In Nepal Today, on the occasion of Janai Purnima, people traditionally eat “Kwati,” a dish prepared by mixing eleven varieties of beans, soaking them, sprouting them, and then cooking them.

Kwati consists of a mixture of legumes such as black gram, soybeans, mung beans, green and white peas, small peas, black chickpeas, white chickpeas, broad beans, kidney beans, cowpeas, and horse gram.

Kwati is especially a Newari delicacy. In the Newari language, “Kwa” means hot, and “Ti” means soup. Since... [Read more]