Chicken momos recipe is a momos recipe in which a delicious chicken stuffing is filled to make a chicken dumpling. Momo is a steamed filled dumpling and belongs to East and South Asian region. These dumplings with chicken filling are perfect to serve as an appetizer. These homemade dumplings can also be served as snacks or even for mains.
Momos are native of Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, Ladakh in North India, Sikkim, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh in North East India and Darjeeling in East India. Momo is similar to Chinese baozi, jiaozi, and mantou, Mongolian buuz, Japanese gyoza, Korean mandu and Turkic manti, but is influenced by Indian cuisine and made with Indian herbs and spices.
How is a momo prepared?
Momo outer covering is made with all purpose flour dough. The momo is stuffed with ground or minced meat filling. Nowadays, momos are made with ground meat, tofu, paneer, vegetables like carrots, cabbage, flat beans, eggs, prawns, etc. This vegetable momo is a must try recipe too.
Ingredients to make Nepali chicken momo:
- Flour: Simple flour like all purpose flour or maida can be used to make momos.
For momo stuffing:
- Chicken: Boneless chicken breast can be used in making the momo filling.
- Vegetables: Vegetables like onion, cabbage, carrot, capsicum, coriander leaves, beans and green chillies can be added for making the filling. In this recipe I have only added onion, but you are free to add finely chopped vegetables as listed.
- Ginger: Ginger paste can be added for making the filling.
- Garlic: Garlic paste, or minced garlic is also used to make delicious momo filling.
- Spices: Spices like black pepper powder and red chilli powder are used to add flavour to the momos.
- Sauce: Soy sauce is added to the make the momo filling.
How to make chicken momos at home?
- Boil chicken by adding pinch of salt and pepper in water. After cooling, remove the chicken pieces and shred into small pieces.
Chicken momo stuffing recipe:
- In a mixing bowl, add all-purpose flour, salt and oil. Add little water and knead into firm and smooth dough.
- In another mixing bowl, add shredded chicken pieces, finely chopped onion, ginger and garlic paste and spice powders and mix well. Add soy sauce and mix properly.
- Make small balls out of dough. Flatten the dough balls using a rolling pin into 4 to 5-inch rounds.
- Add prepared chicken stuffing in the middle of the flattened round dough.
- Close the dumpling by bringing the edges together, twist and seal to make a momo.
- In a similar way, prepare momos with rest of the dough and chicken stuffing.
- Place the chicken momos in a steamer and steam for 15 to 20 minutes or until they are steamed properly.
Points to remember while making momos:
- While rolling dough into circles, always keep the centre thick and roll thin near the edges.
- Serve the chicken momos with momo chutney, Schezwan sauce or any spicy dip.
Different ways to steam momos:
In a pressure cooker:
You can steam momos in a pressure cooker by adding water and placing momos in an idli stand. Remove the weight or whistle.
Using a kadai:
Take a kadai. Place a steel bowl or katori. Add water such that the water level does not cross the height of steel bowl. Over the steel bowl, place a plate and add momos. Cover the kadai and steam.
Momo steamer:
Use a traditional momo steamer to steam momos.
What are the different momo varieties?
There are two types of momos – steamed and fried. The fried version can include deep fried or pan fried. Pan fried momos are also known as Kothey momo. Momos can be added to soup to make soup momo in which a steamed momo is immersed in meat or vegetable broth. Momos can also be served in hot and spicy sauce. This is known as C-momo or chili momo.
Momo chicken is very popular in North East India and is a popular street food there. Nowadays, these momos are being sold as a street food in various other places in India too. Momos are served as appetizers in restaurants.
Chicken Momos
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour/maida
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon oil
- For momo stuffing:
- 1 cup boneless chicken
- 1 medium sized onion finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon ginger paste
- 1 teaspoon garlic paste
- 1 teaspoon black pepper powder
- 1 teaspoon red chili powder
- Few coriander leaves chopped
- 1 teaspoon soy sauce
- To taste salt
Instructions
- Boil chicken by adding pinch of salt and pepper in water. After cooling, remove the chicken pieces and shred into small pieces.
- In a mixing bowl, add all-purpose flour, salt and oil. Add little water and knead into firm and smooth dough.
- In another mixing bowl, add shredded chicken pieces, finely chopped onion, ginger and garlic paste and spice powders and mix well. Add soy sauce and mix properly.
- Make small balls out of dough. Flatten the dough balls using a rolling pin into 4 to 5 inch rounds.
- Add prepared chicken stuffing in the middle of the flattened round dough.
- Close the dumpling by bringing the edges together, twist and seal to make a momo.
- In a similar way, prepare momos with rest of the dough and chicken stuffing.
- Place the chicken momos in a steamer and steam for 15 to 20 minutes or until they are steamed properly.
Notes
Serve the chicken momos with momo chutney, Schezwan sauce or any spicy dip.
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