Nepali Chicken Dumplings (Mo:mo)

Ingredients

Nepali Chicken Mo:mo

• 2 pounds of ground chicken breast and thigh 
• 1 full red onion 
• 1 bunch of scallions 
• 1 tablespoon of grated ginger 
• ½ tablespoon of grated garlic 
• 1 tablespoon of cumin powder 
• Salt to taste
• 3 tablespoons oil  
• 2 bunches of finely chopped cilantro 
• Premade dough patties for wrapping 
• Green Chili for sauce
• 1 tablespoon of sesame seed for sauce
• 2 pounds of ripe tomatoes for sauce

Directions

 For Mo:mo

• Add all the ingredients listed above in a big bowl
• Make sure to leave out the dough patties and ingredients for the sauce
• Mix it thoroughly
• Add the stuffing in a dough patty and wrap them
• Boil water in Momo steamer
• Once the water comes to a boil, add Momo on top shelf of the steamer
• Steam the Momo for at least 15 minutes and not more than 20 minutes on high heat. 

For Sauce

1. Chop tomatoes into smaller pieces.
2. Fry it in hot pan with olive oil.
3. Add cumin powder and sesame seed, garlic, ginger, green chili (if prefer hot) and salt according to your liking.
4. In about 10 minutes of cooking take it out; let it sit for 5 minutes.
5. Then grind it in a grinder.       

Prepared by Shaileshwari Malla

Louisiana Anthology

July 21, 2019