A NEWARI DISH FROM NEPAL INTRODUCTION Every year, during the full moon in December, one of the well-known Newer festivities called Yomari Punhi, which means "full moon of yomari," is celebrated. A yomari is a sweet made from freshly harvested rice flour that is shaped like a fig, filled with brown sugar and sesame seeds, and then steam-cooked. The main dish served in Yomari Punhi's post-harvest celebration is this delicacy. People in the Kathmandu Valley worship Annapurna, the goddess of grains, in honour of the rice harvest on this day of the full moon. In the evening, groups of children walk to the neighbourhood to ask homeowners for yomari cakes.