Steamed Chicken momo (Tibetan Dumplings)

Name: How to cook Steamed Chicken momo (Tibetan Dumplings) - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 50 momos
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Jibita Khanna

Steamed Chicken momo (Tibetan Dumplings)

Momo has always been our special food and used to be cooked on special occasions and celebration and especially on the Tibetan New Year called "Losar". Steaming time of momos is 30 minutes ,some prefer to steam for 20 minutes but I find it undercooked in 20 minutes and the maida wrap is quite chewy. So apart from steaming time it requires preparation time of about an hour or so and time for stuffing and making of momos. In Tibetan style Momo the stuffing is generally not precooked be it veg or non veg, in Nepali style Momo the stuffing is precooked and the seasoning is a bit different. In order to make chicken momo juicy I have added butter to the stuffing. There is no need to add chillies, garlic etc to the stuffing as that is balanced by the spicy garlic tomato chutney. I don't add MSG instead I add soya sauce to the stuffing mix. #GA4 #week8 #steamed

Ingredient

Food ration :

50 momos

Cooking time :

30mins steaming

550 gms

chicken mince

500 gms

(gross weight) onion finely chopped

as needed

Little spring onion(optional)

3 tbsps

Ginger paste

80 gms

Room temperature butter (optional)

3 tbsps

soya sauce

as per taste

Salt

450 gms

maida/ All-purpose flour

3/4

cup-

1 cup

water (room temperature)

as needed

Enough water to steam in the steamer bottom vessel

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Mince the meat, peel and chop the onion, peel and grind the ginger. Put everything in the bowl and mix.

* Step 2

Once mixed, add the salt as per taste. Cover and let it rest for at least half an hour in the fridge.

* Step 3

Shift the flour, knead it into tight dough so that no extra flour is needed to roll it. Cover and let it rest for at least 20 mins or so.

* Step 4

Now take small dough pieces and roll it like a Puri keeping the edges thin and keep the stuffing in the centre and fold it and press the edges to seal the momo/ dumpling.

* Step 5

Arrange and keep it in a greased /oiled momo steamer and steam it for 30 minutes. Serve hot with soup and Garlic Tomato chutney, Chilli oil dip/ sauce and soya sauce.