Tibetan Momo (a Dim Sum Dumpling From Tibet)

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 2 medium onions, finely chopped
• 1 lb yak meat, finely chopped (or ground beef bison or chicken)
• 2 -5 cm minced ginger or 2 -5 cm galangal
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 3 minced garlic cloves
• salt
• 4 cups flour
• oil or vegetable oil cooking spray

Recipe

• 1 mix the flour with enough cold water to make a fairly stiff dough.
• 2 knead it well and roll small pieces into thin rounds,about 3 1/2 inches in diameter.
• 3 mix meat, onion, garlic, soy sauce, ginger and salt together.
• 4 put a teaspoon of meat mixture in each little pancake and fold over. pinch, flute or pleat the edges together so the momo looks like a half-moon or is round shaped.
• 5 lightly coat a bamboo or metal steamer with vegetable spray and arrange momo so they do not touch. cover and steam over boiling water for l0-15 minutes.
• 6 momo also can be cooked in broth and served as a soup or fried.
• 7 nepalese meat filling.
• 8 1 cup buffalo meat, ground or minced.
• 9 l large onion, minced.
• 10 2-3 cloves garlic.
• 11 2.5 cm. piece ginger.
• 12 1/2 teaspoon salt.
• 13 1/2 teaspoon chili powder.
• 14 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder.
• 15 1 tablespoon ghee or clarified butter.
• 16 1/2 teaspoon cumin seed powder.
• 17 oil or vegetable oil spray.
• 18 2 cups+ flour.
• 19 sherpa meat filling.
• 20 4 chicken breast halves,boneless, minced.
• 21 2 minced onions.
• 22 5 cloves garlic (or to taste), diced.
• 23 3 tbs ginger, to taste, or one large piece diced.
• 24 1-2 tablespoons soy sauce.
• 25 salt, paper and accent to taste.
• 26 1 teaspoon garam masala (optional).