet filling and pinch closed.
Steam for 15 minutes.

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