Litti Chokha is the staple food from the state of Bihar in India. It consists of a wheat covering filled with sattu and spices. It can be fried or slow roasted on coals. It is served with chokha, which is made from roasted eggplant or boiled potato.

Ingredients for Chokha

Ingredients for Litti Cover

Ingredients for Litti Filling

Method

1. Mix wheat flour, ghee, baking powder, ajwain, salt and knead a hard dough. Keep aside.
2. Mix all the ingredients of the filling. The filling should be of bread crumb consistency. Keep aside.
3. Boil tomatoes in a little water till the time the skin cracks.
4. Peel the tomatoes and crush them.
5. Roast the eggplant and peel it. Chop it coarsely.
6. Add chopped onions, grated ginger, chopped chillies, carom seeds, achar masala, chopped coriander leaves, and salt to tomatoes.
7. Peel and grate potatoes coarsely. Add eggplant and potatoes to the tomatoes.
8. Squeeze a lemon on the vegetables.
9. Mix everything properly. Chokha is ready.
10. Make 14 balls out of the dough.
11. Convert the ball into disc and fill it with a tbsp of filling.
12. Close the ball and flatten it. Make sure that filling is covered from all sides and there are no holes in the ball. Repeat with other balls.
13. Heat oil in a wok. Once it’s hot, fry the flattened balls in the oil on medium heat, few at a time.
14. Fry till they are brown. Drain them on paper towel. Litti is ready
15. Serve Litti Chokha, while still warm.
16. Another variation is to roll the ball like thick roti and cook it like a parantha.

Notes

1. If you are not used to mustard oil cooking, add no mustard oil in the Chokha because it can be really strong.
2. You can even add some oil in the dough. That will make Litti a little more flaky.
3. You can bake these littis at 400 degrees F till they are golden brown.
Summary

Recipe Name
Litti Chokha
Author Name
Ruchi Garg
Published On
2015-09-26
Total Time
1H10M
Average Rating
5 Based on 4 Review(s)