momos have become the king of street food in the past decade in india easily available portable and with no paraphernalia needed other than a steamer they are much easy and are cheap too 4 pieces for 20 bucks well why not thenyou shouldnt be going this easypeasy with this street food though thats for a range of reasons from the ingredients used to cook it to the way it is served and the condiments with which it is served nothing really is healthy about this seemingly steamedhencehealthy food full disclosure we are talking about street momos here although it has been mentioned in the headline theres no harm reiterating it here because the specifics below pertain to the streetavailable varietythey are made with bleached maidamomos are made with maida refined flour which is the starchy part of the grain after the removal of its fibrous bran then it is bleached with chemicals like azodicarbonamide chlorinegas benzoyl peroxide or other bleaches maida has also been suspected to contain traces of alloxans a chemical that gives it the soft refined texturebleaching chemicals that are added to maida cause much harm to the pancreas affecting its insulinproduction ability in fact these bleaching agents are used to make diabetes occur in rodents for laboratory testingalloxans are also harmful to pancreas and are responsible for causing insulindependent diabetes0119why momos are the worst street food evertheir ingredients are mostly staleof poor qualitythe vegetables and chicken used inside momos are stale or of a very poor standard in fact most of the chicken products that you get at unhygienic cheap outlets test positive for e coli bacteria a powerful toxin that can cause severe illnessesmomochutney is too spicyfor the most part red chillis are good for your health that is if they are not processed chilli powders however one cannot be sure about the quality used by local momovendors also an overconsumption of spicy foods is suspected to cause bleeding hemorrhoids or pilesit may contain faecal mattera study by institute of hotel management catering and nutrition pusa showed that delhi street food particularly samosas golgappas burgers and momos contained faecal matter much beyond the permissible coliform levels 2400mpn against 50mpn these pathogens included bacillus cereus clostridium perfringens staphylococcus aureus and salmonella species these are responsible for diarrhoea abdominal cramps typhoid and even food poisoning the verdictif you are consuming enough fiber in your diet that you can easily afford eating junk once in a while then you may go ahead and have your momos platter but if its your goto food at least thrice a week it is time you bid farewell to this habit although all the street foods are harmful to your health momos topped the list here because of a combination of all the wrong reasons if you are still a fan and cannot do without them make them at home and try to use a fibrous cereal and fresher vegetables in the stead