Key facts
- Alternative names
- मः मः མོག་མོག 饃饃
- Place of origin
- Nepal Tibet
- Associated cuisine
- Nepalese cuisine Tibetan cuisine
- Main ingredients
- White-flour-and-water dough; meat, vegetable
- Variations
- Buff momo Chicken momo Chilli momo Fried momo Jhol momo Khuwa momo Kothey momo Mutton momo Open momo Pork momo Steam momo Veg momo Yak momo
- Food energy per serving
- 350 to 1000 (35 to 100 per piece)
- Similar dishes
- Baozi Buuz Gyoza Guotie Jiaozi Mandu Manti Mantou Xiaolongbao
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Encyclopedic overview
Momos are a type of steamed, filled dumpling in Nepalese and Tibetan cuisine, and are also popular in neighbouring Bhutan and India. They are usually served with a dipping sauce known as achar or chutney. They can also be served in soup, such as jhol momo or mokthuk.
Origin
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “momo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.