Spinach Paneer Dumplings
Momos are steamed dumplings made by wrapping combinations of minced meat or vegetables in thin wrapper made out of flour dough.
- Ingredients are as follows –
- For filling –
- Paneer (Cottage Cheese – 100 gm)
- Blanched Spinach leaves – 200gm
- Salt to taste
- 1 teaspoon black pepper powder
- Minced garlic – 2 cloves
- For wrapper –
- All purpose flour (250 gm)
- Water (100 ml)
- Method
- For filling –
- Mix all the ingredients in a bowl
- Keep aside
- For wrapper –
- Knead a tight dough
- Keep kneading until the dough becomes soft and pliable
- Make small balls out of the dough and roll thin at edges and thick in middle.
- Assembling the momos-
- Place a spoonful of filling in the middle of rolled dough
- Form the pleats by joining the midpoint and form half moon shaped dumplings.
- Steaming the momos
- You can steam it in a steamer basket or idli stand
- Grease the steamer basket with some oil and place all the dumplings
- Place the steamer in a vessel filled with hot boiling water
- Cover and cook for 10 mins
Serve with schezuan sauce!
Momos are steamed dumplings made by wrapping combinations of minced meat or vegetables in thin wrapper made out of flour dough.
A perfect momo is juicy from inside and super soft from outside. You can feel the burst of juices from filling as soon as you bite into a good momo. Momos have become quite a rage in recent times specially in Delhi , although this dish belongs to North Eastern parts of India and the neighbouring country nepal. You can find a momo stall at every nook and corner of delhi. Served at a very reasonable price of 10 to 20 rs. per plate it becomes a good munching option for college students or someone who is looking for something delicious to eat on streets.
Traditionally momos are made with minced meat of pork , beef or chicken but here in Delhi it also comes with soya , paneer and vegetable filling variants.
Today I decided to make momos at home with spinach and paneer as I am vegetarian and you all know paneer is a vegetarian’s meat. Right?
You can follow the recipe below to recreate this tempting recipe of momos at your home with very simple ingredients.
Ingredients for momos are as follows:
- For filling –
- Paneer (Cottage Cheese) – 100 gm
- Blanched Spinach leaves – 200gm
- Salt to taste
- 1 teaspoon black pepper powder
- Minced garlic – 2 cloves
- For wrapper –
- All purpose flour ( 250 gm)
- Water ( 100 ml)
Buy all-purpose flour – https://www.amazon.in/Rajdhani-Maida-500g/dp/B079H9STVG
Method
- For filling –
- Mix all the ingredients in a bowl
- Keep aside
- For wrapper –
- Knead a tight dough
- Keep kneading until the dough becomes soft and pliable
- Make small balls out of the dough and roll thin at edges and thick in middle.
- Assembling the momos-
- Place a spoonful of filling in the middle of rolled dough
- Form the pleats by joining the midpoint and form half moon shaped dumplings.
- Steaming the momos
- You can steam it in a steamer basket or idli stand
- Grease the steamer basket with some oil and place all the dumplings
- Place the steamer in a vessel filled with hot boiling water
- Cover and cook for 10 mins
- Serve with schezuan sauce!
Comment down below if you would try this recipe at home!
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