Homemade momo in Croatia for about €2.40 a plate: the Croatian word for every ingredient (and why ‘kim’ is not cumin)

Everything for a plate of chicken or turkey momo is on the shelves of an ordinary Croatian supermarket. At Konzum’s online prices on 16 October, about 40 momos for four people cost roughly €9.70. Here is the shopping list in Croatian, the cost, and six simple steps.

Published 2026-10-16 · Source checked 2026-10-16

Missing momo from home? You do not need a Nepali restaurant. Everything for a batch of chicken or turkey momo is sold in an ordinary Croatian supermarket.

We priced the ingredients on Konzum’s web shop on 16 October 2026. A batch of about 40 momos, enough for four people, comes to roughly €9.70, or about €2.40 a plate.^[1][2]

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Shopping list for the dough (Croatian name in brackets): 500 g plain white flour (glatko pšenično brašno, tip 550), about 250 ml lukewarm water (voda), a pinch of salt (sol) and 1 tablespoon of sunflower oil (suncokretovo ulje).

For the filling: 500 g turkey mince (pureće mljeveno meso), or chicken thigh fillet (pileći file zabatka) chopped very fine; 2 red onions (crveni luk); a bunch of spring onions (mladi luk); 4 cloves of garlic (češnjak); a thumb of ginger (đumbir); a handful of parsley leaves (peršin list) or, better, fresh coriander; 1 teaspoon turmeric (kurkuma); 1 teaspoon black pepper (crni papar); salt and 2 tablespoons of oil.

For the tomato achar: 3 ripe tomatoes (rajčica), 1–2 hot peppers (feferon), 2 cloves of garlic, half a lemon (limun) and salt. A spoon of toasted sesame (sezam) or a pinch of timur makes it taste more like home.

Spice-shelf trap: in Croatian, ‘kim’ means caraway, not cumin. Cumin is ‘kumin’ or ‘rimski kim’. We did not find fresh coriander or cumin in the Konzum web-shop sections we checked; for those, and for timur, try Asian or Indian food shops.^[1][4]

What it costs (Konzum online, 16 October): turkey mince €5.49 for 500 g; tomatoes about €1.30; spring onions €0.89; parsley about €0.60; hot peppers about €0.40; flour about €0.30; onion, garlic, ginger, spices, oil and lemon together about €0.70. Total about €9.70 for four.^[1][2][3][4]

Cheaper versions: chicken thigh fillet (€4.69 for 500 g) brings it to about €2.20 a plate, and pork mince, if you eat pork, to about €1.60. These are our own calculations; Konzum says its web prices are for online shopping, and shop, Lidl or Kaufland prices can differ.^[2]

1. Dough: mix the flour and salt, add the oil, then add water a little at a time. Knead for 5–8 minutes until smooth and firm, cover and rest for 30 minutes.

2. Filling: chop the onions, spring onions and herbs very finely and grate the garlic and ginger. Mix with the meat, spices, salt, oil and 2–3 tablespoons of water so the filling stays juicy.

3. Wrappers: roll the dough into a long rope, cut it into about 40 pieces and roll each into a thin circle about 8 cm wide, thinner at the edges.

4. Folding: put a teaspoon of filling in the middle and pleat the edges shut, round or half-moon, the way you learned at home.

5. Steaming: oil the steamer so the momos do not stick. No steamer? A metal colander (cjedilo) over a pot of boiling water, covered with a lid, works. Steam for 10–12 minutes and cut one open: chicken or turkey must have no pink left inside.

6. Achar: boil or roast the tomatoes, peppers and garlic until soft, then blend with salt, lemon juice and the sesame if you have it.

Tips: freeze extra raw momos on a tray, then move them to a bag; steam them from frozen for a few minutes longer. Cooking with flatmates and splitting the bill makes it cheaper still.

Cooking at home is one of the easiest ways to follow our guide to saving on a Croatian wage. Good news for the shopping basket too: September’s inflation figures show food prices almost flat on a year ago.

This is our own recipe, written for this site. Prices change every week, so check the shelf before you shop.

Who makes the best momo in your flat in Croatia, and what filling do you use? Tell us in the comments.

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