STEAMED MOMES

Momoes  are Tibetan  dish with so many vegetables and with no oil simply steamed 

For filling =

1 cup of cabbage - washed and finely chopped

1 cup of  panner / tofu - gratted [ optional ]

1/4 cup of mushrooms - washed and finely chopped 

1 onion - peeled and washed and finely chopped

1/4 cup cilantro springs - washed and finely chopped 

1 tsp garlic - peeled and finely minced 
1 tsp fresh ginger - peeled and minced
1/4 tsp cumin powder 
1/4 tsp coriander powder
1/4 tsp white pepper
1/3 tsp turmeric
3 fresh red chillies - minced [ optional ]
salt as per taste 

Make the filling = 

• In a mixing bowl  add all ingredients of filling and mix well with hand so that all are mixed well .
• Refrigerate until use .

Ingredients for making  sauce = 

3 large tomatoes
1 bell pepper [ capsicum ]
3 green chillies
1 cup cilantro springs - washed and chopped
1 tsp garlic - peeled and minced 
1 tsp ginger - peeled and minced
1 tsp cumin powder
1 tsp coriander powder
1/2 tsp grouded black pepper 
salt to taste 

How to make  sauce = 

• In a frying pan roast the tomatoes , bell pepper and red chillies  by cutting them in half  until the skin blakens and splits .
• Place all the ingredients in a blender / miksee jar to ground them into smooth paste ,add some water if it is necessary .
• Refrigerate the sauce until the momos are ready to serve .

Ingredients to make dough = 

maida / all purpose flour - 1 glass 

salt - pinch 

oil - 1/2 tsp 

Make dough = 

• Pour all the flour on a big and clean plate , add salt and oil and mix well and make a pod and by adding water about required and mix well by hand and keeping adding water until you make the ball of dough that sticks to it self , but not to your hand .
• Kend the dough until the dough is smooth and cover it with a lid .

Preparation of momo = 

• Roll  the dough  on the floured  surface until it is { 3 mm } thick small piece of dough into your hands you  can now flatten into a circle using a rolling pin or chapathi press  like small poori .
•  Put  one round of pressed dough in your left hand , add tsp full of prepared filling in the center of the dough .
• With your right hand pinch a little bit of the dough , continue pinching around the the circle little by little basically , you will be pinching the whole edge of the circle into one spot .
• Continue folding and pinching all around the edge of  the circle ,you should seal the hole on the top of the momo.
• For steaming I used idly stand  , lightly oil the steamer plate / idly plate keep the prepared momos on the oiled plates .
• Boil water in a idly cooker .
• Place 3 plates but oil only one upper plates and place some momos  and steam for 10 mints , and serve the steamed momos  with the prepared sauce or  tomato chilli sauce. { why to keep 3 plates down means  under water should not come to momos so that we keep on upper plate }
• Repeat the same with the remaining prepared momos . 
• Serve hot yummy momos .