Chicken and Veg Momos with Special Chutney

This was the first time that I have tried making MOMOs at home. As we just love relishing these momos at restaurants I thought why not try at home . I had invited few of my hubby’s friends for dinner so I thought why not surprise them with mouthwatering MOMO’s. I just love to make them the way I love to eat them.

 

Let’s start with the Ingredients ( makes 10-12)

For the outer covering:

Maida    :3/4 cup

Water    :As needed

Salt        : ¾ tea spoon

Oil         : 2 tsp

Baking Powder: ¾ tea spoon

 

For Stuffing

Veg Stuffing:

Paneer: 1 cup

Cabbage: 1 cup(finely grated)

Carrot: 1 cup( finely grated)

Spring Onions: 3 pcs

Ginger: 1 tsp

Garlic: 1 tsp

Soya Sauce : 2 tsp

Salt  : to taste

 

Chicken Stuffing:

Chicken Breasts: 250 gms

Spring Onion: 2-3 pcs

Ginger : 1 tsp

Garlic: 1 tsp

Soya Sauce: 2 tsp

Salt  : to taste

 Method:

1.     Mix flour, salt ,baking powder and oil in a bowl and add water to make a smooth pliable dough. Just like our poori dough. Keep aside covered to rest.

2.    For Veg stuffing. Finely chop all the vegetables along with ginger and garlic. Add paneer and mix all other ingredients in a bowl. Season it with Salt

3.    For Chicken Stuffing: Blend ginger garlic and green chillies and chicken to semi paste. Add finely chopped spring onion and soya sauce to the mixture. Mix well and season it with salt.

4.    Roll the dough into a big disc and used a big lid to cut into smaller discs. Keep some stuffing we prepared in the middle. For Veg fold the edges as we do it for Modak and for chicken as we do for karangi. It’s so simple. We have been making these stuff every year for Diwali. Now we are doing it with a twist.

5.    Steam it in a steamer spaced properly, for 5-10 minutes.

6.    Serve hot with the chutney
 

For Chutney

Ingredients

Celery: 2-3 leaves

Onion: 1 small size

Dry chilies: 2-4 (more for extra spice)

Ginger : 1 piece

Garlic: 3-4 cloves

Lemon Juice:  1 lemon

Oil: 2 tsp

Salt : to taste

 Method

Heat oil in the pan. Saute Onions ginger and garlic for about 2- 3 minutes. Add dry chilies and sauté further. Add celery and cook for another 2 mins.  Remove the mixture from the flame and allow it to cool down. Blend the mixture into coarse paste and add salt and  lemon juice. Serve with steaming momos

For steaming you can also use pressure cooker. The very similar way as you use for making doklas. And always serve hot. The best way to steam is by using Steamer and  steam the momos again and again before serving. It will be really soft and white in colour whenever you steam.

Please try this at home and provide me your feedback and suggestions