Tibetan Momo (A Dim Sum Dumpling From Tibet)
- 2 medium onions, finely chopped
- 1 lb yak meat, finely chopped (or ground beef bison or chicken)
- 2 -5 cm minced ginger or 2 -5 cm galangal
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 3 minced garlic cloves
- salt
- 4 cups flour
- oil or vegetable oil cooking spray
- Mix the flour with enough cold water to make a fairly stiff dough.
- Knead it well and roll small pieces into thin rounds,about 3 1/2 inches in diameter.
- Mix meat, onion, garlic, soy sauce, ginger and salt together.
- Put a teaspoon of meat mixture in each little pancake and fold over. Pinch, flute or pleat the edges together so the momo looks like a half-moon or is round shaped.
- Lightly coat a bamboo or metal steamer with vegetable spray and arrange momo so they do not touch. Cover and steam over boiling water for l0-15 minutes.
- Momo also can be cooked in broth and served as a soup or fried.
- NEPALESE meat filling.
- 1 cup buffalo meat, ground or minced.
- l large onion, minced.
- 2-3 cloves garlic.
- 2.5 cm. piece ginger.
- 1/2 teaspoon salt.
- 1/2 teaspoon chili powder.
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder.
- 1 tablespoon ghee or clarified butter.
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin seed powder.
- oil or vegetable oil spray.
- 2 cups+ flour.
- SHERPA Meat Filling.
- 4 chicken breast halves,boneless, minced.
- 2 minced onions.
- 5 cloves garlic (or to taste), diced.
- 3 tbs ginger, to taste, or one large piece diced.
- 1-2 tablespoons soy sauce.
- salt, paper and accent to taste.
- 1 teaspoon garam masala (optional).
onions, yak meat, ginger, soy sauce, garlic, salt, flour, oil
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/tibetan-momo-a-dim-sum-dumpling-from-tibet-238992 (may not work)