Chicken momos are tasty Savory dumplings, that originally a traditional dish from Tibet. It is also known as chicken dumplings and dim sum, which are mostly popular in Asian countries. In India, there are many street food stalls selling a variety of momos with veg, paneer, chicken or meat filling. There are different types of Momos, but steamed and fried are much popular, and they are served with different types of momos chutney like red spicy tomato chutney, chilli garlic chutney, coriander chutney and mayonnaise. So, here I’m sharing my chicken momos recipe, along with a spicy red tomato chutney recipe.
I really love to eat chicken momos, and so I make homemade chicken momos and literally momos are so tasty, so I thought that I’ll share with you how to make juicy chicken momos at home. The stuffing was always easy to make, but the covering and pleating were a bit tricky, but if you try for few times, you will get to know the trick and after that you can make the momos shape easily.
Chicken momos ingredients
- Flour: 1 cup
- Salt: ½ tsp
- Oil: ½ tsp
- Water: ½ Cup
Ingredients for chicken momos filling
- Boneless chicken Breast: 250 grams
- Onion: 1 big size
- Green chilli: 2-3
- Ginger: ½ inch
- Garlic: 4-5 cloves
- Coriander leaves
- Salt: as required
- Black pepper: ½ tsp
- Oil/ ghee/butter: 1-2 tbsp
Momos chutney ingredients
- Tomatoes: 2-3 big size
- Kashmiri red chilli: 12-15
- Garlic:10-12 cloves
- Ginger: ½ inch
- Soya sauce: 1 tsp
- Vinegar: 1 tsp
- Salt: as per required
- Sugar: a pinch
Steps for chicken momos recipe
- Take 1 Cup Flour, salt (as per your taste), oil and add water slowly for a smooth dough which is not too hard and not too soft.
- Keep it aside for at least 30 minutes.
- Cut the chicken chest pieces into small pieces and chop finely in a mincer or grinder.
- Finely cut the onion, green Chilli, garlic, ginger, and coriander.
- Add all the chopped veggies and herbs, salt, black pepper and oil (ghee or butter) to the chicken. Oil keeps the chicken damp and juicy.
- Make small balls of the dough, then apply tempering on them and make thin puris (circles) of 3-inch diameter.
- Put 2 tbsp of chicken momos stuffing in the centre.
- Now you can uplift and take puris (circles) on one side and press the edges to seal them.
- Start pleating and join the same pleat.
- Once you are done with the pleating, fold it a little and press together to seal, and your chicken momos shapes are ready.
- You can shape momos in many ways. Start sealing the edges as before and fold a little differently, joining the other side of the circle and keep folding until you finish. Once you get used to it, you’ll be able to do it faster.
- Pour water in the steamer and let it boil. Apply some oil, ghee or butter to the steamer plate and arrange your momos apart so that they don’t stick to each other.
- Steam your momos on medium flame for 10-15 minutes or until they become transparent.
Preparation of red spicy tomato chutney
- Boil tomatoes and Kashmiri red chilli in water for 5 minutes and keep them aside for at least 10 minutes.
- After 10 minutes, remove the excess water and peel the tomato skin.
- Now grind the tomatoes, chillies, along with ginger and garlic in a grinder till you get a proper chutney texture.
- Add salt, sugar, vinegar and soya sauce and mix them properly.
- Your red spicy tomato chutney is ready.
Here ends the Chicken Momos Recipe. If you have any questions or feedback, please write in on Comment box. Thank you