Baji

For the plant with this common name, see Yucca filifera. Not to be confused with Bhaji. Típico chiura newarí picante.

The baji is a type of broken rice consumed in Nepal.

This is a common snack between farmers and workers in rural Nepal. It is made by soaking the raw rice and then breaking it with a wooden mallet. The dish can be served with yogurt, curry and meat. Often accompanied with tea as an appetizer mid-morning in the field.

However, despite its modest origins, chiura plays an important role in the traditional Nepalese nuptial ceremony, since it is often included in the dowry of the bride. After the initial nuptial ceremony, the families escort the bride back to the groom's house. During this procession the ceremony of broken rice is celebrated. The bride and groom sit next to each other, and the bride is given the rice. Then the groom formally asks the bride to give him the shit. He does it twice more, each using a lower form of 'you'. This ceremony reiterates the fact that the social status of women has fallen much lower than the original.

Types Consumption

Usually eaten during the day with lentils or other vegetables in soup. It is the main food served at Newark celebrations.

According to the strict Hindu rules, baji can be consumed freely in the company of any "clean" caste, while eating boiled rice (bhat) next to an inferior caste is ritually polluting.

The liquefied baji is also used in Chinese folk medicine as an aphrodisiac. Bibliography

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