Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Veggie momo's


This is an interesting Tibetian dish. I am describing the veggie version of it.

Ingredients:

Wheat flour or all purpose flour for making dough
1 Green bell pepper
1 Red bell pepper
paneer cubes 1 small bowl
chopped cilantro
1 small bowl of refried beans
shredded cabbage, carrots
finely chopped green onions, green chilles
Tomato sauce

Utensils:
Mixing bowls, steamer and frying pan

Method:

1. Prepare dough using either wheat flour or all purpose flour and keep it aside.

2. chop, green and red bell pepper. Shred the paneer or tofu cubes. Mix them in a mixing bowl.
3. add chopped cilantro, shredded cabbage and carrot and mix well. Add some salt, garam masala little bit.
4. Now mix it with the mashed refried beans and check the consistency of salt. If required you can add it now.

5. Now start rolling small chappatis with thin edges and thick center. This is because we are going to add the stuffing and make it as a dumpling.
6. Put the veggie stuffing in the middle and grab the thin edges and start to twist to give a nice dumpling shape. Remove the top if needed to make it even.
7. Meanwhile put the steamer on the gas if using an idly or dhokla steaming vessel. Otherwise for the electric steamers like I have, you can put water and start the steamer.

8. Make sure to rub some oil on the steaming plate before putting the dumplings.
9. Steam the dumplings for about 10mins. Remove it from the steamer. You can have the dumplings as is with tomato sauce.
10. Or to make it more spicy. In the frying pan, add dumplings and few drops of oil. Turn them over. Now, add some tomato sauce, green chillies and green onions and remove them in a plate for serving.