Veg Momos – one of the most popular snack recipes originated in Tibet. Momos are made with sauteed vegetables stuffed in a Potli shaped steamed dumplings. A simple & authentic recipe of Vegetable Momos you can easily prepare at home. “Momo” is the Tibetian name, the same dish is known as “Dim Sum” in China.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup All Purpose Flour (Maida)
• 1 cup grated Cabbage
• 1/2 cup grated Carrot
• 1/4th cup chopped Spring Onions
• 1 tbsp. grated Ginger
• 2 Green Chillies finely chopped
• 1/2 tsp. Garlic Powder
• 1/2 tsp. Black Pepper Powder
• 1 tbsp. Oil
• Salt to taste

Instructions:

• – Preparing the dough
• Take All Purpose Flour in a bowl, add Salt and water as required and make the medium soft dough.
• After preparing the dough, add 1 tsp Oil and knead again for 1 – 2 minutes.
• Cover with lid and let the dough rest for 15 minutes.
• – Preparing the stuffing
• Heat Oil in a pan over medium flame.
• Add Ginger & Green Chillies in hot oil, sauté for 30 seconds.
• Add Cabbage & Carrot, mix well and sauté for 1 minute.
• Switch off the gas and add Spring Onions, mix well and let it cool down to room temperature.
• After cooling the stuffing, add Black Pepper Powder, Garlic Powder and Salt.
• Mix well all the ingredients and keep aside.
• – Preparing Momos
• Make small size balls from the dough.
• Roll each dough into a thin circle of about 3 to 4 inch.
• Add stuffing at the centre, cover from all the sides and seal to make Momo.
• Lift the edge from one side and start pleating, join the pleats in the centre (check the video below for instructions).
• You can also make Momos in different shapes.
• Prepare all the  Momos from remaining dough in the same way.
• Heat 2 cup water in a steamer, pressure cooker or Kadhai, I have steamed Momos in a Kadhai.
• Place the momos on a greased plate, keeping space between them.
• Place a stand in kadhai to keep distance between water level and plate.
• Cover with lid and steam on high flame for 10 to 12 minutes.
• Time of cooking Momos varies from the kind of pan/cooker or intensity of the flame.
• Once steamed, remove from Cooker/kadhai and place momos on a serving plate.
• Serve Hot Veg Momos with momos chutney or Schezwan Sauce.

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Watch Veg Momos (Dim Sum) Recipe video in Hindi