Chicken Momos Recipe | How to Make Chicken Momos | Momos Recipes

Momo is a type of steamed dumpling with some form of filling. Momo has become a traditional delicacy in Nepal, Tibet and among Nepalese/Tibetan communities in Bhutan, as well as people of Ladakh, Northeast India and Darjeeling regions of India. 

Chicken Momos Recipe | How to Make Chicken Momos | Momos Recipes

Ingredients: 

For dough -

• Flour (refined) : 120 gram

• Baking powder : ¼ teaspoon

• Salt water (for kneading) : ½ teaspoon

For chicken filling - 

• Chicken (minced) : 1 cup

• Onion (finely chopped) : ½ cup

• Black pepper powder : ¼ teaspoon

• Garlic paste : ½ teaspoon

• Soya sauce : ½ teaspoon

• Vinegar : ¼ teaspoon

• Oil : 1 tablespoon

• Salt : as per taste

For vegetable filling - 

• Cabbage and carrot (grated) : 1 cup

• Onion (finely chopped) : 2 tablespoons

• Garlic (finely chopped) : ½ teaspoon

• Soya sauce : ½ teaspoon

• Cornflour : 1 tablespoon

• Vinegar : ¼ teaspoon

• Oil : 1 tablespoon

• Pepper : as per taste

• Salt : as per taste

For chilli sauce -

• Whole red chili : 6 gram

• Garlic (peeled) : 25 gram

• Vinegar : 3 tablespoons

• Oil : 1 tablespoon

• Sugar : as per taste 

• Salt : as per taste 

Instructions: 

For chilli sauce - 

1. Cut the red chillies and soak them in water for about two hours. 

2. Cut up into small pieces and soak in the vinegar for one to two hours. 

3. Put all the ingredients in a mixie and grind to a smooth paste.

For momo -

1. In a bowl, mix all the ingredients of the chicken or vegetable filling, according to your choice. Keep aside.

2. Knead the refined flour, baking powder and salt together into firm dough. Cover and keep aside for 30 minutes.

3. Roll the dough into very thin 4-5 inch rounds.

4. Take each round piece and place some filling in the center.

5. Bring the edges together and twist to seal it.

6. Steam in a steamer for about 10 minutes.

7. Serve hot with chilli sauce.