Kwati (soup)

Kwati
A bowl of kwati
Alternative namesGedagudi, Kwanti
Coursemixed soup
Main ingredientsblack gram, green gram, chickpea, field bean, soybean, field pea, garden pea, cowpea and rice bean

Kwātī (Nepal Bhasa: क्वाती (where क्वा (kwā) = 'hot' and ती (tī) = 'soup'); Nepali: क्वाँटी; Maithili: गेडागुडी) is a mixed soup of nine types of sprouted beans. It is a traditional Newari dish consumed on the festival of Guni Punhi, the full moon day of Gunlā which is the tenth month in the Nepal Era lunar calendar. It is also known and widely consumed as Gedagudi in the Mithila Region of Nepal, historically aligned down to Kingdom of Nepali people.