Bhatmas Sadheko
Local name : भटमास सँदेको
A Nepali salad of roasted soybeans dressed with lime, red onion and green chilli, eaten alongside afternoon tea.
Photo : Gaurav Dhwaj Khadka · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 15 min
- Total
- 30 min
- Serves
- 4
- Difficulty
- Easy
Method
- Soak the soybeans in cold water for 8 hours, then drain and dry them well.
- Dry-roast the beans in a heavy pan for 12 minutes, stirring, until they brown and crack under the tooth.
- Heat the mustard oil to smoking point, then take it off the heat for 30 seconds to mellow it.
- Drop the fenugreek into the hot oil and wait for it to darken, then stir in the turmeric off the heat.
- Pour that oil over the still-warm soybeans and toss.
- Add the onion, chillies, ginger, garlic, lime juice and salt.
- Rest for 20 minutes, then scatter coriander over just before serving.
Sadheko in Nepal means anything dressed raw, with no final cooking. Fenugreek darkened in mustard oil stays the aromatic signature of the dish.
