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DECEMBER: World Kitchen Explorer - Nepali Momos ~ Dal Bhat
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A sample of the distinctive food of Nepal

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Momos - the most popular street food in the region of Kathmandu, Nepal - are a type of steamed filled dumpling, with the word ‘momo’ coming from a Chinese word meaning steamed bread. The dough is simply made from flour, water and oil and encases a mixture of mince, onion and fragrant spices. Momos are always served with a momo achar (or pickle) made from tomatoes, toasted sesame and tongue-tingling peppercorns. For the main event we have a Nepali staple, dal bhat or dal with rice, which is served at every meal (including breakfast!), as well as a simple Nepali vegetable curry called tarkari, a crunchy salad and a hot green chilli pickle.

Details

Prep: 50 mins

Cook: 1 hour 15 mins

Serves: 4

Effort: Medium effort

Origin: Nepal

Shopping list
  • 250g chicken, lamb or beef mince or use 150g veggie mince (results in the same volume when cooked) for a veg version (following the same cooking instructions)
  • 6 tomatoes
  • 1 small cauliflower
  • 1 large carrot
  • ½ cucumber
  • 1 large onion
  • 6 cloves of garlic
  • Fresh ginger
  • 3 green chillies
  • 25g bunch of coriander
  • 1 lemon
  • 25g butter
  • 250g ready-cooked beluga or puy lentils
  • 150g plain flour or bread flour (plus extra for rolling)
  • A pinch of sugar
  • Rice to serve
Spices included

Pickle Spices: chilli, fenugreek, yellow MUSTARD, asafoetida, cumin, coriander, brown MUSTARD, garlic, ginger, turmeric
Achar Spices: Sichuan pepper, cumin, coriander, asafoetida, brown MUSTARD, mild chilli flakes, paprika, Kashmiri chilli, fenugreek, oil, salt
Sesame Seeds: white SESAME
Tarka Spices: cumin, long chilli
Dal Spices: turmeric, cumin, coriander, cinnamon, Sichuan pepper
Cauliflower Tarkari Spices: Kashmiri chilli, turmeric, cumin, coriander, Sichuan pepper, brown MUSTARD, fenugreek, nigella
Momo Filling Spices: ginger, garlic, Sichuan pepper, cumin, coriander, turmeric, black pepper, mild chilli flakes, chilli, chives, oil, salt

May contain CELERY. Allergens are listed in CAPITALS

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Spicery Customer

Absolutely delicious! Every bite was bursting with flavor from fresh veg and high quality spices. When I can't travel I travel cook and man this kit did not disappoint :D

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Spicery Customer

Have developed a real taste for Momos and this spice box was a winner in our household. Would definitely buy again

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Spicery Customer

First time I have eaten Nepali Momos never mind make them. Delicious. I found the recipe good to follow, it did take me longer to make but, I think that was due to me double checking what I was doing. Will be making this again!

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Spicery Customer

Really tasty and definitely enjoyed making some unusual dishes! Couldn’t believe it after the prep and cooking when I looked up and realised what I’d created! A great excuse for a date night during lockdown

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Spicery Customer

The Dal Bhat was really tasty and the Momos were fun to make, need a little practice though!

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Spicery Customer

Great memories of Nepal with this one - we ate this every day on our Annapurna Base Camp trek. As they say 'Dal Bhat power, 24 hour!'

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Spicery Customer

Very tasty. The momos were the best. Took a long time to cook. That was the downside to this recipe.

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Spicery Customer

We loved this dish. The momos were fantastic but my favourite was the dal.

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Spicery Customer

Great recipe and the Momos were fab - the dhal was great too (I did cook for longer than the recipe stated as I prefer it quite thick) and loved the chilli kick from the green chilli pickle!

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Spicery Customer

Friday Night Curry better than eating out. Nepali Momos and Dal, really different, and absolutely delicious!

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Spicery Customer

Having been to Nepal and tasted the delights of Momos I was excited to make these. We really loved them, they tasted so authentic and I may order another box. Just would like a vegetarian version although the meat was not overpowering.

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Spicery Customer

No Cauli so used Broccoli for the Tarkari. The Dal was delicious, the Momo Achar wonderful and everything else perfect. Tomorrow night we will be eating Nepali Momos. Can't wait.

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Spicery Customer

A lot of work for little reward! What a faff this meal is to make with so many steps and techniques required. The only bit that was any good were the momos, but the rest of it I would have happily binned. The dahl was like brown sludge and tasted simila...

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Spicery Customer

There is an awful lot to do and the result was bitter and didn’t have the flavour I was looking for. You win some, you lose some.

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Spicery Customer

Amazing! Momos will be made again

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Spicery Customer

I never thought I'd be able to cook steamed buns but the Momos were so easy to make and delicious! The cauliflower was my favourite part of this dish. A mild curry but add in the green chilli pickle and wooomf! there's the heat!!

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Spicery Customer

So good that I had to ignore presentation and slap it all on the plate ASAP. I skipped the salad as I’m not a fan of cucumber but it still felt like a feast. The sauce in particular was so good. I probably should have checked out how to fill a Momo on ...

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