Modified Tibetan Momo

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Modified Tibetan Momo

Description

• Momo can also be cooked in broth and served as a soup.
• They usually are eaten with a tomato or soy based dipping sauce.
• Beef is an acceptable substitute for buffalo in this recipe, as is chicken.

Ingredients

• 1 cup ground or minced buffalo meat
• l large onion, minced
• 2-3 cloves garlic
• 2½ cm piece ginger
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon chilli powder
• ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1 tablespoon ghee or clarified butter
• ½ teaspoon cumin seed powder
• oil or vegetable oil spray
• 2 cups+ flour

Procedures

1. Grind the spices together and mix with the meat and onion.
2. Make a stiff dough by adding enough cold water to the flour and knead.
3. Divide the dough into small balls and roll out into thin rounds about 3 1/2 inches in diameter.
4. Put a teaspoon of the filling in the center of the round and fold the dough over.
5. Pleat or pinch to make a half moon shape, or gather pleats together to make a round shape.
6. Place formed momos in a bamboo or metal steamer that has been sprayed or wiped with oil.
7. Steam covered over boiling water l0-15 minutes.