
Ingredients
- 3-4 Tomatoes (cut into 4 halves)
- 5-6 Dried Red Chilli (soaked in hot water for atleast an hour)
- 5-7 Garlic (whole)
- 2 pieces of Ginger 1” long (whole)
- 1 tsp Butter
- ¼ tsp Oil
- ½ tsp Salt
- ½ tsp Oregano
- ½ tsp Cumin seeds
- 2-3 Garlic Cloves, very finely chopped
- ¼ Onion, very finely chopped
- 1 tsp Gluten Free Soy Sauce
- 1 tsp Gluten Free Vinegar
- 2 tbsp Gluten Free Tomato Ketchup
Method
Making the Stuffing:
– Grind tomatoes, red chilies, ginger and garlic together in a blender.
– Heat a little oil in a pan, add cumin seeds and sauté for a minute.
– Add chopped ginger and onions and sauté them.
– Then add the prepared puree in the pan and boil for a few minutes.
– Add Salt and Oregano and mix into the sauce properly
– Add Gluten free soy sauce, vinegar and tomato ketchup.
– Mix well and boil till the sauce thickens. Take out in a bowl and let it cool down.
Making the Momos
–Ingredients
For Veg. Momos Stuffing:
- 1 tbsp Oil
- 2 tsp Garlic, very finely chopped
- 1 tsp Ginger, very finely chopped
- 1 Green Chilli, very finely chopped
- ½ cup Onion, very finely chopped
- ½ cup Cabbage, very finely chopped
- ½ cup Capsicum, very finely chopped
- ½ cup Carrot, very finely chopped
- ½ tsp Salt (according to taste)
- ¼ tsp Black Pepper Powder
- 1 ½ tsp Gluten Free Soy sauce
- ¼ cup Spring Onion, very finely chopped (optional)
- ½ tsp Gluten Free Ajinomoto (optional)
- 1 tsp Wheafree Cornstarch
- 2 tbsp Water
For Outer Layer:
- 1 cup Wheafree Maida
- ½ tsp Salt (according to taste)
- Warm water for making dough
- 1 tsp Butter
For Making The Gravy:
- 2 tbsp Wheafree Corn flour
- ¼ cup Water – to make slurry with corn flour
- ½ tsp Salt (according to taste)
- ½ tsp Black pepper powder (according to taste)
- ½ tsp White Pepper powder (according to taste)
- 1 tbsp Gluten Free Soy Sauce
- 1 tbsp Gluten Free Chilli Sauce
Or if you cannot find a gluten free chilli sauce you can make your own by simply mixing:
- ½ tsp Chilli Flakes
- ½ tsp Garlic Paste
- A few drops of Vinegar
- 1 tbsp Water
- 1 tsp Gluten Free Tomato Ketchup
- 3 cups Water (take more if required)
- ½ tsp Gluten Free Ajinomoto (optional)
- 1 tbsp Gluten Free Schezwan sauce (optional)
Method
Making the Stuffing:
– Heat up oil in a pan on medium-high flame. Sauté ginger and garlic for few seconds. Add onions and sauté it for 2-3 minutes till the onions soften a bit, you don’t have to brown them.
– Then add the chopped vegetables together. Stir continuously for 3-4 minutes making sure they are tender but still little crunchy.
– Now add salt and pepper, mix well.
– Add Gluten Free Ajinomoto to enhance the flavour.
– Then add spring onion greens (if using) and gf soy sauce and mix properly.
– Take out the stuffing in a bowl.
– Add boiled gf Wheafree Rice Noodles (if using) into the vegetables and mix with very light hands.
– Take Wheafree Cornflour in a small bowl and mix with water properly so that there are no lumps.
– Add it to the vegetables. Mix for a minute or two so that the vegetables become sticky.
– Keep aside, let the stuffing cool down.
Shaping and Steam cooking the Veg. Momos:
– Take Wheafree Maida Replacer and salt in a bowl mix properly
– Add warm water little by little and knead into smooth yet stiff dough.
– Cover the dough and let it rest for 10-15 minutes. Meanwhile prepare the steamer by adding a glassful of water into the steamer pan and bring it to a simmer on high heat.
– Then divide the dough into equal portions and make smooth balls.
– Working with one ball at a time and roll into thin, 4 inch diameter circle.
– Put a tablespoon of stuffing in the center and fold the covering sheets in the shape of momos.
– Once all of them are shaped. Grease the steamer tray with oil and arrange shaped momos on it.
– Steam them for 10-15 minutes or till the outer layer looks shiny, transparent and it doesn’t feel sticky on touching.
– Remove from the steamer gently and serve hot/warm.
Nice post. I learn something totally new and challenging on blogs I stumbleupon on a daily basis. It will always be interesting to read content from other writers and use something from other sites.