Momos: Veg and Non-Veg

Ingredients:

Covering:
2 cups all purpose flour
Water
Salt

Stuffing (VEG):
1 cup chopped cabbage
1 cup chopped mushrooms
1/2 cup sprouts
1/2 cup chopped carrots
2 tbsp chopped garlic
1 tbsp chopped ginger
1 tsp green chili paste
1 tbsp soy sauce
1/2 tbsp vinegar
1 tsp crushed black pepper
1/2 tsp white pepper powder
Salt
1/2 tsp or sugar (or as per taste)
1 tsp Fish Sauce (optional)
2 tbsp Sesame oil
Fresh chopped spring onion

Stuffing(Non-Veg):

2 cups minced chicken
1 cup finely chopped leek
2 tbsp chopped garlic
1 tbsp chopped ginger
1 tbsp green chili paste
2 tsp black pepper powder
1 tsp white pepper powder
1 tbsp+1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp+1 tbsp vinegar
1 tsp fish sauce (optional)
Salt
Sugar
2 tbsp Sesame Oil
Fresh chopped Spring onion


Preparation:

• For the stuffing(VEG):

1. Heat a wok and add oil to it. 
2. Add chopped ginger, garlic and green chili paste. Do not let the garlic turn brown.
3. Add black and white pepper powders.
4. Add all the chopped vegetables and sprouts in above stated order.
5. Saute for 5 min.
6. Add soy sauce and vinegar and fish sauce(optional). Mix well. 
7. Add salt and sugar. Mix well.
8. Garnish with chopped green onion.

• For the stuffing(Non-Veg):

1. Wash the minced chicken properly and marinate it in  1 tbsp soy sauce,1 tbsp vinegar, fish sauce(optional) and salt for minimum 1 hr.
2.  Heat a wok and add oil to it.
3. Add chopped garlic, ginger and green chili paste. Do not let the garlic turn brown.
4. Add black and white pepper powder.
5. Add minced chicken to it and saute for 5 min. Since the chicken is minced, it will hardly take few minutes to cook. You may add sprouts to this.
6. Add soy sauce and vinegar and saute.
7. Garnish with fresh chopped green onion.

• For the covering:

1. Take all purpose flour, add little water, salt and oil to it and knead a tight dough. 
2. Make 1 inch small balls from the dough and roll them into puri size rotis.

• Now place the puri/roti on a flat surface, place 1 or 2 tsp of the stuffing at the centre and fold so that the final product looks similar to a modak. There are many other ways of folding a momo. You may just google it and try different shapes! Here are a few pictures of how I folded them:

• Once it is ready, heat a double boiler and place the momos in it for 10-12 min.
• Serve hot with red garlic chutney or Schezwan sauce.

P.S: If minced chicken is not available, marinate the chicken pieces in salt and half tbsp ginger-garlic paste. Then boil, shred and mince the chicken pieces.