JHOL ACHAR CHICKEN MOMO
This Jhol Achar Chicken Momo dish offers perfectly steamed dumplings served in a rich, flavorful sauce that can be enjoyed, as either thick or as a thinner soup.
Each momo is encased in a delicate, thin wrapper that melts in your mouth, unveiling a burst of juicy, seasoned chicken filling.
Authentic to Nepal, this dish makes an incredible satisfying dinner, with every bite packed with incredible flavor!
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Juicy and Authentic Nepalese Chicken Momos in an incredibly flavorful sauce!
Filled with notes of tomato, chilli and creamy peanut butter and tahini!
So delicious! Let’s Make This!
DOUGH TIP!
If you want to skip kneading, combine your momo wrapper dough in a food processor for ease!
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Jhol Achar Chicken Momo
Ingredients
Chicken Momo Filling
- 250 g minced chicken breast
- ½ tsp minced ginger & garlic each, store bought in a jar works here
- 1 tsp light soy sauce
- 1 spanish/red onion small, finely diced
- ½ cup spring onions whites/light green
- ½ cup cilantro/coriander finely diced
- ½ tsp pepper
- pinch salt to taste
- 1 tbsp olive oil or any oil
Momo Wrapper
- 1 cup all purpose plain flour
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ cup warm water add more as required
- 1 tbsp olive oil or any oil
Sauce/Soup
- 2 tbsp soy beans dry
- 2 tbsp olive oil or any oil
- ½ cumin seeds
- 1 inch piece ginger chop roughly into cubes
- 5-6 garlic cloves
- 2 green chillies
- 1 onion sliced
- ¼ tsp turmeric powder
- pinch of salt to taste
- 2 tomatoes
- ½ cup cilantro/coriander leaves, stems and roots
- 1 cup hot water (more later, as required to thin out the sauce)
- 1 tbsp tahini
- 1 tsp peanut butter
- 2 tbsp squeeze of lemon juice
Instructions
Chicken Momo Filling
- Combine all the chicken filling ingredients in a bowl and mix well, set aside.
Momo Wrapper and Steaming
- To a bowl, add plain flour, salt and warm water. Mix together and bring together with your hands, add oil and more small quantities of water as needed, to reach desired consistency.
- Fold and knead for approximately 5 minutes until it becomes a soft dough and holds its shape.
- Pinch into small balls, then dust bench top with some flour and using a rolling pin, shape into thin circles.
- Spoon in the chicken filling and fold into your desired shape. Be sure not to overfill.
- Place in a steaming pot and steam for 10-15 minutes.
Sauce/Soup
- In a pan, using low-medium heat, toast soy beans till they blister and are golden brown, remove and set aside.
- In the same pan, add oil and add cumin seeds, allow them to sizzle/pop, then add fresh ginger, garlic cloves and green chillies.
- Add onion, turmeric powder and salt, mix to combine and allow onions to soften.
- Once softened, add tomato and fresh cilantro, cook for 3-4 minutes.
- Then add hot water and close the lid. Allow to cook on low heat for approximately 10 minutes until the tomatoes have completely softened.
- Allow this mixture to cool then add it to a blender, along with the soy beans toasted earlier. Then add tahini and peanut butter and blend till well combined.
- Pour this mixture back into the pan, add hot water to loosen the mixture and a squeeze of lemon juice to add acidity to balance the flavors.
- Add more water till you reach your desired consistency.
ASSEMBLY
- Add sauce to the base of a plate, then arrange momos on top.
- Garnish with chilli oil, fresh chopped cilantro and toasted sesame seeds.
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