Beef Momos with Sweet Chilli Sauce
Beef momos, traditional Tibetan steamed dumplings, are filled with flavorful ground beef and sometimes vegetables. They pair perfectly with a hot or sweet chili sauce for an extra kick of flavor.
Servings: 25 momos
Calories: 81.27kcal
Ingredients
For the Dough
- 1 garlic clove crushed and minced
- ½ cup water approx
- 2 cups all-purpose flour plus more for dusting
For the Filling
- 1 cup ground beef or lamb or chicken
- 1 medium onion diced finely
- 3 garlic chives or scallions, chopped
- 2 to 3 garlic cloves minced finely
- Fresh coriander leaves
- 5 teaspoons soy sauce
- ½ teaspoon garam masala
- ¼ teaspoon cumin powder
- 2 teaspoons sunflower oil
- Salt and pepper to taste
For the Sweet Chilli Sauce
- ⅓ cup water
- 5 dried red chillies torn into 2 to 3 pieces
- 5 garlic cloves
- ¼ cup white vinegar
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- salt to taste
- ½ tablespoon cornflour mixed with ½ tablespoon water
Other
- Oil to grease the steamer
Instructions
Prepare the dough
- Add the minced garlic to a small bowl along with water and let it steep for 20 to 30 minutes.1 garlic clove, ½ cup water
- In another bowl, add the flour and make a well in the centre.2 cups all-purpose flour
- Strain the garlic-infused water through a sieve into the well in the flour. Use your fingers and make a circular motion to incorporate the water into the flour.
- Start to knead the dough until stiff and smooth, approx 5 to 8 minutes. Cover the dough and let rest for 30 minutes.
Prepare the Sweet Chilli Sauce
- Add the dried red chillies to the boiling water. Switch off and cover the pan and let the chillies soak for 10 minutes.5 dried red chillies , ⅓ cup water
- Transfer the soaked chillies along with the water into a blender and add the sugar, garlic, salt, and vinegar and blend.5 garlic cloves, ¼ cup white vinegar, 3 tablespoons sugar, salt to taste
- Pour the sauce back into the pan and bring this to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and let it simmer.
- Meanwhile, mix cornflour with water and stir into the sauce. Keep stirring until the sauce thickens.½ tablespoon cornflour
- Turn off the heat and let it cool down completely. Serve with steamed or fried momos.
Prepare the filling
- Add all the filling ingredients into a bowl and give a good mix. Check the taste and adjust the flavours.1 cup ground beef , 1 medium onion, 3 garlic chives, 2 to 3 garlic cloves, Fresh coriander leaves, 5 teaspoons soy sauce, ½ teaspoon garam masala, ¼ teaspoon cumin powder, 2 teaspoons sunflower oil, Salt and pepper to taste
Shape the momos
- Divide the dough into equal-sized pieces. approx 25.
- Take a dough ball, dust it with flour and flatten it slightly. Use a rolling pin (small), and roll the dough balls into 2-inch rounds, making sure not to put pressure in the middle. Ensure to put pressure on the edges as we want the edges to be thinner than the centre. Roll out enough dough balls your steamer can hold and stack them with flour or spread them on a large plate but ensure to keep them covered at all times.
- Place a tablespoon of filling in the centre of rolled dough rounds and seal the dumplings with your choice of method.
- Pinch to close one end of the momo and start to pleat. You can pleat one side and stick the pleat to the other edge as you go. Or, pleat on both the edges and stick as you go until the end (leaf-like momo)
Steam and serve
- Grease the steamer with oil to prevent the momos from sticking. Ensure to add enough water to the steamer and bring it to a full boil before placing the momos.Oil to grease
- Place enough momos in the steamer without touching each other and steam for 15-20 minutes.
- Serve hot with sweet chilli sauce and tea.
Notes
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Nutrition
Calories: 81.27kcal | Carbohydrates: 10.61g | Protein: 2.97g | Fat: 3g
