Vegetable Momos With Wheat Flour
Vegetable momos - is a steamed dumpling made with wheat flour sheets filled with a mixture of cabbage, onion, carrot and green capsicum. A healthy, low-fat snack recipe that is served with a spicy red chilli sauce called momo' chutney.
Ingredients
Momo chutney
- 2 Tomato
- 3-4 garlic clove
- 2 red chilli whole
- ½ onion
- ¼ cup water
- 1 tsp oil
- 1 tsp sugar
- ⅓ tsp salt
- 1 tbsp soya sauce
- 1 tbsp tomato sauce
- 1 tsp vinegar
Momo filling
- 2 tsp oil
- 2 green chilli
- 1 tsp garlic ginger paste
- 1 medium size onion
- ½ cup shimla mirch finely chopped
- ½ cup carrots grated finely chopped
- 3 cup cabbage finely chopped
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp momo sauce
For dough
- 150 gm whole wheat flour
- 25 gm all purpose flour
- ½ tsp salt
- Water to knead the dough
Instructions
For making momo’s chutney
- Mark cuts on the tomatoes and place them in a bowl filled with ¼ cup of water. Add onion pieces, garlic and whole red chillies. Microwave them for 2-3 minutes on high flame.
- Let it cool and then remove the skin of the tomatoes.
- Now transfer all the ingredients to a grinder jar. Grind it to make a fine paste. Strain it and keep it aside.
- Heat 1 tsp oil in a pan. Add the strained mixture, salt, sugar, soya sauce and vinegar to it. Cook it till it becomes slightly thick in consistency. Keep it aside.
Making fillings of momos
- Heat oil in a pan. Add finely chopped ginger, garlic, and green chillies paste. Sauté it for few seconds till the raw smell is gone.
- Add chopped onion and sauté it for 2-3 minutes till it becomes translucent. Now add shredded cabbage, finely chopped green capsicum and grated carrots to it. Cook it for 1-2 minutes till it becomes slightly dry.
- Then add salt and 1 tbsp momos sauce in it and cook further till it water completely dry but still moist. Let it cool completely.
Making of dough
- Take whole wheat flour, all-purpose flour and salt in a bowl and add water to make a medium soft dough. Cover it and keep it aside for 5 minutes.
- After 5 minutes, knead the dough for 1-2 minutes till it becomes smooth. Now make very small size balls out of it.
- Take a ball and roll it into a 3-4 inch circle. Add 2 tsp filling at the centre and close the ends to bring the corner towards the centre. Repeat the process and make all the momos.
- Get the steamer ready.
- Arrange the momos on a greased plate and place them in the hot steamer. Steam them for about 12-13 minutes and then check.
- Touch the momos if they feel non-sticky means they are done. Transfer them to a plate and let them a cool little bit.
- Repeat the process with the rest of the momos and get steamed all the momos. Serve them warm with momos chutney.
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Notes
- Momos filling should be dry but moist in texture. That helps in filling momos nicely without any leakage or breaking of momo covering.
- Dough should be little tighter than the chapatti dough. Knead the dough nicely before making momos sheet.
- You can add filling according to your choice.