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Mothuk
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Mothuk

Small momos in a big bowl of broth. Thukpa invited momo and momo moved in.

80 minTime
11 gProtein each
mildSpice
Two favourites, one bowl2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.
The original
345kcal
11 gprotein
5 gfibre
80minutes

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table. Grandma's way is the starting point the other versions are compared with.

Ingredients

4 servings
Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)2 cups
Salt1½ tsp, divided
Cooking oil (vegetable oil)1½ tbsp, divided
Water½ cup plus 1 tbsp
Button mushroom10, finely chopped
Cabbage1½ cups, finely chopped
Onion1 large, chopped, divided
Ginger4 cm, grated, divided
Garlic5 cloves, minced, divided
Soy sauce1½ tbsp, divided
Tomato2 medium, chopped
Vegetable stock (vegetable broth)5 cups
Spinach2 handfuls
Spring onion (green onion, scallion)2 stalks, sliced
Timur (sichuan peppercorns)a pinch, crushed
Coriander leaves (cilantro)to garnish

Method

6 steps
  1. 1Mix the maida, a pinch of salt and the oil. Add water a little at a time and knead 6 minutes into a firm, smooth dough. Cover and rest 30 minutes.
  2. 2Heat 2 tsp oil and cook half the onion, half the ginger and garlic, the mushroom and cabbage for 4 minutes. Add 1 tbsp soy sauce and 1/2 tsp salt. Cool.
  3. 3Roll the dough thin and cut 40 small circles of 6 cm. Fill each with a little filling and pinch into small half moons or rounds.
  4. 4Heat the remaining oil in a large pot. Cook the remaining onion, ginger and garlic for 3 minutes, add the tomato and cook until soft.
  5. 5Add the stock, remaining soy sauce, timur and remaining salt and bring to a boil. Lower to a simmer and slide in the momos. Cook 6 minutes.
  6. 6Stir in the spinach and spring onion for the last minute and serve with coriander.
Serve it like this

Ladle into deep bowls with ten small momos each and coriander on top.

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