Healthy Steamed Green Momos - Spinach (Palak) with Momo Chutney

Momos are all time family favorite. A healthy twist to regular momos. Definitely a try -Yummy healthy and delicious momos with spicy momo chutney.It's that one delicacy that everyone's definitely going to love it!

Ingredients 

• For momo dough
• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 2 cups spinach leaves
• Salt , water and oil for kneading
• FOR Momo Chutney
• 2 medium tomatoes
• 1tsp soy sauce
• 5-6 dry red chillies
• 1tsp vinegar
• 1tsp Sugar
• 1 garlic pod
• 1 inch ginger
• Blanched Almonds (3-4) (optional)
• Salt to taste
• FOR Momo Stuffing
• 1 cup shredded cabbage
• Half capscicum thinly chopped
• 1/2 cup mushroom thinly diced
• 1/4 cup tofu or carrots thinly sliced
• 3-4 Spring onions thinly diced
• 1tbsp ginger garlic paste
• 1tbsp soy sauce
• 1/4 tsp vinegar
• 2tbsp oil
• Salt and pepper to taste

Method

1. Rinse, clean and blanch Spinach leaves. Puree it. Make stiff dough with flour , spinach puree, salt and water as required. Knead with little oil. Cover it with damp cloth and keep it aside
2. Meanwhile boil Tomatoes and dry red chilli with 1.5 cups water until tomato skin starts to peel. Drain water and Allow it to come to room temperature. Peel off tomato skin.
3. Grind tomatoes with dry red chilli and rest of the ingredients mentioned under chutney list. I like it spicy so I used 5-6 chilli, you can use less. I used almonds as thickener, you can skip it if required. Now grind it well , the Momo chutney is ready
4. Heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan, add ginger garlic paste and saute it until raw aroma goes away. Add all the veggies mentioned under Momo stuffing. Mix it well , cover and cook it for 6-7 minutes until tender
5. Add soy sauce, vinegar, salt and pepper and mix it well. The stuffing is ready.
6. Now make medium sized puris, it should be thin. Slightly thick atcentre but thin at edges. Nevertheless thin puris. take a small amount of filling, place it in centre. Pinch sides from one side, raise front part up with right thumb. make 1-2 creases with right index on back part. Shift thumb a little raise the front again, make creases on back part with right index. Keep pushing the stuffing with left thumb. Now continue and finally seal it completely.this is half moon shaped momos. There are 7-8 ways of shaping momos,simplest is shape it like karanji
7. Seal edges , if not getting sealed properly only then use water to seal.cover momos with cloth as you make them to prevent it from drying. You can store in fridge for 2 days if you do not want to cook immediately
8. Boil water in Idli/Rice cooker, lighlty oil the steaming pan so that momos do not stick to the pan. Place momos in pan. Steam for 10 minutes on medium flame. If momos are not sticky to surface it's cooked.Serve hot with momo chutney
9. You can replace mushroom and tofu with chicken for non veg momos

My Tip:

Dont overcook momos else it will taste dry and thick