Oct 14, 20212 min read

Prawns Momos

Prawns Momos 🦐 🍤

For the Momo dough

1.Wheat flour-1/4 cup +2 tbsps

All purpose flour-3/4 cup

Salt-1/4 tsp

Water as required

Oil-2 tsp

In a bowl mix together the flours and salt. Add in enough water to make a dough. Add in the oil and knead for a few minutes.Cover and Set this aside for 30 minutes. Meanwhile make the fillings.

For the Prawns fillings

2.Garlic-1 tbsp (3 big)

Onion-1

Green chillies-4-5

Capsicum-1/2

Cabbage-1/2 cup

Carrot-1/4 cup

Pepper powder-1/2 tsp

Soya Sauce-1 tbsp

Oil-1 1/2 tbsp

Prawns-10-12 big

Heat oil and sauté the chopped garlic,onion and green chillies till onions are glossy. Add the pepper powder and sauté till raw smell vanishes.

Now add the chopped cabbage,carrot and capsicum and sauté. Add in the minced prawns and salt and sauté for a minute. Add the soya sauce and stir in.Adjust the seasonings.Prawns fillings is ready.

Set aside to cool completely. Now make small balls with the dough.Roll it into thin circles.Use a cookie cutter or steel bowl to cut perfect round circles. Take a circle disc and Brush the edges with perfect round circles. Take a circle disc and Brush the edges with water.Place 1 tbsp of the fillings at the center and pleat from one side as shown in the video through half way and press it over the remaining side to seal the momos. Repeat with the remaining discs.Place this covered so that it doesn't dry out. Heat a steamer filled with water to boil.Brush the steamer plate with oil and place the momos an inch apart.Steam 6-7 momos at a time.Steam for 5-7 minutes or until the momos are translucent.Repeat with the remaining momos.I got 21 momos from this.

For Spicy Tomato Garlic/Momos Chutney

3.Tomato-1 big

Garlic-3 big

Dry Red Chillies-6

Sugar-1 tsp

Vinegar-3 tbsps

Salt to taste

Soak the dry chillies in vinegar for 30 minutes. Make a plus mark on the top of

the tomato.Boil the tomato with 1 cup

water for 8-10 minutes or until the skin comes off.Set this aside to cool.

Dry roast the garlic till browned.Set aside to cool.

Remove the skin of the tomato and cut it into chunks .In the mixie add the tomato,soaked chillies, roasted garlic and salt and grind it into a smooth paste. Add in the sugar and stir in.Tomato Garlic Chutney is ready. Note: If you don't want the chutney to be spicy,then remove the seeds from the chillies before grinding.

Serve the hot Prawns Momos with

Spicy Tomato Garlic Chutney