Veg momos recipe | how to make steamed vegetable momos at home

Veg momos recipe – learn how to make delicious vegetable stuffed steamed momos at home with step-by-step pictures. Veg momos meanvegetable stuffed steamed, fried, or baked dumplings basically an Indian-style veg dim sum(means Chinese momos). However steamed version is much popular in Indian street food stalls. Grated cabbage, carrot, onion, ginger, garlic, soya sauce, with a few seasonings are sauteed in vegetable oil for making these momos stuffing. Lastly, the sauteed vegetables are stuffed in a flour-based wrapper and steamed, fried, or baked to prepare this dumpling. Best to serve these dumplings with spicy chilli garlic chutney called momo chutney.

“Momos” is a Tibetan term, that means a steamed or fried dumpling stuffed with vegetables or any non-veg fillings. As steamed momos are more healthy, I often make it at home. Like other momo recipes, this vegetarian dumpling also has two steps making process and is also served with the same spicy chili garlic momo chutney. Though all momos’ dough is prepared by the same making process and only its different stuffing ingredients basically create the varieties.

Momo’s dough is basically made of maida or plain flour though you may replace it with atta or whole wheat flour or even rice flour as per your choice. Even the concept of veg momos stuffing is always changed from fresh vegetables to soya bean to corn or even paneer. For making this veg momos filling, mainly I use cabbage, carrot, spring onion, and ginger-garlic for sauteeing in oil with dark soya sauce, vinegar, and pepper salt seasoning.

Though momo is actually a Tibetan dish, gradually Nepal, Bhutan, Darjeeling, and India’s Northeast states were influenced by it. Now in India almost everywhere you will see the finest momo shops even you can find at least one momo stall around your locality. Momos are considered popular street food in and around India as healthy and pocket-friendly evening time snacks.

steamed veg momos are served at home with momo chutney steamed veg momos are served at home with momo chutney

Momo’s stuffing can be easily made at home but its wrapping technique is a little difficult and time-consuming. So as a beginner start folding it with simple and easy methods which will suit you best. More practice will make you best at it. As even I took a long time to perfectly wrap these dumplings watching different techniques through online youtube videos.

People have a common question, “How to steam momos without a momo steamer?”

Don’t worry even I don’t have momo’s steamer. I use my idli steamer for making these dumplings, you may use it too. Even if you don’t have that too, you simply use a colander. Just grease a colander pan with oil and place it on another pan where water will be kept for boiling. So your instant homemade momo steamer is ready. Even instead of greasing oil, you may place a portion of banana leaf or cabbage leaves on the colander before steaming that will also prevent your momos from sticking to the bottom.

Though some of the momos stop even serves different types of fusion momos like fried or tossed in schezwan sauce or make it in tandoor oven with tandoori masala. But I love the simple steamed version and a plate of sizzling steamed momos really makes my day. I generally prepare momos for dinner with veg or non-veg stuffing. But in my home that hot red chili garlic chutney is a must with momos as without it we can’t feel that street style taste.

Try this delicious vegetable momo at home and let me know your valuable feedback about this recipe in the comment section below.

I have also shared my Momos Chutney Recipe in the next post, so must try these veg momos with that dip.

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Veg momos recipe | Steamed vegetable momos

Prep time: 30 mins

Cook time: 30 mins

Served in: 1 hr

Course: Evening snacks

Cuisine: Tibetan|Nepali

Total no of servings- 20 -22

Author: Moumita Paul

Ingredients of veg momos

For Stuffing

  • 1.5 cup grated cabbage
  • 3/4 cup grated carrot
  • 1/2 cup or 8 tbsp onion(chopped)
  • 1 tsp pepper
  • 2 tsp soya sauce
  • 3 tsp vinegar
  • 1.5 tbsp garlic
  • 1 tsp ginger
  • 1 tbsp green chilies
  • 5-6 tbsp spring onion
  • 3 1/2 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1 tsp salt

For making momos dough

  • 1.5 cup maida or flour
  • 2.5 tsp oil
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 10 tbsp water

Instructions

How to make steamed veg momos at home with step by step pics

Making of momo’s dough

  • Take 1 1/2 cup of flour or maida in a mixing bowl add 1/2 tsp salt, 2 1/2 tsp oil with it.
flour with salt and oil is the preparation of momo dough
  • Thoroughly mix the salt and oil with your fingertips. Once the flour is mixed well with it then gradually add water and start kneading it. For me, it took 10 tbsp of water to make a smooth dough.
gradually adding water to the flour for kneading it to make momos dough
  • But this momo dough neither be too soft like puri nor hard like a samosa.
dough is prepared for making veg momos recipe
  • When momos dough is ready cover it with a moist kitchen towel or covers it with a tight lid for about 30 mins or till preparing it fillings.

Making the filling/ stuffing

  • Take a pan, heat it up on medium-high flame, then first add 3 1/2 tbsp of vegetable oil. When the oil gets hot, first add 1 1/2 tsp of chopped garlic stir it once.
chopped garlic in hot oil for making the stuffing of veg momos recipe chopped garlic in hot oil for making the stuffing of veg momos recipe
  • Then add chopped ginger, green chilies, 5 tbsp chopped onion, and 4 tbsp chopped spring onion to the pan and sauté it well for 1-2 mins with 1 tsp pepper.
veggies are sauteed well for making the stuffing of this veg dim sum recipe veggies are sauteed well for making the stuffing of this veg dim sum recipe
  • After 2 mins, add grated cabbage, grated carrot to the pan, and mix it well with all ingredients. Sauté it for 1-2 more mins.
grated cabbage and carrot is added to the pan to make this vegetable momo's stuffing grated cabbage and carrot is added to the pan to make this vegetable momo's stuffing
  • Then add soya sauce and vinegar, and sauté it well.
adding soya sauce and vinegar for enhancing the taste of the stuffing of this indian style veg dim sum recipe adding soya sauce and vinegar for enhancing the taste of the stuffing of this indian style veg dim sum recipe
  • After that add 1/2 tsp of salt and mix well. At this moment sauté all the veggies for 15 mins on slow flame by stirring frequently.
adding salt to the veg momos fillingadding salt to the veg momos filling
  • After 15 mins of cooking add the rest of 2 tbsp chopped spring onion, mix it well and lastly add 3 tbsp of chopped onion give a good stir and turn off the flame. veg momos stuffing is ready.
lastly adding chopped spring onion and onion to retain the street style momo corner's veg momos recipes like crunch lastly adding chopped spring onion and onion to retain the street style momo corner's veg momos recipes like crunch

Rolling the dough

  • To give it shape, we need to go through two steps, first making its cover and secondly folding techniques.
  • For making its cover, take the dough(prepared earlier) and make the small balls out of it. The small doughs or balls must be a little smaller than puri dough. 
make some small momo dough for making momos
  • Then sprinkle some flour on it and roll the balls in the flour and give it a proper round shape.
round shape momos dough is ready to roll it down to make veg momo wrapper reciperound shape momos dough is ready to roll it down to make veg momo wrapper recipe
  • Then dust little flour on the rolling board and start rolling the doughs with 3-4 inch diameter. And then make its edges thin with the rolling pin. But the center must be thick.
after rolling the dough making the edges thin with the help of rolling pin to make the veg momo wrapperafter rolling the dough making the edges thin with the help of rolling pin to make the veg momo wrapper
  • After making all momo sheets sprinkle little flour on it to protect it from dryness and sticking to each other. And place a damp cloth or kitchen towel on the sheets to prevent it from drying.
all momo sheets are ready for making veg momosall momo sheets are ready for making veg momos

Making momos shape by hand

  • When all the cover or sheet is ready then its time to fold it. Take a sheet on your palm, then add 1 tbsp of stuffing on its center and start folding it with your fingertips.
all momo sheets are ready for making veg momosall momo sheets are ready for making veg momos
  • First, make one pleat with its edges and press the ends hard with your fingertips(the help of thumb and pointer finger). 
wrapping the veg momo by pleating the the momo wrapper with right hand's finger tipswrapping the veg momo by pleating the the momo wrapper with right hand's finger tips
  • Then make each pleat and join its ends with the last one and press it down a little hard. 
wrapping the veg momo by hand by sealing the end of the next pleat with the first pleat of this wrapperwrapping the veg momo by hand by sealing the end of the next pleat with the first pleat of this wrapper
  • You can see while pleating the dough, it will be gradually moving on your palm to close its ends.
folding the veg momo with right hand fingertipfolding the veg momo with right hand fingertip
  • lastly, join the last pleat with the first one. (Soon I will post the video to show how easily you can fold this veg momo.)
veg momo is ready with its perfect shapeveg momo is ready with its perfect shape
  • Apply the same process to give the whole batches of momos to a perfect shape.
hand made veg momos pichand made veg momos pic

How to steam momos(without momo steamer)

  • Take the idli steamer plate or a colander, grease it with oil, then place these vegetable momos on it maintaining little space with each other.
steamed veg momo or veg dumpling is ready to go to steamer for 5-6 mins steaming timesteamed veg momo or veg dumpling is ready to go to steamer for 5-6 mins steaming time
  • Then heat the steamer and carefully place the plate in it. Or heat the bowl with water and then place the colander on its mouth. And then cover the pan and close steamer and leave it for 5-6 mins. 
steamed veg momos are ready after 5-6 minutes of steamingsteamed veg momos are ready after 5-6 minutes of steaming
  • When the stuffing will be transparent through its cover that indicates it is done. Remove it immediately from the steamer or colander. 
veg momos aka indian style veg dim sum are ready to serveveg momos aka indian style veg dim sum are ready to serve
  • When all the batches are steamed, serve these vegetable momos with spicy red chutney.

Tips

  • Twice I’ve added onion and spring onion, lastly, I’ve added it to retain the crunchiness of onion which gives me the shop-like feelings.
  • You may use any simple folding method actually taste matters, not the shape, right?
  • Don’t cook these momos for a long time that will make it dry and chewy.

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