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
- Chop tomatoes into smaller pieces.
- Fry it in hot pan with olive oil.
- Add cumin powder and sesame seed, garlic, ginger, green chili (if prefer hot) and salt according to your liking.
- In about 10 minutes of cooking take it out; let it sit for 5 minutes.
- Then grind it in a grinder.
Prepared by Shaileshwari Malla
July 21, 2019