One of the things widely eaten in Nepal after the festival of Tihar is, Bhogate Sandheko. Bhogate is called Pomelo (Chinese grapefruit) in English and is used in Nepal during Mha Puja and Bhai Tika. Bhogate Sandheko roughly translates to marinated pomelo in English.
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Pomelo is a crisp citrus fruit native to South and Southeast Asia. It is usually pale green to yellow when ripe, with sweet white (or, more rarely, pink or red) flesh and very thick albedo (rind pith).
Pomelo tastes a bit like grapefruit but is sweeter, less tart, and is not bitter. In Australia, we can’t find pomelo so the closest thing to Bhogate is grapefruit which is what I used in Bhai Tika during Tihar.
So like my mum used to, I tried to make Bhogate Sadekoo and am sharing my recipe here.
Ingredients:
- 1 grapefruit/pomelo
- 2 oranges (I used oranges but you can use any fruit)
- 4 tablespoons of plain yogurt
- 2 teaspoon of red chili powder (or to taste)
- 2 tablespoon of sesame seeds, roasted and ground
- Salt to taste
- Sugar to taste (optional)
- 2 teaspoons of mustard oil
- 1 teaspoon fenugreek seeds (methi)
- ½ teaspoon turmeric
Process
- Peal grapefruit/pomelo and oranges and put it in a bowl .
- Roast sesame seeds in a pan stirring constantly making sure it turns golden brown, not black.
- Cool it and grind it.
- Add yogurt, salt, sugar, sesame powder, red chili powder in the bowl with the pomelo and oranges and mix well
- Heat a pan with mustard oil in it
- When hot put fenugreek seeds in it
- When the fenugreek seeds turn golden brown, take it off the heat and pour oil with fenugreek into the Bhogate mixture in the bowl
- Mix it well
- Bhogate Sandheko is ready to serve, yum yum yum 🙂
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So Nepali and so ‘Afno’ !! Simple yet satisfying post for all the nepalse in foreign places.
That is so true, thanks gal 🙂
Well, my mouth is filled with juices produced by your words and images. Yes, nothing can beat a sunny afternoon with ‘BHOGATE SADHAKO’.
Yours look delicious M!!
Thank you. Little bit of home is always so refreshing here 🙂
Ah! I mjiss Bhogate! Bhogate with Suntala (riped oranges) and Badam (peanuts) ! 🙂 i love you for his post! 🙂
Thanks :), it was just yummy!!!
You’re making me miss home even more!! :(, bhogate sadheko in the warm sun in kausi….and ofcourse doing nothing after that, just taking a nap :D, those were the days!!
I am sure you can find bhogate in Thailand. The grapefruit doesn’t exactly taste like bhogate but it is better than nothing 🙂
Yes can find plenty in Thailand but Bhogate is supposed to be sour n sweet but here its too sweet like a grapefruit or even as sweet as an orange in Nepal.
Hope I can eat Bhogate soon in Nepal. Just want to ask you a question. “How is the weather in Bangkok these days?”
nowadays its raining a bit, so its a bit cooler, which is good if you want to shop and may be in a few days it will be sunny again, r u visiting Bkk soon?
Yes I will be there in 2 weeks for 4 days on my way to Nepal 🙂