Wheat Dumplings - Steamed

Popular Nepali street food "DUMPLINGS" or "MOMOS". I seriously don't remember when I had these yummy dumplings or momos for the first time. 
A pleasant winter, rainy or summer evening, craving for something light but yummy will definitely lead you to make these yummy Steamed Wheat Dumplings or Momos.
We usually get to eat dumplings made up of All Purpose Flour (Maida). But I am sharing a Wheat Dumpling recipe with you that is healthier version of it. We can make different types of stuffing for these dumplings like mix veggie, paneer, cabbage, Chinese style and so on. Today I am sharing Info Chinese style of these Wheat Dumplings. I know everyone loves Chinese food so I thought of sharing Indo Chinese style of dumplings first. I will be sharing other varieties soon.

Wheat Dumplings - Steamed

Ingredients

Dumpling Cover :-

• 1 cup wheat flour
• Salt as per taste
• 2 tsp oil
• Water to knead dough

Stuffing :-

• Half cup finely chopped green bell pepper
• 1 cup shredded or finely chopped cabbage
• Half shredded or finely chopped carrot
• 3-4 green onions finely chopped
• 1 medium sized onion finely chopped
• 1/4th tsp ginger garlic paste
• Salt to taste
• 1 tsp soya sauce
• 1 tsp tomato ketchup
• Salt as per taste
• Half tsp black pepper powder
• 1 tsp oil

Recipe

Dumpling Cover :-

Take whole wheat flour in a mixing bowl. Add salt as per taste and add oil to it. Rub flour between your palms for 3-4 minutes.

Now start adding little water to it and knead the dough. Let the dough rest for 15-20 minutes.

Stuffing :-

Heat oil in a wok and add all the chopped veggies to it. Add ginger garlic paste, soya sauce, tomato ketchup, black pepper powder to it and season with salt. Mix it well. Cook for 2 minutes and remove from heat. Let it cool down completely.

Assembling Dumplings :-

Knead the dough again.

Now take a very small part out of it and roll it into 4-5 inch diameter disc. Now place 1 tsp of the ready stuffing into it. 

Start pleating forming a bundle. You can shape the dumplings the way you like.

Repeat the procedure and make remaining dumplings.

Heat water in a steamer and steam the dumplings for 10-15 minutes.

Finally serve these Wheat Dumplings with any sauce of your choice or simply gulp them just like that.