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Lamb momo recipe

Created by Deborah Kaloper

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Cuisine: Nepalese
Makes 25

Ingredients

200g (1⅓ cups) plain flour, plus extra, to dust
2 tbsp ghee (clarified butter)*
Sliced red chillies and spring onions, and tomato achar*, to serve

Lamb filling
225g minced lamb
½ onion, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1 red bird’s-eye chilli, finely chopped
2 tbsp coriander leaves, finely chopped
1cm-piece ginger, finely grated
½ tsp ground turmeric
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp ground coriander
¼ tsp ground black pepper
5 Szechuan peppercorns*, crushed

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Preparation

To make momo wrappers, combine flour and ¼ tsp salt in a large bowl. Make a well in the centre, add ghee and 125ml hot water and mix until mixture forms a dough. Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and knead for 5 minutes or until smooth. Place dough in a greased bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Set aside in a warm, draught-free place for 30 minutes to rest.

Meanwhile, to make the lamb filling, combine all ingredients in a bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until needed.

Roll out dough on a lightly floured surface until 2mm thick. Using an 8cm round cutter, cut the dough into 25 rounds. Place a teaspoonful of lamb filling in the centre of each round and brush edges with a little water. Bring up the edge from three points of each round and press the edges together to form a pyramid-shaped dumpling. Repeat with the remaining rounds of dough.

Line a large steamer basket with a cartouche and set over a large saucepan of simmering water. Steam momo, in batches of 5, for 8 minutes or until tender and cooked through. Scatter with chillies and spring onions, and serve immediately with tomato achar.

* Ghee is from supermarkets. You can substitute 40g butter, at room temperature, for the ghee.

* Tomato achar, available from Indian and Asian food shops, is a spicy tomato pickle.

* Szechuan peppercorns, known as timur in Nepal, are available from selected greengrocers and delis, and Asian food shops.

DRINK Monteith’s Summer Ale ($16, sixpack)

As seen in Feast magazine, Issue 7, pg98.

Photography by Anson Smart.

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