Nepali Steamed Chicken Momo with Dipping Sauce

Nepali Steamed Chicken Momo with Dipping Sauce

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These Chicken Momos are dumplings  filled with minced chicken Garlic ,Onion ,Dry Ginger powder Cilantro and other aromatics from homemade momo masala or spice mix.A recipe for spicy hot dipping sauce  perfectly compliments these momos.


Preparation Time - 20-25 min
Cooking Time - around 20 min

Ingredients for momo dough

1. 2 cups all purpose flour or maida.
2. Approximately 1 cup hot water ( may need little more or less ).(Sometimes I needed less water to bring the dough together so add water little by little while kneading and NOT all at one time )
3. 1/4 teaspoon of salt or to taste.
4. 1 teaspoon oil.

Ingredients for momo stuffing

1. Approximate 2 cups minced chicken( around 300 gm )
2. 1/3 cup minced onion
3. 1 teaspoon minced garlic
4. 1 teaspoon minced ginger
5. 1 teaspoon minced fresh red chilly/ green chilly
6. 2 - 3 twigs of minced spring onions
7. Around 1/3 rd cup minced cilantro or coriander leaves.
8. Homemade Momo masala or spice mix (3 teaspoon ) you can but ready made.
9. Salt 1/2 teaspoon or as per your taste.

Ingredients for momo sauce

1. 1 large Tomato.
2. 3-4 dry chilly use more as per your heat tolerance
3. 1 garlic clove.
4. 1 teaspoon white vinegar.
5. Salt very little as per your taste

Preparation:-

1. Prepare the momo masala/spice mix if you are making homemade or else buy ready made.
My Homemade momo masala or spice mix link is given below:_

Homemade Momo Masala or Spice Mix

2. Mince all the vegetables ( onion,garlic,ginger,fresh red chilly,spring onions,cilantro )
3. Marinate and mix the chicken with all the ingredients mentioned under momo stuffing EXCEPT salt and keep it in the fridge/refrigerator( NOT FREEZER ).( NOTE - I added salt just before I began to make the momos because I feel if I added it before then water may ooze out of the minced chicken ).
4. Boil water to make the momo dough.

Cooking :-

STEP 1 (MAKING THE MOMO DOUGH )

1. Take a bowl and add the maida or all purpose flour along with the salt and oil and mix .
2. Next make a hole in the centre and slowly add the hot water and with a spoon or ladle mix in the flour.(NOTE - DO NOT add all the water at one time.Add little and mix with spoon then again add little by little.USE CAUTION as the dough will be very hot to touch.Let it cool down a bit and then start kneading with CAUTION.You may need little more or less water depending on the flour. Do not add all the water at a time or else dough will be sticky and watery and very difficult to handle).
3. Knead it to a smooth dough.( NOTE as you added hot water the dough will be quite sticky ,knead it and if required add little maida to bring the dough together )
4. Cover and  keep aside.

STEP 2 ( MAKING THE MOMO DIPPING SAUCE )

1. Take a sauce pan and boil water. Add little water in a bowl and soak the dry red chillies into the hot water to make it soft and easier to grind to  a smooth paste. (NOTE - remove the seeds  of the red chillies before soaking,its recommended to soak for 1-2 hours but I was short on time and soaked for 30 min).
( This step you can do before so as to quicken the process).

2. Chop the Tomato into quarter and boil it until the skin loosens.

3. Let the tomato cool down and the grind everything  to a smooth paste ( garlic + soaked red chillies + boiled tomato ). DO NOT use the water of soaked red chillies or sauce may become very spicy.

4. Next just mix the white vinegar and little salt and the dipping sauce is ready.

STEP 3 ( STUFFING THE MOMO AND STEAMING )

1. Take out the stuffing from the refrigerator and add salt as per your taste and mix uniformly and keep aside.

2. Make small balls out of the momo dough ( I made around 15-16  momo )

3. take a ball slightly flatten it with your palm and then roll it like you make a poori or luchi with the rolling pin. ( generally the sides should be little thinner than the centre for perfect momos ).( see the pictures )

4. Put little stuffing in the middle and the fold  as per your choice of folding.( I used the one side fold method and few triangle folds ).( See pictures )

5. In One side fold after putting the stuffing in the centre of the circular rolled out dough make a semi circle orientation. then press one end and then start folding one end and sticking it to the other til the other end is reached and then simply press the last end.

6. Steam the momo in a momo steamer ( I do not have  amomo steamer so i used my Idli steamer to make the momo ).

7. It will take approximately 20 mins to cook the momo. You will see the momo colour changed to slightly glossy once cooked .

8. Serve the momo hot with the dipping sauce and a light soup ( optional ) and enjoy:).


Pictures:-


                                          FOR DIPPING SAUCE

FOR MOMO