Momo is one of the most loved snacks, well for many of us. It is basically a South Asian dumpling that has its ancestral native in Sikkim, Bhutan, Nepal and Tibet. The close relatives of momos are buuz from Mongolia, jiaozi and baozi from China, mandu in Korea and gyoza in Japan. When looking back in history, momos are believed to actually originate from Tibet and gradually spreads across its neighbors.
Minced Chicken
Momos are one of my favorite evening snack items but I can eat momos any time of the day. I generally buy momos from the street vendors near my house and believe me they make such yummy momos. I have tried both veg and non-veg momos from those vendors. Now that I ate momos buying from outside, once the collective thought of me and my wife Manasi conversed – why can’t we try preparing one at home? As we thought of the idea we made ourselves ready for preparing momos at home the next day. Here is what I’m sharing with you all the recipe of it.
Ingredients
Minced chicken – 200 gms
Maida (refined flour) – 200 gms
Water
Ghee – 2 tsp
Black pepper (crushed) – 2 tsp
1 medium sized onion (chopped)
Garlic (chopped) – 8-9 pods
Half capsicum (chopped) (Optional)
Spring onion (chopped)
Fresh coriander leaves (chopped)
Lemon juice – 1 tsp
Salt – To taste
Oil
The Ingredients
Chicken Mixture
Method
Make dough with maida and water and cut them out in to small dough balls
Mix minced chicken, chopped onion, garlic, capsicum, spring onion and coriander leaves
Add 2 tps ghee and crushed black pepper and mix
Flatten the maida dough in small puris
Place one or one and half tsp of chicken mixture in the middle of the dough and close the dough by joining two ends to make the dumplings
You can give any shape as per your liking and convenience
Keep water in a steamer to pre-heat the same
Grease the steamer plate with oil and place the dumplings
Place the steamer plates with the dumplings into the pre-heated steamer
Steam the dumplings for 25 minutes in the steamer or till it becomes soft
Serve the hot momos with the dip made of tomato, red chili and garlic
The Shapes
The Momos with Dip
This was the first time that we prepared momos at home and it came out really well. I and Manasi liked the taste and enjoyed the home-made momos in the evening snacks. As we were successful in preparing the chicken momos we are planning for preparing its veg counterpart as well. Will post the same once we prepare it
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19 thoughts on “For the Love of Momo”
One recipe I’d try at home. 🙂 May need to use a veg option like cabbage or something like that. Thanks! 😀
Thanks for the comment. Yes you can use cabbage as the veg option. But if you like soya chunks that also can be used as the filling. That tastes good too 🙂
Thank you Ruchi for stopping by to my blog and also watching my video. Momos are my favorite too. I and my wife thought why just eat momos outside and not try at home. This recipe and the video are the results of that thought 🙂
Do let me know if you tried and how it came out 🙂
The word momos drools me.
It is yummy, very yummy
I am vegetarian and the vegetarian cabbage momos is my favourite
I make it whenever I feel like eating but recently saw some news that if affects on health so stopped trying the outside one
The word momos is drooling indeed 🙂
As you are a vegetarian you can try the soya chunks filling too. That also tastes good.
If you stopped having it outside then try preparing at home!! Am sure that will taste better 🙂
Thank you Tina. Momos are my favorite evening snack item. Instead of buying it every time from outside I and my wife thought of trying it at home. They came out well and thought of sharing with others.
I love Momos as evening snack, but have never made it at home fearing that dumpling wont be good enough. But this recipe is simple, will follow this. 🙂
Reading your comment took me to the memory lane. I also was in the same track as you. But I kept doing and gradually the shape of the dumplings got better… so there is no harm in trying 🙂
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One recipe I’d try at home. 🙂 May need to use a veg option like cabbage or something like that. Thanks! 😀
Thanks for the comment. Yes you can use cabbage as the veg option. But if you like soya chunks that also can be used as the filling. That tastes good too 🙂
Y I stopped here because MOMO’s are my family fav and your step by step video is amazing …thanks will make it soon and tell u how it turned out 🙂
Thank you Ruchi for stopping by to my blog and also watching my video. Momos are my favorite too. I and my wife thought why just eat momos outside and not try at home. This recipe and the video are the results of that thought 🙂
Do let me know if you tried and how it came out 🙂
You make this sound super easy! I love momos too and will try out this recipe once I have more time on hand . Thanks for sharing
Thank you Unishta 🙂
Am glad that you liked the post. Try it out. Am sure you’ll like it… And yes don’t forget to prepare that chutney 🙂
The word momos drools me.
It is yummy, very yummy
I am vegetarian and the vegetarian cabbage momos is my favourite
I make it whenever I feel like eating but recently saw some news that if affects on health so stopped trying the outside one
The word momos is drooling indeed 🙂
As you are a vegetarian you can try the soya chunks filling too. That also tastes good.
If you stopped having it outside then try preparing at home!! Am sure that will taste better 🙂
Calcutta is the home for some of the best momos that you can find in the country. Great Post
Yes… I absolutely agree and the clear soup that the vendors offer with the momos is like a complement to this awesome snack 🙂
The very thought of munching on momos makes me drool. This is amazing! Thanks a lot for sharing… I am hungry already.
Hahaha… Thank you for those words Agnivo… Am glad you liked the post. Try taking a look at the video too, which is embedded to my post 🙂
Who doesn’t love the good old momos! We love it at our house. This is a nice and easy recipe to follow.
Thank you Tina. Momos are my favorite evening snack item. Instead of buying it every time from outside I and my wife thought of trying it at home. They came out well and thought of sharing with others.
I love Momos as evening snack, but have never made it at home fearing that dumpling wont be good enough. But this recipe is simple, will follow this. 🙂
Reading your comment took me to the memory lane. I also was in the same track as you. But I kept doing and gradually the shape of the dumplings got better… so there is no harm in trying 🙂
What a nice and useful post author. Thank you.
Thank you for visiting my blog and I’m glad you liked the post.
Thank you for your comment. I’m glad you liked the post.