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Chicken Momos

A popular Tibetan-inspired snack where tender and juicy chicken fillings are wrapped in a thin dough wrapper, steamed to perfection, and served with a dipping sauce. This is a Sanjeev Kapoor exclusive recipe.

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Chicken Momos

Main Ingredients Stuffing, Chicken mince
Cuisine Fusion
Course Snacks and Starters
Prep Time 31-40 minutes
Cook time 11-15 minutes
Serve 4
Taste Spicy
Level of Cooking Moderate
Others Non Veg

Ingredients

Stuffing

  • 200 grams chicken kheema
  • 2 tablespoons chopped onion
  • 2 teaspoons finely chopped green capsicum
  • 1 teaspoon ginger garlic paste
  • 1 teaspoon chopped green chilli
  • ½ teaspoon garam masala
  • Salt to taste
  • 1 teaspoon soya sauce
  • ½ teaspoon lime juice
    Dough
  • 1 cup refined flour
  • 2 teaspoons oil
  • Salt to taste
    Chutney
  • 1 medium tomato boiled
  • 3 boiled dry red chillies
  • 3-4 garlic cloves
  • Salt to taste
    Sugar to taste

Method

  1. Heat a steamer with a cover. Apply oil on base.
  2. For the stuffing, add chicken kheema, onion, capsicum, ginger garlic paste, green chilli, garam masala, salt, soya sauce and lime juice in a bowl. Mix well.
  3. For the dough, add refined flour, oil and salt in a bowl and knead to soft dough. Cover with a muslin cloth and set aside.
  4. Divide dough into equal portions, dust some flour and roll them into medium thick discs.
  5. Add 1 spoonful of stuffing in centre of a disc fold into half, gently tap and seal the edges and then gently fold the two ends and slightly tap the rim to form a pouch like shape.
  6. Place momos in steamer and cover and cook for 10-15 minutes on low heat.
  7. For chutney, in a blender peel, cut into slices and add tomato, dry red chillies, chop and add garlic cloves, salt, sugar and add little water and blend to a fine paste. Remove in a bowl. Set aside.
  8. Switch off heat for momos.
  9. Transfer momos in a serving bamboo bowl with a banana leaf on it.
  10. Serve hot with prepared chutney.
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