Kwati Pani Roti (Nepali Mixed Beans Soup)

Ishwari will teach how to make a combination of the traditional Nepali bean soup, Kwati, along with Pani Roti, a soup featuring hand-pulled noodles. This hearty, nourishing and comforting one-pot dish is perfect for winter and includes a few specific Himalayan spices for warmth and typical Nepali taste. In Nepal, traditionally Kwati is made with nine different sprouted beans but for this class we will improvise.

Ishwari Rajak is originally from Nepal and currently lives in NE Minneapolis. In May 2016 she graduated from Minnesota State University, Mankato with a Master’s in Gender and Women’s Studies and a Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Leadership.

As the eldest of five daughters she started cooking when she was six years old. She still remembers the first time she put a pot of rice and water on a stove. This day, Ishwari’s kitchen journey started. She regularly cooked for her family till her sisters were able to cook. Then she cashed in those earlier years of cooking for life, so she thought. :) Things changed when she came to the US.

Ishwari cooks a healthy blend of Nepalese styled vegetables + quality protein curries full of flavor and spices including the famous Nepalese dumplings, momos!

Currently in her cooking classes, Ishwari teaches authentic Himalayan recipes just as she learned in her family kitchen. She also handcrafts spiced chocolates. Her goal is to start her own food business. She dreams the facility to be family friendly,have many community meals, a sense of belonging-ness, heartwarming-tummy pleasing food, unlimited hugs, dance and laughter!

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