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Chicken Momo (Steamed)

Ingredients
For Dough
  • All Purpose Flour - 1 cup
  • Oil - 1 tbsp
  • Luke Warm Water - as required
  • Salt - as required
For Filling
  1. Chicken - 250 gms: (boneless)
  2. Onion - 1 no: (finely chopped)
  3. Green Chilli - 1 no: (finely chopped)
  4. Spring Onion - 2tbsp (finely chopped) 
  5. Ginger-Garlic Paste - 2tsp
  6. Carrot - 1 no: (finely chopped, optional) 
  7. Beans - 3-4 nos: (finely chopped, optional) 
  8. Cabbage - 1/5 portion (finely chopped, optional) 
  9. Soya Sauce - 1 tsp
  10. Tomato Sauce - 1tsp
  11. Chilli Sauce - 1 tsp
  12. Pepper Powder - 1 tsp
  13. Salt - as required
Preparation Method
  1. Mix together the ingredients for dough and make a soft dough; cover the dough with a damp cloth and keep aside for 20-30 mins:.
  2. Cook the chicken with pinch of salt, 1 tsp ginger-garlic paste and 1 tsp pepper powder.
  3. Strain the excess water from the chicken and allow it to cool down.
  4. Mince the chicken with the help of food processor or in the small jar of the mixer; transfer the minced chicken to a large mixing bowl.
  5. Add onion, gren chilli, spring onion, 1 tsp ginger-garlic paste, carrot, beans, cabbage, soya sauce, tomato sauce and chilli sauce.
  6. Mix well and check for salt. Add salt, if required.
  7. Roll the dough into thin but big roti.
  8. Cut equal sized small rotis with the help of cookie cutter or any other sharp edged bowl.
  9. Take 1 tsp of filling and put on the centre of the roti; fold it in a semi-circle and flatter the edges with fork. Make sure that all the edges are closed properly.
  10. Heat up a steamer, oil the steamer rack well. (This is critical because it will prevent dumplings from sticking.)
  11. Arrange uncooked momos in the steamer with some space left between them. Close the lid, and allow steaming until the momos are cooked thoroughly, about 10-15 min.
  12. Take the Chicken Momos off the steamer, and immediately serve with Red Chilli Sauce.

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