Samay Baji

Name: Samay Baji
Cuisine: Nepali
Ingredients: 1 cup dried black-eyed peas (bodi), soaked overnight, boiled and fried; 10 to 12 medium cloves garlic, peeled whole, fried in oil until light brown; 1 cup roasted or fried soybeans, split or whole; 1 cup roasted or fried soybeans, split or whole; 1 cup swaya baji or samay (puffed rice); 1 cup swaya baji or samay (puffed rice); 2 cups cheuraa (pressed rice flakes), dry roasted; 1 cup swaya baji or samay (puffed rice); 1 recipe Woh (Chicken and Urad Bean Patties); 1 recipe Woh (Chicken and Urad Bean Patties); 1 cup dried fish (sidra maachaa), fried in oil until crunchy; 8 to 10 hard-boiled eggs, peeled and fried until light brown; ½ cup peeled and julienned fresh ginger, fried in oil until light brown; 1 cup dried fish (sidra maachaa), fried in oil until crunchy; 10 to 12 medium cloves garlic, peeled whole, fried in oil until light brown; ½ cup peeled and julienned fresh ginger, fried in oil until light brown; 1 recipe Khukuraa ko Sekuwaa (Grilled Chicken); 1 recipe Khukuraa ko Sekuwaa (Grilled Chicken); 1 recipe Chamsoor-Paalungo Saag (Spinach with Garden Cress); 1 recipe Chamsoor-Paalungo Saag (Spinach with Garden Cress); 1 recipe Alu ko Achaar (Spicy Potato Salad with Sesame Seeds); 1 recipe Alu ko Achaar (Spicy Potato Salad with Sesame Seeds)

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Easy

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Food and Flavours from Nepal

By Jyoti Pathak

Published 2023

About

Samay Baji is a traditional Newari food platter consisting of multiple dishes and flavors combined together and served in a single plate, and represents celebration and festivities in the Newar community. The authentic dish is made regularly in many Newari households during family celebrations, birthdays, and weddings, when someone is going away for a long journey, and as sagun food. Sagun is a ceremony that involves the presentation of auspicious food items, flowers, fruits, and swe

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Asia
Nepal
Snack
Gluten-free

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