Buckwheat & cabbage momos

Name: Buckwheat & cabbage momos
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 22 min
Total time: 1 h 22 min
Yield: Makes about 30
Cuisine: Bhutanese
Ingredients: ½ white cabbage, roughly chopped; 1 teaspoon very finely chopped fresh ginger; ¼ teaspoon salt; 130 g (4½ oz/1 cup) buckwheat flour; 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped; Chutney for momos, to serve; 60 ml (2 fl oz/¼ cup) vegetable oil; 1 teaspoon chilli powder; 1 small red onion, finely chopped; 300 g (10½ oz/2 cups) plain (all-purpose) flour, plus extra for dusting; 65 g (2¼ oz/½ cup) crumbled feta cheese; 3 tablespoons poppy seeds; 120 g (4¼ oz) unsalted butter; ¼ teaspoon sichuan peppercorns

Preparation info

Makes about
30

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 25

Appears in

Lands of the Curry Leaf

By Peter Kuruvita

Published 2018

About

Momos originated in Tibet — but with the movement of the Tibetan people around the world, every country in the mountainous areas of the subcontinent consider momos as their own. This cabbage and buckwheat momo, however, is uniquely Bhutanese. The great thing with these is that you can fry or steam them.

Ingredients

Chutney for momos, to serve

Asia
Bhutan
Snack
Vegetarian

Method

To make the filling, put the cabbage in a covered steamer basket over a wok or saucepan of simmering water for 5 minutes. Drain well, leave to cool, then squeeze dry. Finely chop the cabbage, place in a large bowl and set aside.

Using a spice or coffee grinder, pulverise the poppy seeds and peppercorns to a fine powder. Add to the cabbage, along with the onion, garlic, ginger, feta, chi