Vegetable Paneer Momo with Momo Chuttney

        Hey guys! Presenting you all the most delicious dumpling recipe made with vegetables and paneer. You must try these cute vegetable momos and am sure you will fall in love with the burst of flavors and textures in each bite. Momo's are also very well known as dumplings. And I have also shown you the recipe of a spicy and tangy chuttney, that goes well with the soft and succulent Momo. 

         Making Momo takes quite a good amount of time. It takes about 1.5 to 2 hrs, depending on your working speed. Shaping the momos is not hard, but time consuming and it definitely does need some practice to shape them perfectly. Now let's jump into the ingredients and recipe.

INGREDIENTS:

FOR DOUGH AND FILLING:

* All purpose flour- 1 1/2 cups

* Carrot-  1/2 cup finely chopped

* Cabbage- 1/2 cup finely chopped 

* Paneer- 1/2 cup grated

* Ginger- 1 inch finely chopped

* Garlic- 6 finely chopped

* Red chilli powder- 1/2 tspn

* Green chilli sauce- 1 tbspn

* Red chilli sauce- 1 tspn

* Soy sauce- 1/2 tspn

* Coriander leaves- for garnishing

* Oil- 3 tbspn

* Salt - as per taste

FOR MOMO CHUTTNEY:

* Tomato- 1 1/2 tomatoes

* Dry red chilli- 8 or as per your spice level

* Garlic- 8

* Ginger- 1 inch 

* Salt- as per taste 

* Oil- 2 tbspn

• PREPARATION TIME: 20 to 30 mins
• COOKING TIME FOR FILLING: 15 mins
• COOKING TIME FOR CHUTTNEY: 15 mins
• COOKING TIME OF MOMO: 10 to 12 mins
• SERVES: 2

PROCEDURE:

STEP 1: MAKING THE DOUGH:

* Take the all purpose flour in a bowl, add salt, 1 tbspn oil and mix it well.

* Now add water little by little and start forming the dough. 

(Consistency of the dough should be like chappathi dough. I approximately added a little more than 1/2 cup of water to form the dough)

* Knead the dough for 5 mins so that it forms a smooth ball.

* Cover the dough with damp cloth or tissue and let it rest for atleast 20 to 30 mins.

STEP 2: MAKING THE FILLING:

* Take a pan, add 2 tbspns oil and once it is hot add the chopped ginger and garlic. Let it fry until the garlic turns slight brown.

* Now add carrot, cabbage and fry them for a minute.

* Add enough salt to the mixture and give it a nice stir.

* Now add the green chilli sauce , soy sauce, red chilli sauce, chilli powder and give it a nice stir. Fry them for 2 mins, so that all the sauces are blended well.

(Do not overcook the veggies as we are going to steam them while cooking the momos)

 

 

* Now add the shredded paneer and give a nice stir. Let it cook for another minute. Now turn off the stove and garnish it with coriander leaves.

* Now the filling is ready and let it cool down.

(You can even add your own choice of vegetables, mushroom, tofu etc,. to the filling and this recipe here is the basic one)

STEP 3: MAKING MOMO CHUTTNEY:

* Take a pan, add a cup of water and let it boil.

* Give a small slit at bottom of the tomatoes and add it to the boiling water with the dry red chillies.

(Slitting the tomato skin helps to peel the skin easily)

* Let it boil for 10 mins.

* Once the tomatoes are nice and soft, turn off the stove and let it cool down.

* Now peel the tomato skin. Add the tomatoes, red chillies, ginger and garlic to the blender and grind them into a smooth paste.

* Add enough salt to the chuttney.

* Take a pan, add 2 tbspns oil and add the chuttney to the oil and let it cook for 15 mins on a medium high flame, until the oils separates.

* Now the super spicy and tangy Momo chuttney is ready.

STEP 4: MAKING THE MOMO:

* Take a small ball sized dough and roll it thin. 

(Make sure you roll it into very  thin sheets)

* Take any round shape cutter and cut the dough into small circles.

* Now add the filling to the middle of the dough and start forming pleats to make the Momo.

* In the following pictures I have shown two different types of shaping the Momo. 

 

(It definitely takes two or three tries to get the perfect shape, but do not worry about it, because despite the shape, they are just going to taste delicious 😋)

* Once the Momo's are ready, arrange them in the idly plate for steaming. Do not forget to brush the idly plate with oil.

* Heat the idly pan with water and once it's hot, steam the Momo's for 10 mins on a medium high flame.

(You will know the momos are cooked when they turn transparent and glossy)

* Now the steaming hot juicy Momos are ready for you to enjoy. Serve it hot with the Momo chuttney.