Momo

Ingredients

Quantities for 4 servings.

• 400 g Plain flour
• 200 ml Cold water
• 500 g Beef or chicken, chopped by hand
• 300 g Onion, finely diced
• 25 g Ginger
• 5 clove Garlic
• 20 g Coriander
• 1 tsp Timur pepper
• 400 g Tomatoes for the achar
• 3 piece Dried chillies
• 2 tbsp Sesame seeds
• 3 tbsp Neutral oil
• to taste Salt

Method

1. Knead a dough from the flour, cold water and a pinch of salt for eight minutes and rest it under film for half an hour.
2. Mix the chopped meat with the onion, ginger, garlic, coriander, timur, a spoon of oil and salt. Do not work it to a paste; pieces should remain.
3. Char the tomatoes over a flame until blackened, toast the chillies and sesame in a dry pan, and blend everything with salt into a sauce.
4. Roll eight-centimetre rounds, thinner at the edges. Add a spoon of filling and pleat all the way round, twisting the top shut.
5. Oil the steamer and cook the momo ten minutes over a fierce steam, keeping them from touching.