Momo (Nepal)^★

• Preparation

• 1/4 cabbage (finely chopped)
• 3 red onions (finely diced)
• 1 handful of green onions (diced)
• 1 handful of cilantro (finely chopped)
• 100 dumpling wrappers (2 packs of 50)
• 1.5 sticks of unsalted butter (melted with microwave)
• 3 cloves of garlic (minced)
• 3 inches ginger (minced)
• 2.5 tbsp salt
• 4 tbsp meat masala
• 4 tbsp coriander powder
• 3 lbs ground meat (chicken)
• 1/4 cup olive oil

In a large bowl, vigorously mix the meat, garlic, ginger, masala, coriander, salt, melted butter, cilantro, green onions, olive oil, and onions until it has a consistent texture. Use gloves if necessary.

It’s time to wrap the momo! For each momo, put a spoonful of just-mixed filling into a dumpling wrap, and dip the fingers into a bowl of water to close the wrap. Make sure that the table has a small coat of flour to prevent sticking. Watch the video below of how to wrap momo! Place each wrapped momo into a nonstick plate.

• Steaming

• Steamer pot
• Water

Fill the bottom layer of the pot with water. Heat to a boil.

Steam the Momo in the pot for 15-20 minutes. Place in the pot as the following picture.

Serve with achaar.

• Achaar Sauce

• 1 deep non-stick pan
• 5 tomatoes
• 1 handful serrano pepper
• 1 small handful chopped cilantro
• 1/4 cup canola oil
• 1 tsp turmeric
• 2 tsp fenugreek seeds
• 2 tbsp salt

Wash tomatoes and cut into smaller pieces (four pieces each)

Cut the serrano peppers in halves or slit the top.

Heat a deep pan with canola oil. Once heated, add fenugreek seeds and turmeric powder. Splash water to prevent sticking (it will go boom pop!).

Add tomatoes while preventing overlap to allow even cooking.

After cooking for 2 minutes, add serrano pepper to the pan.

Cook for 3 minutes, add salt to the mix.

Cook for 20 min or until consistency becomes like a sauce.

• More Content!

Here are some more pictures throughout the process of cooking the Momo. It was fun as I hadn’t wrapped dumplings in maybe 10 years. It was pretty spicy, but manageable, and was very delicious!! I would definitely make this again but maybe try pork or ground beef. I also want to try pan-frying momo or making soup-filled momo.