The ingredients needed for Yomari are rice flour and hot water mixed with ghee to make dough. Yomari is generally filled with Chaku (Jaggery) or Khuwa which is similar to Ricotta cheese.
In this video I will be making a special filling with the following ingredients; molasses, paneer (cottage cheese), dates, grated coconut, sesame, milk and ghee.
We will soak the dates in water and leave them to soften. In the meantime we will grate some paneer. Boil a quarter cup of milk and add quarter cup of grated paneer, then stir it for few minutes on low heat till it forms a thick gravy. In this we add one quarter cup of molasses and one quarter cup of ground dates that we had soaked earlier. Then add a teaspoon of sesame and a teaspoon of grated coconut. Stir it well for another few minutes until it starts boiling. Now the filling is ready.
Let's prepare the dough. Start by boiling water with a spoonful of ghee. I have used two cups of rice flour, this will be enough to make about 10-12 pieces of Yomari. Add hot water in the flour and start kneading it cautiously as the water is extremely hot. Mix it gently to make the dough. Make sure to make it soft.
Now that the dough is ready, let give Yomari its shape. First make it round and then taper one end to make it cone shaped. On the other side make a deep hole in the middle. Now fill the hole with the fillings and close the hole.
Put water in the steamer and wait until it boils. Then we paint the base of another steamer with ghee and put Yomari in the steamer. Leave it for about 15 minutes on high heat.
After about 15 minutes, the Yomari will be fully cooked. Now remove it from the steamer and let it cool it down for about a minute.
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Subarna Prajapati
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