Tibetan Momo (A Dim Sum Dumpling from Tibet)

Ingredients

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

Directions

1. 1

   Mix the flour with enough cold water to make a fairly stiff dough.

2. 2

   Knead it well and roll small pieces into thin rounds,about 3 1/2 inches in diameter.

3. 3

   Mix meat, onion, garlic, soy sauce, ginger and salt together.

4. 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. 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. 6

   Momo also can be cooked in broth and served as a soup or fried.

7. 7

   NEPALESE meat filling.

8. 8

   1 cup buffalo meat, ground or minced.

9. 9

   l large onion, minced.

10. 10

    2-3 cloves garlic.

11. 11

    2.5 cm. piece ginger.

12. 12

    1/2 teaspoon salt.

13. 13

    1/2 teaspoon chili powder.

14. 14

    1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder.

15. 15

    1 tablespoon ghee or clarified butter.

16. 16

    1/2 teaspoon cumin seed powder.

17. 17

    oil or vegetable oil spray.

18. 18

    2 cups+ flour.

19. 19

    SHERPA Meat Filling.

20. 20

    4 chicken breast halves,boneless, minced.

21. 21

    2 minced onions.

22. 22

    5 cloves garlic (or to taste), diced.

23. 23

    3 tbs ginger, to taste, or one large piece diced.

24. 24

    1-2 tablespoons soy sauce.

25. 25

    salt, paper and accent to taste.

26. 26

    1 teaspoon garam masala (optional).