Veg Momos recipe - Steamed Momos - Vegetable Dimsum

Thoroughly rinse the cabbage and remove the leaves on top. Then grate the cabbage to make the stuffing in a mixing bowl.Rinse the carrot and peel it. Now grate the carrot as well in the same mixing bowl.Take 1 cup refined flour in a mixing bowl and to it add ¼ tsp salt. Add water in small portions and knead soft dough. Grease your hands with some oil and knead the dough again until smooth.Cover and keep the dough aside for 15 to 20 minutes to set and then start making the momos.Now mix a tempering to the grated cabbage. For this heat a pan and add 2 to 3 tsp oil to it. W hen the oil is hot add the following ingredients to the pan - grated ginger, 1 finely chopped green chilly and sauté for a while.After roasting for a while turn off the flame and mix this tempering to the grated cabbage now.Now to the stuffing add more than ½ tsp salt, 2 tbsp finely chopped green coriander and mix everything really well. Stuffing is now done and ready.After 20 minutes are done, grease your hands with some oil and knead the dough again. Then divide the dough into small portions.For this, roll out the dough lump like a long log and further divide into small lumps. Cover all the lumps to prevent them from drying.Take one dough lump at a time and roll giving it a round shape like this and then dust with dry flour. Roll out the dough ball into 2.5 to 3 inch diameter thin poori. If it sticks to the rolling plate, dust it again with the dry flour. Make sure that while rolling the poori is not too thin at the center. Run you rolling pin on the edges or sides of the poori.Lift poori on to your hand and top it with 1 to 1.5 tsp stuffing. Now fold the poori. Momos can be shaped in numerous styles. For making round shape momos, first fold it at one edge and stick together.Then make another fold and stick to the first fold. Give another fold and stick to previous fold. Stick all the folds together at the center.Lastly, turn the folds around and stick them together pressing them downwards. With this you will get round shaped momos. Keep it on the plate.For another type of shape place the stuffing over the rolled poori and give it a fold at one edge, sticking it together. Give another fold at some distance and stick to the first fold at little distance.Make third fold again at some distance and stick it together. Make the fourth fold at some distance like this and then give another fold and one more fold. Make 4 to 5 folds to get this shape of the momos. Momos is ready, place it on the plate and likewise prepare all the momos like this. Cover these momos with a cloth to prevent them from drying.Take a momos maker or any vessel and add 2 cups of water to it. Place the vessel on flame for simmering.Grease the sieve with some oil and place the momos at some distance on to it.When the water starts simmering, place the sieve over the vessel and cover it well. Now let the momos steam for 10 minutes. Keep the flame medium-high.minutes are done and the momos are cooked as well. There is change in the color of momos and appear shiny on the surface. Turn off the flame and take off the sieve from the vessel.Now transfer the momos to the plate. With this much dough 20 to 25 momos can be prepared.Steaming hot and super scrumptious momos are ready and making them is really easy. You can serve these lip smacking momos with spicy red chilly chutney, less spicy tomato chutney and white sauce.