A fish-shaped steamed dumpling made from rice flour, filled with chaku (jaggery molasses) or khuwa (milk solids). The wrapper itself is unflavored -- all the sweetness lives in the filling. Yomari is significant enough to have its own dedicated festival, Yomari Punhi, and is widely available at sweet stores across Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, Patan, and Kirtipur.
A thick, sweet set yogurt made from buffalo milk, set in a clay pot -- the clay pot itself is essential to both the texture and the tradition. Originally a Bhaktapur specialty, local shops near Bhaktapur Durbar Square remain the most authentic source, a short trip from central Kathmandu.
Lakhamari, a deep-fried sweet bread, and Sel Roti -- a ring-shaped festival bread now common at breakfast too -- round out Kathmandu's wider sweet-stop options, both widely available citywide.
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