The historical town of Kavre is not far from the market area of ​​Panauti Municipality. Food dishes, clothes, clothes, vegetables, fruits, handicrafts and other consumables are kept for sale.

 But, especially Newari dishes are seen in Yomri's stall. This scene was seen on Friday when we arrived at the Hat Bazaar and Yomari festival held at Dobli located in Ward No. 7 of Panauti Municipality of Kavre.

The dough is kneaded in a bowl. The knife is melted and mixed with sesame seeds. And food is kept for another rent. 17-year-old Rebecca Tamrakar, a resident of Panauti-7, is rolling the kneaded dough in her palm, using oil and hot water on her fingers to shape it into chaitay.

She is making Yomari. Sometimes she makes it with a knife, sometimes she makes it with food. Dressed in Newari costumes, crowds come to watch and eat Yomari, the Newari dish she prepares. Rebecca's mother, grandmother, and father are all preparing Yomari and Newari lunch. Especially because of the number of people who come to Yomari Khan, Rebecca's family has been troubled.

She is making Yomari to support her family. She said that she learned to make Yomari from a young age by watching people make it at home. 'It's not very difficult, you'll know if you do it,' she said, 'It's fun to learn, you can learn to make dough while playing, it's a bit fun when you fill it with different flavors.' I have seen it only with people. She expressed her happiness that she was able to participate in the Yomari festival program to preserve Newari art and culture.

Although he does not know much about the history of Yomari, he feels that it should be preserved. She said that if the art of making Yomari is passed down from the elders to the younger generation, it will be preserved. According to him, this type of program also seems to provide more support for conservation.

Along with Rebecca, her grandmother, 90-year-old Mekh Maya Tamrakar, is also making Yomari. She is looking at the yomri made by Rebecca. She even teaches Yomari when it starts to deteriorate. "Today's grandparents don't want to learn how to make yomari," she said, "It's not something you can learn while making it." "In the past, if you didn't know how to make Yomari, you would have been ashamed, you had to know how to make it, you had to learn it," she said. Theo, now everyone knows how to make it, it has become easy because it is available everywhere in the market.' She said that 'bread' is defined as sweet bread in two words. According to him, the cultural significance of Yomari is the worship or respect of rice. The funny part about this is that he remembers that the Newar community used to ask for Yomari by singing and dancing like playing Deusi-Vailo during the first Tihar. Telling about the method of making

Yomari, she said, 'Taichin rice flour makes good and tasty Yomari, for this clean rice should be soaked and dried in the sun, then grind it, add boiling water to the rice flour and knead it, mix the amount of hot water and flour and knead it well. The flour should be wrapped in a warm cloth, knife, knife, meat, etc. should be kept inside the flour The ingredients should be prepared, the knife should be cooked in water to make the Yomari knife, after the juices come out, add roasted ground sesame seeds and grated coconut and cook for five minutes, the knife will be ready in a short time. You have to soak it in clean water and add spices according to your taste. She said that it can be made accordingly. According to him, kneaded dough is rolled in the palm and Yomri is made in chaitay shape using oil and hot water on the fingers. She said that you should put the ingredients according to your taste in it and then turn it and close it. Adding about the method, she said, 'now it depends on the shape to be given on the top of it, one-faced, two-faced, and even a bajra shape can be given. It is ready to eat.'

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30-year-old Megha Madhikarmi of Panauti-7 has also kept a Newari lunch stall. She, who has been trading Newari snacks, says that customers especially prefer to eat Yomari. According to him, it has been a trend to eat Yomari especially in winter. Yomari is considered as a delicious as well as healthy and energizing dish, so many people choose Yomari. She said that

Yomari also started eating in different flavors recently. According to him, it is done by mixing the foods you like including knife, food, mass, chocolate, meat. ``Yomari has been made with a knife since the beginning, so many people prefer yomari with a knife,'' she said Branding has not been done. Stating that the art of making Yomari is with only a few people, she said, 'In recent generations, only a few people have this skill and art, and it seems necessary to attract young generations to it, including Surekha Shrestha Mahalakshmi Women's Group had made all the preparations for making Yomari on Thursday itself. They have set a target of making and selling 20,000 Yomaris. She said that the business is doing well according to the target. According to him, working in a group like this would be fun and would also bring income.

'Participating in the program organized by the municipality, it will also promote Newari art and conservation,' she said. .

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Lately, Newari dishes originated from Yomari Panauti city, local intellectuals have been saying that Panauti has been known as an arable area since ancient times, rice was produced well here, during the Parapurna period, a new dish was made from rice flour in a farmer's house and eaten. Saying, 'He used to grind new rice flour, put a knife in it and eat it, one day. When the god of wealth Kuveer reached that farmer's house, he was fed Yomri by the farmer as a dessert, Kuber blessed the farmer, since then, it is believed that Yomri Purnima was celebrated on the day of Marg Shukla Purnima.

Niwas Shrestha, the secretary of the committee which was formed for the protection of every fair and festival in Panauti Nagar area, said. According to him, that is why Newari dish is said to have originated from Yomari Panauti town.