I've sampled a wide variety of veggie momos - ranging from ones stuffed with cabbage to ones filled with veggie burger! On a recent trip to Nepal, I had momos filled with egg and a few vegetables. They were really quite good. I was surprised that even my hard-core meat eating counterparts enjoyed them. I've been trying to figure out how to make these egg momos. If anyone has a recipe, I'd appreciate it. Thanks!

Riti, in general meat eaters eat anything I suppose. If you come across such momos, please let us know so we can share the joy. This is one of the best topics yet. Perhaps someone should do a thesis on the value of momos in our ancient society. Is momo truly a Nepali delicacy, or is it simply an outake of the dumpling class of foods?

gotta love them m:m:!

but have you ever tried Tip Top samosas in indrachowk??

yeah...tip top samosa kicks ass...what about kalikasthan momo?

somosa in indra chowk??? i am scared to eat that. I will suffer from diaheria...............

I will not be scared of anything to eat samosas at tik tok Indrachowk, life is too short to be scared of such things...

Riti,
hmm..egg momos. The ones you tried in Nepal..did they have boiled eggs inside ? or were they scrambled ? think that's a neat idea..why didn't I think of it before.
I normally just use onions, mashed potatoes and cabbage.

I recently discovered these forzen ready to cook veggie momos in the local oriental store. They are stuffed with cabbage seasoned with seasome seeds..which gives it a really great taste.

Amina - Your mix of aalu and cabbage sounds tasty! :) As for the mysterious egg momos, the egg inside was definitely not boiled. I think it must have been scrambled first but another person thinks that the eggs were simply made into a thick batter (don't know with what), put into the wrapper raw, and then cooked inside the momo upon steaming. I guess the answer will require some experimentation.

BP - You're right, the momo is an interesting subject - one could document the evolution of the momo and perhaps explain to us its development in our society. Are there any food-anthropologists out there to enlighten us?

having a vegetarian in the family meant experimenting with food..and naturally, momo wasn't far behind.
i've always enjoyed cabbage, mashed potato momos with a lil bit of vegetable oil in the mixture, along with momo masala(readily available in most nepali stores) and the usual onion,salt, garlic, & ginger. you could even try it with fresh spring onions.

try to make it open momo, and put some fresh ground tomato chutney made with chillis and coriander.

hope you'll enjoy what i enjoy very much

I can help!! I know How to cook egg momo. However, it is very hard to explain here becuase eggs need to be cooked and in couple of different way. You can schedule time, let me know, so I can show you step-by-step. It is little bit hard to cook, however, it is really delicious momo ever if anybody had tried before.

"pakora",

i would not try anything called "somosa" in indrachowk or anywhere else (what's a sOmosa, anyhow?).

HOWEVER, sAmosas from tip top (really the name of the tailor shop next door) are completely safe--even for tourists' stomachs. i've never heard a nepali complain about them (except when they scald their mouth because they gobbled too fast!).

pakoras can be really tasty, too.