Newar Food/ Newar Cuisine

Ingredients

•     1 tblspn ghee (soft clarified butter)
•     1/2 banana, peeled and mashed
•      pinch baking powder
•      2 cups rice flour
•      3 tspns sugar
•      1 cup milk
•      2 cups vegetable oil for deep frying

Chatamari!
As demonstrated to Amendra pokharel

Chatamari is a popular Newari dish, but is made all over Nepal and called by different names by other Nepalese. Chatamari has important connection to the Newari culture. It is specially prepared by Newars in all major gathering of a guthi (a closely knit group of blood relatives). Santu Prajapati and her family members let us grab a peek on the process of making the dish and some of its variants.

Chatamari
Ingredients
1. Precipitate the rice flour; don’t make it too watery.
2. Heat pan for a while.
3. Pour the paste on the pan.
4. Use spoon to spread the paste in the shape of a chapatti.
5. Cook until the bottom turns crisp
6. Oil or ghee in small amount can de added before or during the process of making the chatamari.

Variants of chatamari
Vegetarian or non-vegetarian chatamari can be made by adding various stuffing prepared depending on your taste.

Method to prepare minced meat chatamari
Heat oil in a non-stick sauté pan.
Fry garlic and ginger until light brown.
Add in minced meat, salt and pepper.
Sauté the mixture and add finely chopped chilies and sliced tomatoes.
Stir in for a few of minutes in low heat until all ingredients are cooked.
Transfer the mixture to a plate and let it cool.
On a large plate, put a chatamari.
Spread out across one and half tablespoons of the mixture from the middle.
Serve with pickle and vegetables.

Image and Receipe from the ECS Magazine in the Kitchen

http://www.ecs.com.np/in_the_kitchen.htm

Alu Tareko Receipe orignal from Sanjya’s Grand Ma

Receipe will be posted soon….

Here we have again delicious Golveda Ko Achar from Sanjaya Shakya, Bonn. Recipe is coming soon.
Images Credit goes to Sanjaya Shakya.

Enjoy watching the images first.

Mouthwatering Chicken and Dal from Bikash

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Let us know  your view, Where did you eat the most delicious Momo in Kathmandu VAlley? Happy to hear from you.

I found the add from the Meal Express in the boss Magazin. Meal Express is a home based lunch delivery service, not a restaurant, in Kathmandu Nepal. She supply fresh and wholesome cooked meals to working adults and healthy balanced diet to children at their schools.

Meal Express Nepal
Kathmandu, Nepal
Tel: 4425546
Email: mimi@mealexpressnepal.com
http://mealexpressnepal.com

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Here is the Recipe

• Combine all ingredients and blend until smooth in a blender.
• Pour in glasses and serve.

It’s the easter time. This is the best time to make egg curry. The egg curry comes out very good and taste wonderful.

I was in Berlin this week at ITB Fair. Fair means lots of work and less time to enjoy food. Near  Fair Ground I got chance to try the typical Berlin fast food called Bulette (Meat ball). It was great.