Tibetan Momo (A Dim Sum Dumpling From Tibet) - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    2 medium onions, finely chopped
    1 lb yak meat, finely chopped (or ground beef bison or chicken)
    2 -5 cm minced ginger or 2 -5 cm galangal
    2 tablespoons soy sauce
    3 minced garlic cloves
    salt
    4 cups flour
    oil or vegetable oil cooking spray
Preparation
    Mix the flour with enough cold water to make a fairly stiff dough.
    Knead it well and roll small pieces into thin rounds,about 3 1/2 inches in diameter.
    Mix meat, onion, garlic, soy sauce, ginger and salt together.
    Put a teaspoon of meat mixture in each little pancake and fold over. Pinch, flute or pleat the edges together so the momo looks like a half-moon or is round shaped.
    Lightly coat a bamboo or metal steamer with vegetable spray and arrange momo so they do not touch. Cover and steam over boiling water for l0-15 minutes.
    Momo also can be cooked in broth and served as a soup or fried.
    NEPALESE meat filling.
    1 cup buffalo meat, ground or minced.
    l large onion, minced.
    2-3 cloves garlic.
    2.5 cm. piece ginger.
    1/2 teaspoon salt.
    1/2 teaspoon chili powder.
    1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder.
    1 tablespoon ghee or clarified butter.
    1/2 teaspoon cumin seed powder.
    oil or vegetable oil spray.
    2 cups+ flour.
    SHERPA Meat Filling.
    4 chicken breast halves,boneless, minced.
    2 minced onions.
    5 cloves garlic (or to taste), diced.
    3 tbs ginger, to taste, or one large piece diced.
    1-2 tablespoons soy sauce.
    salt, paper and accent to taste.
    1 teaspoon garam masala (optional).

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