Samay Baji
$15.99The festive Newari platter: beaten rice, choila, egg, black soybean, ginger, beans and achar. One plate that explains an entire cuisine.
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✦ 6 dishes · $12.99–$15.99 ✦
Newari & Grillin Harrisburg, PA.
The Newars are the indigenous people of the Kathmandu Valley, and their food is a cuisine of its own — heavy on mustard oil, timur pepper and beaten rice, eaten in feasts rather than courses. Samay baji is the whole idea on one plate. Alongside it, the grill: sekuwa is meat marinated in mustard oil, ginger, garlic and timur, then cooked over open flame until the edges char, the way it is sold at roadside stalls all the way from Dharan to Kathmandu.
Cooked to order at 6400 Derry St. Open Tuesday–Sunday, 11 AM–9 PM. Order below for pickup, or delivery within 5 miles.
Chicken Choila
$12.99Grilled chicken tossed Newari style with mustard oil, timur, garlic, ginger and dried chili. Eaten with beaten rice.
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Buff Choila
$13.99The original — grilled buffalo, mustard oil, timur and chili. Smoky, sharp and properly Newari.
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Chicken Sekuwa
$12.99Chicken marinated in mustard oil, ginger, garlic and timur, then grilled over open flame until the edges char. Onion and lemon alongside.
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Pork Sekuwa
$14.99Pork belly marinated overnight and grilled slowly until the edges blacken and the fat renders. The best thing on this page.
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Lamb Sekuwa
$14.99Charcoal-grilled marinated lamb skewers, sliced red onion, lemon and house chili sauce.
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