18 June, 2021
Momos Recipe | How To Make Veg Momos
Momos, dim sum, wontons are different names of this savoury snack and originally this is a Tibetan recipe and a variety of savoury dumpling. This street food is very popular in Tibet, China, Nepal, Bhutan and northern parts of India.
Basically, all purpose flour is used to make the Momos dough but you can use the wheat flour also. This has a stuffing of finely chopped vegetables like carrots, green beans, spring onion, crumbled cottage cheese (paneer), crumbled tofu, mushrooms, meat, chicken and shrimp and spiced lightly to get a balanced taste. Momos can be steamed or deep fried and served with spicy dipping sauce.
How To Make Veg Momos At Home?
Making these cute little Momos at home is not a tough task but giving them a perfect shape is bit time consuming. It requires practice. If you want to make it healthy and easily digestible, you can replace the plain flour with wheat flour in this veg momos recipe and use the stuffing as per your choice.
Here I am explaining hot steamed veg momos recipe.
These veg momos can be made in 4 simple steps.
Step 1: Preparing the dough.
Step 2: Preparing the stuffing
Step 3: Shaping momos
Step 4: Steaming or deep frying
INGREDIENTS:
| FOR DOUGH | FOR STUFFING |
|---|---|
| 2 cup all purpose flour | 3 tsp Oil |
| ½ tsp Salt | 3 cloves Garlic (finely chopped) |
| ¾ cup Water for kneading | 1 stp Ginger (finely chopped) |
| 1 tsp Oil | 2 small spring onions (finely chopped) |
| 1 cup carrots (finely chopped) | |
| 2 chillies (finely chopped) | |
| 2 cup cabbage (shredded) | |
| ½ tsp Salt | |
| 2 tsp Oil | |
| ½ tsp Soy Sauce | |
| 1 tsp chilli sauce |
INSTRUCTIONS:
- In a bowl, add all purpose flour, salt and oil. Mix all ingredients and add little water at a time and start kneading and add more water as needed and knead it until a smooth pliable dough is obtained. Cover the dough with a damp towel and let it rest for 30 minutes.
- Heat 3 tsp oil in a pan over a medium flame and add finely chopped garlic, ginger and chillies to it. Saute for 30 seconds.
- Add spring onions and saute for a minute.
- Further add all the chopped veggies and stir fry them over medium to high flame for 3-4 minutes.
- Add chilli sauce, soy sauce and salt to the mixture and mix well. Let it cool down at room temperature. Stuffing mixture it ready.
- After 30 minutes, knead the dough again for few minutes and pinch out small balls from the dough. Dust with flour and start rolling these into 4 inch diameter circles. This has to be thick at centre and thin at edges.
- Place 2-3 tsp of prepared vegetable stuffing in the centre. Don’t overstuff it. Lift the edge from one side and fold it little inside and little outside alternatively. Join all the pleates in the centre and seal the top by pressing in middle to form a pouch.
- Prepare a steamer pot. Heat 1-2 glasses of water in a streamer over medium flame and place stand in it. Place momos over it and momos should not touch water in steamer.
- Let it steam for 10 minutes. Don’t overcook the momos. If don’t feel sticky while touching, it means properly cooked and these cute little momos are ready to serve.
Enjoy these hot steamed veg momos recipe with any spicy dipping sauce, mayonnaise, tomato sauce or fiery red schezwan sauce.