Sagun is included in almost every ritual such as birthday, childbirth, tihar, dashian, and wedding in Newari community of Nepal. Sagun symbolizes best wishes and therefore is considered a blessing from elder before starting anything new in life. Sagun typically includes egg, dried fish, ginger, garlic, and alcohol/yogurt. After moving to the United States, we barely celebrate typical Newari/Nepali cultures however I at least make sure to make Sagun in every birthdays. Since, it was my husband's birthday last week, I had to make Sagun and thought to share recipe with you all. Here you go everyone, enjoy easy Sagun recipe :)
Stay Blessed Everyone :)
Prep time: 5min(s) Cook time:20min(s) Total time: 25min(s)
Things you will need:
- Eggs (2 large)
- Ginger (2 table spoons, finely sliced)
- Garlic (2 table spoons, finely sliced)
- Salt (according to taste)
- Dried Fish (5-7, any kind)
- Oil (1 table spoon)
Directions:
- On a deep dish add water, salt and egg. Boil until eggs are cooked and peel cover carefully.
- Heat oil and fry ginger first and in the same oil fry garlic.
- Fry peeled eggs and little salt in the same oil until eggs become slightly golden brown.
- Finally, fry dried fish until they are golden brown. Be extremely careful since dried fish tend to burn quickly.
- Put it all together in a bowl or utensil of your choice and bestow good wishes to your loved ones :)
Chicken Choila is one of the most popular posts of my blog. I get several appreciation emails from my readers regarding Chicken Choila Recipe. Back home we mostly made choila from Buffalo Meat and I do not remember eating choila made out of chicken or mutton. The fact that I haven't found Buffalo meat after moving the United States gave me an idea to make choila just out of anything: Soy Chunks Choila for vegetarians (recipe here) and Chicken Choila (recipe here) . Today, I thought of making choila out of Goat Meat (mutton) and I opted for an easy route because I wanted to fix something easy and quick. I was little hesitant at first as I was experimenting the process however the final output was simply awesome and therefore I wanted to share the recipe with you all. Here you go guys, here I present you the easiest Choila recipe :x
Perfect :)
Prep time: 5min(s) Cook time:15min(s) Total time: 20min(s)
Things you will need:
- Goat Meat (1 lbs: cut in small pieces(1 inch))
- Red Onion (1 medium, thinly sliced)
- Green Chilies (3-4, thinly sliced)
- Ginger slices (3 table spoons)
- Garlic Slices (3 table spoons)
- Ginger-garlic paste (2 table spoons)
- Timur Powder (1 table spoon)
- Turmeric Powder (2 tea spoons)
- Cumin-Coriander Powder (2 table spoons)
- Lime Juice (4 table spoons)
- Oil (3 table spoons)
- Salt (according to taste)
- Tomatoes (3 medium sized, boiled and peeled)
Directions:
- Heat 2 table spoons oil and fry meat until golden brown.
- On a large bowl add fried meat and all of the other ingredients mentioned above.
- Mix well.
- Done!! Serve with beaten rice.
This is another version of very popular Chatpate back home and especially found in my hometown Butwal :) I have been to many places in Nepal and have tasted different kinds of Chatpate but nothing was close to the one we used to get in my hometown. Sadly, though I did not see any Chatpate Thela (cart) when I was home last time :( However, good news is that I still remember the taste and it helped me a lot to recreate yummy Batauli ko Chatpate! This was my first try and the result was fantastic. Here you go guys, have a Chatpate weekend. Also, click here for another version of Chatpate recipe.
Yummy <:-p
Prep time: 10min(s) Cook time:5min(s) Total time: 15min(s)
Things you will need:
- Yellow Peas (2 cups)
- Radish/Turnip (1 cup finely chopped)
- Red Onion (1 cup finely chopped)
- Serrano Pepper or Green Chili (2-3, finely chopped)
- Ginger-garlic paste (1 table spoon)
- Salt (2 pinches)
- Oil (2 table spoons)
- Chat Masala (2 table spoons- add more if you want)
- Lime juice (1/2 cup)
- Turmeric powder (1 tea spoon)
- Cilantro (1/2 cup, finely chopped)
- Cumin-Coriander powder (1/2 table spoon)
- Red Chili Powder (1/2 table spoon)
Directions:
- Soak yellow peas overnight. Next day wash thoroughly and pan roast peas.
- On a deep dish, add roasted peas and all of the above mentioned ingredients.
- Mix everything properly. Taste and see if you want to add more Chat Masala, Chili, Lime Juice, and salt.
- Enjoy and do not forget to wink ;)
