Momos symbolise what the best street food can taste like, and the emotions it can evoke in oneself. Ask any Delhiite their favourite street food and momo would definitely be on their top 5 list. Just biting into a piping hot momo straight out of the steamer, filled with flavoursome veggies and meat can beat away any weekday blues. Can momos be healthy or healthier? Well, a Lucknow street food vendor serves healthy ‘No Maida Momos’. What do Netizens think of it?
Lucknow Has A Street Food Stall Serving “No Maida Momos”
Food vlogger, Darpan Khurana took to his Instagram handle @lifewithdarpan to share a reel of a street food vendor in Lucknow who sells healthy “No Maida Momos”. In the video, the woman running a stall in Lucknow named Desi With Korean Tadka said that people may be tired of having momos made of maida.
So, as a solution, she offers momos made of cabbage leaves. While cabbage is often used to prepare the filling, the woman says that cabbage can be used for the outer layering as well. The street food vendor adds the filling into cabbage cups and then rolls them into a nicely tucked envelope. Then, she places the cabbage cups filled with spiced fillings into the steamer. Once they are steamed, she serves the “No Maida Momos” for those who want the steamed variety.
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For others, she pan-fries them and serves them with two chutneys. While it doesn’t look like regular momos, the Lucknow street food vendor promises these to be guilt-free, healthy momos. You can get these cabbage momos at Desi With Korean Tadka in Lucknow for ₹150 per plate. The stall is open from 6 pm to 11 pm.
Netizens Would Rather Prefer The Unhealthy Ones
Garnering a whopping 3.9 million views, this video went viral on the Internet. But can it compete with regular momos? Well, here’s the verdict. One Instagrammer commented “Yeh Momos Nahin Hai”. Others called it cabbage roll and spring roll. And yet another person commented that they’d rather eat unhealthy maida-wale momos than these healthy ones.
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Well, would you ever give these No Maida Momos in Lucknow a go?
Cover Image Courtesy: @lifewithdarpan/ Instagram