Eleven momo to a plate
Because that is what the dough yields
A kitchen in Ranipokhari cooking Nepali and Tibetan food the way it is cooked at home. Dough rolled by hand each morning, chilli hot enough to be interesting.
Ranipokhari, Kathmandu
Okhar
A kitchen in Ranipokhari cooking Nepali and Tibetan food the way it is cooked at home. Dough rolled by hand each morning, chilli hot enough to be interesting.
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Worth a first try
Full menuSteamed Chicken Momo
Rs 320Hand-folded, steamed to order. Eleven pieces, served with achar.
Fried Chicken Momo
Rs 350Crisp-fried dumplings with a peppery finish.
Veg Thukpa
Rs 420A clear broth carrying julienned vegetables and handmade noodles.
Mixed Chowmein
Rs 460Chicken and prawn, with a smoky char.
Okhar Special Biryani
Rs 720Sealed-pot biryani, slow cooked and finished with fried onion.
Mango Lassi
Rs 280Alphonso pulp and thick yoghurt, served cold.
Rolled each morning
The dough is made before the kitchen opens and gone by noon.
Small batches
We cook what we can sell in a sitting rather than holding it.
Chilli with intent
Sourced in the hills east of the valley, dried in the sun.
From the kitchen
All storiesA note on portion
Our momo come eleven to a plate because that is what the dough yields, not because it rounds to a marketing number. If you finish the plate, order a s…
Sourcing our chilli
The chilli in Okhar's achar comes from farms in the hills east of the valley, bought green and dried in the sun. We buy the whole lot each season rath…
Our Story
Okhar began at a single stove in Pulchowk, with a grandmother's recipe for juniper-and-ginger dough and a rule we have never broken: nothing is served…