How to prepare Vegetable Momos -Nepal snack dish

Here's a popular Nepali snack, that's probably been the staple diet every college goer in Delhi University (or good old DU!), particularly in the North Campus.

For a long, long time, I was afraid to try momos, as getting that pretty crimped ghujiya like pattern looks like painstaking work. However, I discovered, it's just as good without the pattern, in the taste department, if not in looks, so like me, if that's been holding you back, give it a go!





Ingredients :

• Wheat flour – 1/2 cup
• Maida – 1/2 cup
• Salt & water – as required.

For stuffing :

• Carrot – 2 nos (Finely chopped )
• Cabbage – 1 cup ( finely shredded / chopped )
• Big onion – 2 nos (-d0-)
• Garlic – 5-8 flakes (-do-)
• Green chilly – 1-2 nos (slit cut ) (replace with chilly sauce if u r a spice lover)
• Soya sauce – 1 tsp
• Ajinomoto – 2 pinches (optional)
• Salt – As required
• Oil – 2 tbsp

Method :

• Mix Maida , wheat flour  along with salt & water to make a soft pliable dough.Keep it aside.
• Take a wide mouthed kadai with 2tbsp of oil and add the onions & garlic pieces.Saute for sometime.Then add the green chilly , followed by vegetables.
• Saute well.Cover & cook for sometime.Add salt , soya sauce and Ajinomoto (optional ).Toss it well and switch off the flame.
• Now take the dough and make small balls of even size.
• Roll it to make a thin small poori of 4-5 inches. Remove the green chilly from the stuffing before u fill.
• Then take a tsp of stuffing and keep it in the center of the poori.
• Bring all the corners together and make a twist to get the shape of momos.I hope the picture gives u the clear idea.
• Steam it in a idly pot for 10-15 mins or deep fry it !!

Serve hot with tomato sauce or Garlic chutney

GARLIC CHUTNEY/MOMO SAUCE :

• 2/3 Tomatoes
• Garlic flakes – 10 nos
• Red chilly – 4 nos ( i added only 2)
• cumin seeds- 1/2 tea spoon
• Fenugreek (Methi Dana)-1/2 small tea spoon
• turmeric powder-1/2 tea spoon
• Asafoetida-hing-2 pinch
• Vinegar –1- 2 tsp( based on the no of red chillies used)
• Salt & water – as required.
• oil- 1 table spoon

Method:

• Grind all the ingredients given above with little water.(since the quantity is very less, i used little water to grind)
• Fry for 3-5 minutes in a kadai

Note- If you love garlic then instead of hing you can put garlic

Transfer to a serving bowl and Enjoy with Momos.

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