Northeast Indian
Vegetable Momo (Steamed Dumplings)
Vegetable Momo (Steamed Dumplings) is Northeast Indian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup water
- 2 cups cabbage, finely chopped
- 1 carrot, grated
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 1 tsp ginger paste
- 1 tsp garlic paste
- 1 tbsp neutral oil
- 3/4 tsp salt
How to cook it
- Knead the flour with the water and a pinch of salt into a smooth, firm dough, then cover and rest it for 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, mix the chopped cabbage, carrot, onion, ginger, garlic, oil, and salt together in a bowl for the filling, squeezing out any extra water from the vegetables.
- Roll the dough into a long log and cut it into small pieces, then roll each piece into a thin round.
- Place a spoonful of filling in the center of each round and pleat the edges closed into a small pouch or half-moon shape.
- Arrange the dumplings in a greased steamer basket without touching and steam over boiling water until the wrappers turn glossy and slightly translucent, about 12 minutes.
- Serve hot, traditionally with a spicy tomato-chili dip on the side.
Serve it with
A Northeast Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Vegetable Momo (Steamed Dumplings), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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The protein alongside
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What it is eaten with
A course labelled with another kitchen's name comes from a cuisine in the same family, which is where this plate usually borrows it from.
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Vegetable Momo (Steamed Dumplings) carries gluten. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | Yes | Assamese Chicken Curry |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Moderate
- Protein
- Low
- Food groups it covers
- Grains and Vegetables
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Vegetable Momo (Steamed Dumplings) takes about 60 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on flour, cabbage, and carrot.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from Northeast India.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
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