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About Chicken steamed momos

Momos are authentic Tibetan dish made up of rolled flour dough, filled with shredded veggies/non veg or a combination of the two, and steamed in a steamer. It is served best with tomato onion dip and schezwan sauce. To make steamed chicken momos, the process is almost the same, and for filling, we have taken a mix of both chicken and veggies like cabbage, carrots & green bell pepper. Momos can be served as starters or light main course options

History of Momos/Chicken steamed momos

It is said that momos are derived from the word “more.” Newari is one of Nepal’s oldest languages. And in Newari, “more “means steam cooking. Momo to Nepal can be related to like Pizza to Itali & baguet to France. It is impossible to trace restaurants, either big or small, or any food corner that doesn’t serve you momos in Nepal. One can find different varieties of momos in each food eateries and outlet in Nepal. Momos are not only easily digestible food but also low in calories, and in most parts of India, it is easily affordable by the masses at a reasonable price.

Thanks to globalization, this tempting delicacy has gained popularity and stamped its mark throughout the globe. And if you are residing in Paris, some of the best places to have momos are;

• Bar à momos
• MoMo House
• Momo Tibet at 4 Rue Bellot, 75019 Paris
• Bar à raviolis – MoMo House at 4 Rue Bargue, 75015 Paris
• Keko Momo 馍面坊 at 5 Rue Caron, 75004 Paris
• Banak Cuisine du Tibet

Interesting facts about momos

1. The most common way of cooking momos is steaming. And the traditional steamer for steaming momos is called a “mucktoo,” which is a metal utensil with holes at its base, whereas, In many places, bamboo steamers are also used.
2. Apart from steaming, the other way of cooking momos is boiling momos in meat broth, which is lesser popular, and fried momos which have been gaining popularity for a couple of years.
3. More interestingly, one can also have unfilled plain steamed dough momos in some parts of Nepal, Sikkim, and north Bengal, and these momos are called “tingo.” Furthermore, to give a visual appeal to the customers, they are shaped in the form of a lotus flower.
4. Different shapes of momos have different names
5. There is also a giant version of momo called “thaipo,” most common in Nepal, Sikkim, north Bengal, and Ladakh. A “thiapo” is triple the size of normal momo and has a hard outer covering.
6. As people love to do variations in dishes, one can get different types of momos, from veg momos, chicken momos, mutton momos, beef momos, pork momos, shrimps momos, and even chocolate momos. Isn’t that sound weird? Yes, momos with chocolate are just insane because when we think of momos, a picture of steamed floral dough with spicy filling dipped in spicy tomato onion dip comes to our thought. Isn’t it? Well, we can’t hold people’s discoveries. But I love traditional steamed momos 🙂
7. The total calories in steamed momo is 35.2 cal
8. Momos are similar to Chinese baozi & Jiaozi, Japanese gyoza, and Mongolian buuz; in Afghan known as Mantu, mandu in Korea, and known as dim sum in Mauritius.

Main Ingredients for Chicken steamed momos

• Flour
• chicken breast
• bell pepper
• carrot
• cabbage
• onion
• garlic
• green chilies
• soya sauce
• white vinegar
• for the dip – tomatoes, onions, garlic, red dried chilies