🥢 Vegetable Momos 🥟 Tibetan/Nepali Dumplings The Whole Family Can Take Part In 👨🍳
We aren't Nepali or Tibetan, but I'd like to think we love to eat momos just as much as anyone from that part of the world.
First, A Tiring Commute 😴
Pov tagged along with me to pick up Monkey-B from school, and as usual, within minutes of climbing into the tuk-tuk Monkey-B passed out. I can still remember how exhausting school days were when I was a youngster, but I had a long bus ride combined with a long walk, so I always tried my best not to fall asleep on the bus so I didn't wake up to a 20-minute walk.
Pov was quite amused by the situation, so I gave her my phone to take some sleepy selfies with Monkey-B. Monkey-B doesn't know about these photos yet, but I'll be sure to show her this post when I publish it. At least we didn't draw on her face with markers, the reason I was always too scared to fall asleep on the school bus when I was young.
Momo Surprise 🥟
Srey-Yuu often tells me she no longer loves Indian food, and that is 80% of what I cook, so I now have a hard time to cook for the kids something they both will enjoy. Monkey-B and I are South Asian food lovers, but my wife and Srey-Yuu like typical SE Asian flavors. The only crossroads I've found is Nepalese/Tibetan dishes because they sometimes have enough trace of Indian spices that I find them tasty, but because of the Chinese influence there are ingredients like soy sauce and other familiar SE Asian things.
Samosas are too Indian for Srey-Yuu, but momos, which are basically the Tibetan/Nepali version of dumplings, are something the whole family loves. There is a lot of preparation involved, so when I make them I usually try to create at least 50 momos. I always make the filling, create the dough, portion the dough balls, then tell the family it's momo time.
Better Than Samosas? 🤷♂️
Momos are pretty delicious, and even though steamed ones are tasty and healthier, we don't have a steamer, and nothing beats a fried snack. With a good sauce I dare say I like these little things more than samosas, but only from the diner's perspective. From a food prep point of view, they are a pain the butt and our impromptu dumpling prep area is too low, causing me a backache after about 20 minutes.
Luckily though when I rally the family for momo night, everyone loves to prepare the dumplings, so I usually step back and let the ladies do the fun part of folding and forming various momo shapes. Once again, sorry this isn't a recipe post, I'm just too busy these days, but check out this link for s momo recipe somewhat similar to mine.
Hands Off My Momos Yo' 🤼
Momos are a bit like salty popcorn in the sense that there is never enough and violence has been to known to occur when one is in pursuit of stuffing themselves full of momo deliciousness before the pile is gone.
My daughters have a fierce momo rivalry that dates back to the late 2010s, but luckily it hasn't shattered the family or caused a crisis of any kind. I hope this tall-tale is reason enough for you to try some momo-making with your family, and they need not be vegan like ours. Cheese momos are arguably the most popular version, and obviously fried is the way to go with that variety.
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This food is called momo, it looks delicious 😋 and these momos made me hungry again 😁, after I just had breakfast. Thanks for sharing.
Haha, sorry, but they are delicious, a bit addictive. They are very similar also to the dumplings here in Cambodia, but I like this Nepal/Tibet style a little more 🙏.
Technically, this looks like a croissant version of samosa isn't it 🤔
There's this one time a classmate fall sleep on the study table. We chalked his shape on the table. By the time he woke up, there's a patch of saliva inside his "corpse" shape, made it look exactly like CSI 🤣
I never thought about that, but actually, yes, one of the ways I like to close these dumplings does look croissant-ish. I love samosas too, but I think these are tastier because the mincemeat is more delicious than samosa stuffing, and plus there's a nice soy dipping sauce too. Steamed cheese momos were very popular where I traveled in Sikkim many years ago, perhaps one day the home minister could attempt them for you 👩🍳.
jajaja the last photo is so funny, those momos must be delicious with see food inside, hot and steamy
Thanks my friend. I wonder if you mean to write "seafood" or "see food?" I ask because when I was a kid that was a favorite joke of children. While eating you would ask your friend if they like "see food," and when they say "yes," you open your mouth and reveal a mouthful of unchewed food 😆.
I've never tried or even heard of the food momo, hehe. But they look very delicious for I am a fan of eating dumplings myself. We have this one locally called empanadas a bit similar but not shaped like this though. We have the lumpia as well but they are rolled into sticks more like a spring roll but it's up to you on what kind of stuffing you will put inside. In our house specially when our Unico hijo comes home from his college break I usually make the Lumpia with ham and cheese with a long chili (the long green one's) as stuffing for my two boys love them so much... Haha
They call it the cheese and ham Bomb!😍😍
Haha, Monkey-B really had a comfy sleep In the tuktuk, probably off to Dreamland already!😄😄
I think if you don't fold them or close them in a fancy way, they are shaped like little empanadas. It reminds me of when we were in Ecuador thinking about street food ideas. I wanted to make Indian snacks because Indian food isn't very common there, and thought samosas would be a good starter.
When I was thinking of how to market samosas in Spanish, I thought of calling them "Empanadillas de India." 🤔😆 I know empanadas well, but have never tried Philippines style before, perhaps some day. Cheese and Ham Bombs, that sounds like a catchy name for a dish the kids love 👍👍.
Oh, I was hoping there might be a recipe added.. ;)
They look very nice indeed and I can understand the rivalry over them.. lol
Thanks for sharing.
Sorry, I think I once did share my momo recipe on Hive, but either way, there is a link in the post body to a site with a very similar momo recipe. Thanks for stopping by.
I was always lucky enough to never need to take the bus or get a ride to school; I always either walked or rode my bike.
You have far more patience than I do for food preparation. There are certain mandatory tasks that one must engage in that I really do not like to do, two of which are preparing food and eating. I enjoy tasty food, I just don't enjoy the time involved. 😂 But man, those momo's look good.
As a cook I must admit I prefer eating too, but my biggest problem is that I have an Indian tummy and don't live in India. I think the only way I could give up cooking is to live in India where there is also something delicious within a few minutes walk.
I'll admit that I'm spoiled here; there is every possible type of restaurant in the city that one could imagine. Off the top of my head I can think of Indian, Vietnamese, greasy Philly, the standard Mexican and Chinese staples and, until recently, even a Canadian themed restaurant (which has since become a brew house, so I suppose it's similar).
Back in my pre-vegan days, a Philly cheesesteak ranked very high on my list of favorite foods.
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I should really put momos on our to-try list 😅.
I get that, but I think that after a few rides my body or rather "internal" clock could "calculate" how long the ride was during my school days, thus was able to take a little nap in the bus and wake up 10 - 15 minutes before my stop. The nap was indeed needed as we had an almost 2km. walk towards home.
I can't recommend them enough, but if you can make momo prep a social thing, it's a little more fun. Your comment reminds me of a particular bump and corner that used to wake me up because it was close to my bus stop. Being awakened by the bus drive at the end of his route was always a rough situation, it did happen to me a couple of times 😆.
Hahahaa, indeed it did happen that I woke up a bit later than I should've, but it was only a few steps away from my own stop fortunately.
Yeah, I'll have to learn to make those 😅.
oh, that last pic is priceless! Monkey-B is guarding that momo with the stink eye! LOL!
She is very caring and sharing, but there is a switch that gets turned on when something deep-fried is at stake. She becomes a totally different person 😠👊.
It was delicious and thanks so much my lovely husband for making us did it with you.
I always enjoy making momos for the family, thank you being a complimenting diner 😉.