Veg Momos I Veg Dumpligs

Ingredients

• All purpose flour - 2 cups
• Oil - 1 tsp
• Salt to taste
• Water - luke warm to knead the flour

For vegetable filling:

• Cabbage - 1 cup, packed, finely chopped
• Carrot - 3/4 cup, finely chopped
• Onion - 1, medium size, finely chopped
• Green chilies - 1-2, finely minced
• Garlic - 2 clove, finely minced
• Ginger - 1/2", finely minced
• Soy sauce - 1 tsp
• Black pepper powder - 1/4 tsp
• Salt to taste

Method

• To make momos dough, place the flour, oil and salt in a bowl. Mix well and slowly add warm water to make a smooth and soft dough. Cover with a lid and set aside.
• To make the vegetable filling, heat oil in a wide pan and add the garlic. Saute for a min, add the chopped green chilies and ginger and mix well. Add the chopped onions and saute for 2-3 mins till they turn translucent.
• Add the chopped carrot and cook for 3-4 mins on medium heat. Add the chopped cabbage and cook for at least 8-10 mins.
• Add soy sauce, black pepper powder and mix well. Turn off the heat and allow to come to room temperature. Just before placing the filling on the rolled out circle, add salt and mix.
• To make momos, knead the dough again for 2-3 mins and pinch out small lemon sized balls of the dough and dust with flour. Roll out each ball into a 3" or 4" diameter circle. It should be too thin in thickness.
• Place a tablespoon of the prepared vegetable filling in the center of each rolled out circle. Do not overstuff as it will be difficult to form a neat pouch shape.
• Beginning at one end of the flat circle, gather the edge to form pleats working your way around the circle. Bring the pleats together to form a pouch-like dumpling and seal the top.
• Fill and shape all the rolled out circles into pouch-like dumplings. Cover them with a damp cloth to avoid drying out. You can make it with any shape you like.
• Grease an aluminum or stainless steel steamer and place the shaped dumplings leaving a little space between each of them. Fill a vessel or pot that is large enough to place the steamer with 3" to 4" of water and bring water to a boil. Ensure that the bottom of the steamer does not touch the water.
• Once the water coming to a rolling boil, place the steamer in the vessel and cover with lid. Steam on high heat for 10 mins. The momos are done when a shiny sheen appears over them.
• These veg momos serve with red chutney usually shezwan chutney .

Note:

You can add your variation in stuffing...soya chunks also go well with veg momos or you can make paneer momos by adding paneer(replacing carrot and cabbage) in it.