Very popular street food east of Asia. Its a steamed dumpling made with flour and stuffed with filling of your choice and served with hot sauce. Delicious light anytime snack.
Difficulty- Medium
Preparation Time- 30 min
Cooking Time- 4 min
Serves- 4 ( 20 dumplings)
Ingredients For Momos Wrap
Plain Flour – 1.5 cup flour
Salt – 1/2 tsp
Oil – 2 tsp
Water (hot) – 1/4 cup or more if needed
Method:
I a bowl mix flour,salt ,oil and mix well.
Add water in parts and knead in to a soft dough. Apply little oil on top of dough and rest it for 30 min
Ingredients For Filling
Oil – 2 tsp
Cabbage (Shredded) – 3/4 cup
Carrot (shredded) – 1/2 cup
Springs Onions – 1/4 cup
Bell Pepper – 1/4 cup
Garlic – 1 tsp
Black Pepper- 1/4 tsp
Soy Sauce – 1 tsp (or as per taste)
salt as required
Method :
In a wide pan add oil ,once hot add garlic and stir fry for few seconds , to this add all the shredded vegetables .
Increase the flame and cook on high heat for a minute . Add soy sauce , black pepper, salt and cook further for 2 mins ,switch off the flame and add spring onion .
Folding Momos
Take a small ball size dough and roll it in circle ( 3 inch wide). Place 1 or 2 tsp of stuffing in the center.
For moon shape lift one side of the edge and start pleating,keep pleating one by one and join them in the middle .
Prepare all momos and cover under a damp cloth till you are ready to steam
Steaming Momos
To steam momos you can use pressure cooker (without whistle) ,bamboo steamer,idly stand . Fill water to the bottom of steamer and boil . keep the flame to medium high
Grease you mould and place momos with some gap . Steam for 4-5 minutes.
Do not overcook , as the dough becomes dense and dry.The steaming time may vary upon the thickness of momos’ cover.
When you touch the momo then dough should not feel sticky to you. This means they are done and the momos will have a transparent look.
Once done, serve with hot sauce of your choice. Suggested sauces are chilli sauce, red chilli chutney, soy sauce.