Yomari
Restaurant / Café

Yomari

Teardrop-shaped steamed dumpling filled with molasses and sesame

Yomari is a Newari delicacy: a teardrop-shaped dumpling of rice flour dough steamed and filled with a sweet mix of molasses (chaku) and sesame or khuwa. It's tied to the Yomari Punhi festival held each winter, when Kathmandu Valley households make it to mark the rice harvest.

Highlights

Newari winter-harvest sweet

Molasses and sesame filling

Linked to the Yomari Punhi festival

Practical Info

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Kathmandu Valley, widely made in Newari households