SCHEZWAN VEG MOMOS

Try out my version of momos recipe, i have used the homemade schezwan sauce that i made and some oregano seasoning.

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VICKS COOKS.

26 July 2020

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MAKES - 4 SERVINGS

CUISINE - INDO CHINESE

COURSE - APPETIZER

DIET - VEGETARIAN

EQUIPMENTS USED - STAINLESS STEEL 1 TIER STEAMER, HEAVY BOTTOMED STEEL KADAI

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INGREDIENTS FOR MOMOS FILLING

• Schezwan sauce ( 2 tsp )

• Oregano seasoning ( 2 tsp )

• Chilli Flakes ( 2 tsp )

• Salt ( 1 tsp )

• Cabbage finely chopped ( 2 1/4 cup)

• Medium sized carrot ( 2 )

• Capsicum ( 1 )

• Ginger garlic paste ( 1 tbsp )

• Sunflower oil ( 3 tbsp )

INGREDIENTS FOR MOMOS DOUGH

• Refined flour or maida ( 1 1/4 cup )

• Water to knead

• Sunflower oil ( 2 tsp )

• Salt ( 1/4 tsp)

METHOD OF PREPARATION

• Wash all the vegetables cabbage, carrot and capsicum. Grate the carrot, finely chop the cabbage and capsicum.

• Take a heavy bottomed steel frying pan add oil. Once the oil gets heated add in all the vegetables, keep frying until all the water from the vegetables evaporates.

• Once all the water from vegetables evaporates , the amount of vegetables in the frying pan would be less compared to the quantity before frying this is how you know that the vegetables are nicely fried.

• Add salt , ginger garlic paste, schezwan sauce, oregano seasoning, and chilli flakes. Fry until all the sauce and seasoning gets mixed well.

The link for homemade schezwan sauce:-

https://vihithamuniswamy01.wixsite.com/mysite/post/homemade-schezwan-sauce

• Until now the filling for momos is ready. Next make the momos dough.

• Take maida into a steel mixing bowl , add salt, oil and add water little by little and make a soft dough.

Note :- The dough shouldn't be too sticky add in correct amount of water and make the dough . Do not add excess amount of water.

• Take a small portion of the dough roll it into a flat chapati. Take any long steel glass, invert the steel glass on the chapati and cut small circular disc. This is the technique that i used since i do not have a circular cookie cutter. If you do have one , you can use that.

• Place the steamer on high flame. The bottom vessel of the steamer should be filled with water. Once the water starts boiling line the top vessel of the steamer with banana leaf or a cabbage leaf.

Note :- If you do not have a steamer still you can make momos, by just using a vessel which has holes at the bottom and with a pressure cooker.

Just fill the pressure cooker pan with water place an inverted steel plate in it and on top of the steel plate place the vessel which has holes at the bottom, line this vessel with a banana leaf or a cabbage leaf and on top of it place the momos. Close the pressure cooker pan without placing pressure cooker whistle. Similarly like you do while cooking idli in a pressure cooker.

Make sure the vessel with holes at the bottom fits into the cooker, i have a vessel which looks like this.

• Fill each of these circular sheets that is made with the momos filling. Make sure you place more filling into these sheets. while bringing the edges of the dough together the dough at the edges should be small , most part of the sheet should be occupied by filling. If the dough at the edges is more then while steaming , the momos wont be completely and properly steamed especially the top part of the momos would be raw and uncooked.

• The edges of the dough should be brought together by folding them in the form of pleats.

• In a similar way do it for all the sheets and place the prepared momos in the steamer. Depending on your steamer capacity you can place more momos if you have a bigger steamer like a two tier steamer or three tier steamer.

• Once you place the momos , close the steamer and steam it for exact 9 minutes. After 9 minutes it would look like this .

• Remove the momos from the steamer with the help of tong. Serve them with tomato ketchup.

Note :- Each time you place the momos in the steamer use a fresh set of banana leaf , you will not have this problem with a cabbage leaf.