Want To Have Afghani Momos? Make It Yourself At Home With This Recipe & Impress All!

Ingredients

• For Momos: 2 cups maida
• Salt
• Water
• 4 cups chopped carrots and cabbage and capsicum
• 1/4 cup chopped onions
• 1/4 tbsp black pepper powder
• 2 tbsp oil
• For Afghani Batter: 1 1/4 cup hung curd
• 1 tbsp ginger garlic paste
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp organic red food colour
• 1 tsp red chilli powder
• 1 tsp garam masala
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• 1/4 cup chopped coriander

Step

1. Step 1:

   For Basic Momo: Outer covering: Make a dough using maida and a pinch of salt and set aside for 30 mins.

2. Step 2:

   For filling: Pour oil in a pan to fry the vegetables on medium flame and add some onion.

3. Step 3:

   Add pepper and salt once the vegetables cool down.

4. Step 4:

   Add soy sauce or other spices for better taste.

5. Step 5:

   Momo Shape: Divide dough into equal parts and start making small circles.

6. Step 6:

   Make tortillas of the dough balls and put one spoon full of the filling in the centre of it.

7. Step 7:

   Keep edges thin and centre thick.

8. Step 8:

   Fold the momo into pleats.

9. Step 9:

   Cover them with a wet kitchen towel until you are ready to steam them.

10. Step 10:

    For steaming: Boil water in cooker.

11. Step 11:

    Grease a pan and arrange the momos in it putting some space between them.

12. Step 12:

    Keep the pan over cooker or the vessel and cover.

13. Step 13:

    Keep a check on momos until steamed.

14. Step 14:

    Once the outer layer starts changing the colour and don’t look sticky, it means they are done.

15. Step 15:

    Now, fry them for crispiness.

16. Step 16:

    For Afghani Taste:

17. Step 17:

    In a bowl, mix curd and all the spices and then pour over the momos and make sure they are covered in the batter properly.

18. Step 18:

    Sprinkle some coriander and they are ready to serve!