How to Cook Yummy Litti chokha

Litti chokha. What is litti chokha Litti is the stuffed whole wheat dough ball and Chokha is a mashed relish that is served with litti. Chokha can be made with roasted eggplant (baingan), boiled or roasted potatoes (aloo) and roasted tomatoes (tamatar). You can make them separately or even combine all three and make one chokha.

Litti, along with chokha, is a complete meal originated from the Indian state of Bihar. It is also popular in Jharkhand and parts of Eastern Uttar Pradesh. It is a dough ball made up of whole wheat flour and stuffed with gram flour, pulses and mixed with herbs and spices and then roasted over coal or wood then it is tossed with much ghee. You can have Litti chokha using 28 ingredients and 21 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Litti chokha

1. It's of For litti.
2. You need of Wheat flour -.
3. It's of Suji/semolina -.
4. It's of Carom seeds -.
5. It's of Onion seeds -.
6. Prepare of Baking powder -.
7. It's of Turmeric powder -.
8. It's of Salt -.
9. Prepare of Oil -.
10. It's of Clarified butter -.
11. It's of For stuffing.
12. It's of Roasted gram flour/sattu -.
13. You need of Finely chopped onion -.
14. It's of Finely chopped green chilli -.
15. You need of Finely chopped garlic cloves -.
16. Prepare of Mustard oil -.
17. You need of Salt -.
18. You need of Lemon juice -.
19. Prepare of Chopped coriander leaves -.
20. Prepare of Water -.
21. It's of For chokha.
22. You need of Bharta baingan large.
23. It's of Tomato -.
24. Prepare of Chopped onion -.
25. You need of Chopped green chily -.
26. Prepare of Chopped garlic cloves -.
27. Prepare of Salt -.
28. Prepare of Chopped coriander leaves.

Litti Chokha is a traditional dish eaten mainly in Bihar and Jharkhad. It can be had for lunch, dinner or you can make it on your holidays and you will surely love it. Litti is similar to Bati in appearance but there is a little difference. Litti Chokha is a traditional dish that has its origin from the state of Bihar in India.

Litti chokha instructions

1. For littiTake a large bowl add wheat flour,semolina,baking powder,carom seeds,onion seeds,salt,turmeric powder and oil and mix well..
2. Make a stiff dough with the help of water..
3. The texture should be crumbly keep aside for 30 mins..
4. Take a large bowl add above listed stuffing ingredients and mix well..
5. Now stuffing is ready..
6. Divide the dough into equal size balls..
7. Stuff the filling in the dough..
8. Wrap up the dough pieces and close from all sides..
9. Preheat oven for 10 mins. in 250,c.
10. Grease oven wire with oil..
11. Place the bati in preheated oven for 5 mins..
12. Flip it over till brown..
13. Deep in the clarified butter and serve hot. with baingan bharta.
14. For baingan bharta.
15. Wash and clean the baingan.
16. Stalk trimmed and partially slit into quarters and prick the baingan.
17. Now keep in the microwave safe bowl.
18. Microwave baingan for six mins and tomato for 3 mins.
19. Cool down for some time,remove the skin of the baingan and tomato and mash it.
20. Add green chilli,garlic cloves,coriander leaves,salt and finely chopped onion in the mashed baingan tomato and mix well..
21. Garnish with coriander leaves.

Whole wheat dough balls are filled with sattu, a flour made from roasted bengal gram and eaten with chokha, a spicy poatato-tomato-eggplant mash. Litti Chokha is a traditional Bihari and Jharkhand dish that is quite similar to Rajasthani Baati but still very different. The litti is the bread made out of flour and is stuffed with sattu and chokha is the side dish made using eggplant, potato or tomatoes. Here is how to make it. Litti Chokha is completely home based service accepting limited number of orders.