And in what did I fail may you be asking... Chocolate Momos - "Dessert dumplings filled with banana and covered in chocolate." That's what I failed in... well... not really, but I'll explain. I don't think this was a complete failure. It was edible... while hot! After cooling down, the dough became so tough it was almost like trying to chew on a piece of plastic. I'm not sure if this was due to the cooking time, the cooking method (steaming) or if it was from the type of dough I used (which I honestly don't think so).
Anyway, I'll share the recipe with you but please, take in consideration all the observations I'll be making if you ever want to try this recipe!
You'll need:
- a steaming utensil
- little squares or parchment paper
- dumplings' dough
- banana cut into rounds
- chocolate creme (like Nutella or similar) or chocolate sauce
This is my basic go-to dumpling dough. It makes about 28 or 30 10 cm circles of dough:
- chopsticks or a fork
- 200 gr. of flour
- 100 ml. of boiling water
- pinch of salt
- 1 tbsp of oil (I use sesame oil for that nutty flavour)
In a bowl put in the flour and whisk it around with the chopsticks or fork, whichever you use, to break any lumps. Add in the salt and mix well. Now pour the boiling water and mix very well until it forms like crumbs and add in the oil. Mix all again with the chopsticks until it starts crumbling again. Now use your hands. Bring the dough together by kneading it a bit and cover with plastic wrap. Leave to rest for half an hour. After that time, knead the dough again until it becomes very smooth and wrap for another 30 minutes. After that time your dough is ready.
Break the dough in two. Work one piece and keep the other covered. Roll the piece like a rope and cut it into 14 or 15 equal pieces. Now use a rolling pin to roll each piece into a circle with about 1 or 2 mm in thickness. There is your first dumpling, or in this case momo, shell. Continue this process until you have all the circles rolled out and prepared.
Now put one piece of banana on the center of each circle of dough, wet your finger with water and wet one side edge of the circle dough. Bring the edges of the dough up together and pinch them well so they won't open. Now bring each corner together around the momo and pinch them too. There you have your first momo!
Continue this process until you have all the momos you want. Place each momo on a piece of parchment paper and in the steaming utensil.
Put a pot with water on the stove and bring it to the boil. Reduce the heat to minimum, place the steaming utensil with the momos on it, cover and let it cook for about 10 minutes. Remove from the heat and pay attention 'cause steam burns like hell!
Remove the momos from the utensil, get rid of the parchment paper and serve them on a plate with chocolate sauce or creme drizzled all over them. Enjoy!
Notes:
- I know my dough recipe makes a lot of dough circles so feel free to make it in half. If you still have leftovers you can store them for 24h in the refrigerator, already rolled in circles, with pieces of parchment paper between each, and in an air tight container. You can also make big dumplings and with whatever filling you want (just as long as it's not very liquid), just make sure the dough is 1 or 2 mm thick;
- Now, the parts I think I failed: I decided to steam the momos but I usually never steam this dough, I boil it and fry it. Next time I'll try it this way. Next...;
- I never cooked this dough for so long! I usually boil it for 3 minutes (right out of the freezer!) and that's it! I think steaming it for 10 minutes was way too much (but I was following a recipe so I thought... well... steaming must require a different time... silly me -_-) and the protein of the dough seized up, turning it into a really tough and very hard to chew piece of dough. Not every bit but specially the parts where the dough was pinched together.
So, all in all, it was edible and delicious in flavour! Can't go wrong with banana and chocolate ;) But if I ever do this again I will make it without following a recipe. I will still use my dough and what I already know about it, which is: it cooks in 3 minutes and I will boil and fry it instead of steaming ;)
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