Sweet Momos / Hatha Welli Nawari

Only for ease of understanding I have named them as sweet momos. Though the recipe is very similar to that of momos, this is a traditional bhatkali recipe going by the name of “hatha welli nawari”. 

The method of preparation is similar to that of momos. But here the filling is sweet with a coconut base. I have used jaggery as a sweetener. Sugar works extremely well too.

The skin for the momo is made of semi cooked dough. Once the water comes to a rolling boil, switch off the flame.  Add the salt and ghee and dump in all the dough at once and then go ahead and knead to medium soft dough.  Once the dough is ready, pick out small pieces and roll out into chapathi.

On one half side of the chapathi spread a thin layer of the filling .Now fold the chapathi and seal the edges.

The momos are ready to get steamed.

This recipe makes around 20 momos. Each serving (1 momo) gives approximately 92 calories.

Here is what you’ll need:

For the filling:

1 cup fresh coconut

1- 1 ½  cups jaggery/sugar

1 tbsp rose water

¼ cup almonds and cashew nut chopped

1 tsp sesame seeds (til)

For the dough:

1 cup water

1 ¼ cup all purpose flour (maida)

1 tsp ghee

½ tsp salt

Method:

1. For the filling mix the coconut, jaggery and nuts in a heavy bottom pan and let it cook on low flame till the coconut cooks, jaggery melts and the mixture steams. Add a tbsp of rose water.
2. For the dough, in a large pot bring the water to a boil.
3. Add salt and ghee to the water.
4. Once the water comes to a rolling boil, dump in all the flour at once and start mixing it with a wooden spatula.
5. Once the dough starts clumping together, lay it out on a flat surface and knead it well till it forms soft dough.
6. Pick out tiny lemon sized balls of dough, knead each of them and roll out skin thin chapathi.
7. Add the prepared filling to one half and seal shut by pressing the edges together.
8. Keep the prepared momos on a  paper.
9. Bring the steamer to a boil. Grease the steamer plate with few drops of oil to avoid the  momos sticking.
10. Once the water boils, arrange the momos on the steamer plate. Take care that each piece don’t touch the other.
11. Steam for 10-12 mins.
12. Serve cool. 

Recipe by Zohra Sada