Veg Momo

Ingredientsfor 4 servings

• Cabbage : 2 cups — finely chopped
• Carrot finely chopped : 1 cup
• 5 Springs Spring onions : 4 green part and white part separately chopped finely
• 6 Cloves Garlic finely chopped : 5 or 1.5 tsp — finely chopped
• Ginger : 1/4 tsp — finely chopped
• Black pepper : 1/2 tsp
• 3 tsp White oil : 2
• Salt, to taste
• Maida : 2 cup
• Soy sauce : 1 tsp
• Vinegar : 1/2 tsp
• Water, as needed

Preparation

1. Step 1

   First take “maida”, add water (around 1.5 cup water is needed, keep adding water in small amount to prevent it becoming liquid, do not add all at once).

2. Step 2

   Mix it with water and kneed to form a soft dough like chappatthi dough.Leave this covered with wet cotton cloth for 1 hour.

3. Step 3

   On a high flame heat the pan. Add 2 - 3 tea spoon white oil to it.

4. Step 4

   Now first add chopped garlic, then spring onion white, then ginger (all chopped), cook for half minute then add carrot and keep mixing.

5. Step 5

   Add cabbage,salt, black pepper and green spring onion fry on high heat for 2 minutes.Mix with soy sauce and vinegar.

6. Step 6

   Now remove the pan from flame.

7. Step 7

   The vegetables are only partially cooked.

8. Step 8

   Cut small balls(golf ball size) from the dough and roll it to make “poori” of 3 inch diameter.

9. Step 9

   Keep 1-1.5 tsp filling in the middle of “poori” and fold it in the shape of pouch.

10. Step 10

    You can steam momos in a steamer for about 5 minutes.

11. Step 11

    If you do not have steamer at home, here I am showing you how you can cook it.

12. Step 12

    Get one cooking pot with lid, fill it half with water now keep this over the flame, put one metal roasting rack over it.

13. Step 13

    Now put one clean cotton cloth over this when steam starts to form.

14. Step 14

    Keep the momos over it and cover with a lid completely and let it cook in the steam for 10 minutes.

15. Step 15

    Cooked momos look shiny and little transparent.

16. Step 16

    Now serve with tomato chilly sauce. You can make it at home also or use a packaged one, as you wish.

17. Step 17

    Cup used here is tea cup, capacity approx of 200 ml or less.