Homemade veg momos

Hello friends! This is a guest post by my friend – Bindu Balakrishna, who’s a mom, super talented women, crafter, zen tangler, jewellery maker <links to her fb pages, click to check it out!>… She has shared one of her family favourite recipe with all of us – veg momos!

Ingredients:

for veg momos outer cover:

• 1 C unbleached all purpose flour / wheat maida
• ½ teaspoon oil
• ¼ teaspoon salt or as required
• Water 💦 for kneading

for veg momos stuffing:

• 1½ C finely chopped vegetables (I’ve added ½ cup chopped cabbage, ½ cup chopped carrots, ¼ cup chopped french beans and ¼ cup chopped capsicum)
• 2 spring onions finely chopped
• 3 to 4 garlic pods finely chopped
• 1 tsp soy sauce
•  ½ to 1 tsp black pepper powder
• 1 tbsp oil
• salt as required

How to make???

Veg momos outer cover:

• Take the all purpose flour (maida), salt and oil in a bowl and mix it.

• Add water in parts and knead to a firm dough. Cover the dough and keep aside for 30 minutes.

Veg momos stuffing:

• Finely chop all the vegetables. You can also use a food processor to chop the vegetables.
• In a thick bottomed pan heat oil, add garlic & saute for 2-3 seconds.

• Add onions and saute for 10-15 seconds & add all the finely chopped vegetables.

• Increase the flame and stir fry the vegetables on a medium to high flame.

• Saute or stir fry for 2 to 3 minutes. then add soy sauce, salt and pepper.

• Continue to stir fry on a medium to high flame for 2 to 3 minutes more.
• Switch off the flame and add 1 to 2 tbsp of the spring onions greens. mix well.
• Check the taste and add more salt, pepper or soy sauce, if required.

Shaping the veg momos:

• Divide the dough in two parts. make a 6-7 inch log from each part. cut the log into equal slices.
• Make ball of each slice and keep them covered with a moist napkin.
• Take each dough ball and on a lightly dusted board, roll each dough ball into a thin circle of about 2-3 inch diameter.

• Try to get the edges to be thin and the center to be thick.
• Place 1 or 2 tsp of vegetable stuffing in the center.
• Lift one side of the edge and start pleating.

• Start folding and forming the pleats one by one. towards the end, join the pleats in the center.

• Prepare all momos this way and keep them covered under a moist napkin. till you are ready to steam them.

Steaming veg momos:

• Heat water in a steamer or in a electric cooker or in a pressure cooker. let the water come to a boil.
• In a greased steamer pan or in idli moulds, place the momos keeping space between them so that they don’t touch each other.
• Steam momos for 5-6 minutes.

• The steaming time may vary upon the thickness of momos outer layer.
• 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, garnish veg momos with spring onion greens.
• Serve vegetable momos with a spicy sauce like tomato-chili sauce or red chilli garlic chutney. Momos go very well with a spicy sauce.

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