Chicken and Veg Momos with Homemade Chutney

Chicken and veg Momos with homemade chutney

Momo reminds me of North Bengal,Sikkim,Gangtok,Darjeeling,Kurseong and ofcouse how can I forget Lachung in Sikkim
where I ate the most delicious vegetable momos fresh,healthy and super yummy.Tried out those momos in my kitchen and it turned out so good.My family members enjoys and had so many momos without any guilt as they  were not a deep fried food.Don't worry about the shape,practice will make you perfect.These are chicken momos but you can make with veg momos too the same way.Any kind of steamer will work if you have a momo steamer.

  Ingredients needed to make the filling.
Chicken keema or finely chopped keema-200 gm
Onion chopped finely-1
Garlic chopped finely-10 cloves
Cabbage chopped finely-1/4(small cabbage)
spring onions chopped finely- 2 tbsp
vinegar-1 tbsp
soya sauce dark-1 tbsp
Ginger chopped- optional
salt to taste
little chicken fat or oil

Method to prepare the filling
1 Wash the keema well and drain off the water properly.Then mix all the ingredients including 1/2 to oil or fat and keep it aside.

2 Make a dough with 2 cups of flour,salt and water.The dough should be tight.Cover and keep it aside for 15 min before rolling.

3 Make very small balls,roll it thin and in the middle put small spoonfull of the keema mixture,shape it like a momo and keep it aside.Any shape you can make.You can make small momos or medium size momos.

4.Put water in the base of the momo maker.Bring it to boil,reduce the heat and place the steamer on top,grease it with white oil and add the momos inside the steamer.Cover with the lid and let it steam for 15 to 20 min.
Momo is ready to be served.

 Meanwhile make the chutney
1 First boil 4 tomatoes and 6 red whole red chillies together in water.Once the tomatoes turn soft and water has reduced or dried,cool it down and make a thick paste.
2 Take a pan and add little white oil and add chopped garlic 1tp,Chopped ginger 1tp,1 chopped onion.Saute it nicely and then add the chilli and tomato paste.Add salt to taste and 1/2 tp vinegar and saute till it leaves oil.Chutney is ready.
It is perfect match with the hot steamed momos.You can preserve the chutney for 7 days in the fridge.

For veg Momo Filling
Shred cabbage.Add chopped onions,ginger,garlic,salt,soya sauce,vinegar,little oil,mix it well and keep it aside.
Follow the same process.

Note-For pure veg people you can omit garlic and onion and add little more ginger to enhance the taste.