Pomelo and Orange Salad

Name: Pomelo and Orange Salad (Bhogate-Suntalaa Saandheko)
Cuisine: Nepali
Ingredients: ¼ cup sesame seeds; 2 tablespoons fresh lemon or lime juice; ¾ cup sugar; 2 cups plain yogurt, stirred well; 4 medium navel oranges, peeled and sectioned; Small pinch ground asafetida; ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; ⅛ teaspoon timmur (Nepali pepper; page 31), finely ground with a mortar and pestle; 2 tablespoons fresh lemon or lime juice; 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper powder; ½ teaspoon fenugreek seeds; ½ teaspoon ground turmeric; Salt, adjust to taste; 2 tablespoons mustard oil

Bhogate-Suntalaa Saandheko

Preparation info

Makes
4 to 6
servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Food and Flavours from Nepal

By Jyoti Pathak

Published 2023

About

Here is a flavorful and delicious pomelo and orange salad dish dressed in Nepali spices and finished up with tempering spices. It is the most refreshing salad, full of immunity-boosting vitamin C— like sunshine in a bowl—and Nepalese enjoy it in the depth of winter.

Ingredients

¼ cup sesame seeds
4 medium white or red pomelos,* peeled and sectioned
4 medium navel oranges, peeled and sec

Asia
Nepal
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Heat a small cast-iron skillet over medium heat and toast the sesame seeds for about 2 minutes, stirring constantly to prevent the seeds from flying out, until they give off a pleasant aroma and darken. Transfer the seeds to a dry container to cool. Place the cooled seeds in a spice grinder or mortar and pestle, and grind to a fine powder.

Put the ground sesame seeds, pomelos, oranges,