Litti Chokha
Litti Chokha

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Litti Chokha is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Litti Chokha is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook litti chokha using 51 ingredients and 24 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Litti Chokha:
  1. Prepare For Litti -
  2. Get 250 gms Wheat flour
  3. Prepare 1 tsp Carom seeds
  4. Take 1/2 tsp Salt in flour
  5. Get 100 gms Sattu flour (can made at home by grinding Phutana dal)
  6. Get 1 tsp ginger garlic green chilli paste
  7. Take 1 tsp Mustard oil (raw)
  8. Make ready 1/2 tsp Onion seeds
  9. Make ready 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
  10. Take 1/2 tsp Salt in sattu Filling
  11. Take 1 tbsp coriander leaves finely chopped
  12. Take 1 tbsp water for adding in sattu Filling
  13. Prepare as required water for Kneading dough
  14. Take 1 tbsp oil as moyin
  15. Get As required Ghee for deep frying littis
  16. Take For Chokha:
  17. Take 2 Big aubergine (Bharta Baingan)
  18. Make ready 2 Potatoes (medium size)
  19. Prepare 8-10 Garlic cloves
  20. Prepare 1 inch Grated Ginger
  21. Prepare 3-4 green chillies
  22. Prepare 2 Onions chopped
  23. Get 2 Tomatoes chopped
  24. Take 1 tbsp Mustard oil
  25. Get As per taste Salt
  26. Take Handful chopped coriander leaves
  27. Get For Dal -
  28. Make ready 1 cup Toor dal
  29. Make ready 1 onion finely chopped
  30. Get 1 Tomato finely chopped
  31. Get 2-3 Garlic cloves finely chopped
  32. Get 1/2 inch Grated Ginger
  33. Prepare 2-3 Green chillies slit into halves
  34. Get 4-5 - curry leaves
  35. Get Handful Coriander leaves finely chopped
  36. Prepare 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
  37. Take 1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds
  38. Prepare as required Ghee for tadka
  39. Make ready 2-3 Dried red chili for tadka
  40. Take for Green Chutney-
  41. Prepare 1/2 bunch Pudina leaves
  42. Make ready 1/2 bunch Coriander leaves
  43. Make ready 2-4 Green chillies
  44. Take 2-3 garlic cloves
  45. Take 1/2 inch ginger
  46. Make ready As per taste salt
  47. Get 1 tsp Cumin Powder
  48. Prepare As required water
  49. Prepare For Serving -
  50. Take As required chopped onions
  51. Prepare As required Green chillies

Litti is basically consists of wheat and sattu. 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.

Steps to make Litti Chokha:
  1. Sattu Filling for litti-
  2. Take 100 gms of sattu flour in a bowl, add ginger garlic green chillies paste, chopped coriander leaves, salt, onion seeds, Mustard oil and water. Mix well sattu filling for litti is ready (one can also use any Mustard oil based achari masala) if it's available easily. Keep this filling aside.
  3. For Litti covering-
  4. Take wheat flour in a bowl, add salt, carom seeds and oil moyin. Now start adding water and knead a dough same as required for Chapati Dough (not too loose not too tight). Rest this dough by applying oil for 15 mins. After 15 mins knead again. Litti covering is ready.
  5. Litti frying -
  6. Take a lemon size portion from dough now with help of finger press it and make a Katori.
  7. Now, take 2 tsp of sattu filling and fill it in that katori. Seal the dough and give it a round shape with the help of your palm. Seal it properly so while frying our littis will not open in ghee.
  8. Prepare all littis in similar fashion and keep it ready for frying.
  9. Now heat ghee in a kadahi. Start adding littis in batches. Please note that throughout the frying process the gas flame will be low. Flip the littis once they are golden brown from once side. Similarly fry all littis and take out on tissue paper. Littis are ready.
  10. For Chokha-
  11. Pressure cook aubergine and potatoes by peeling them. Take one whistle. Discard the water and start mashing potatoes and aubergine together with the help of a Smasher.
  12. Heat Mustard oil in a kadhai. Add chopped onions, chopped garlic cloves, grated ginger and chopped green chillies. Saute well till raw aroma disappears. Now add chopped tomatoes and saute till tomatoes are soft and mushy.
  13. Add turmeric powder and salt. Now add smashed potatoes and aubergine. Mix well and adjust Salt. Cover and cook for 5 mins.
  14. Switch off the flame add raw garlic cloves roughly chopped from above, add raw Mustard oil around 1 tbsp. Add chopped coriander leaves. Chokha is ready to be served.
  15. For dal-
  16. Pressure cook toor dal for 3-4 whistles by adding salt and turmeric powder.
  17. Heat oil in a kadhai. Add cumin seeds let it splutter, now add curry leaves, dried red chillies, mix well, now add chopped garlic, grated ginger, chopped green chillies, add chopped onions and saute well. Once onions are pink add tomatoes. Cook till tomatoes are tender.
  18. Add cooked toor dal and give it a good mix. Let it boil on low flame for 10 mins and add coriander leaves. Add ghee from above. Dal is ready.
  19. Green Chutney -
  20. In a mixer jar add - washed pudina leaves, washed coriander leaves, green chillies, garlic cloves, ginger, salt, cumin powder and water. Blend to make a smooth Puree. Green Chutney is ready
  21. Serving Litti Chokha-
  22. In a plate arrange - crushed littis + add some ghee from above, chokha, tempored dal, green chutney, chopped onions and green chillies.
  23. Super duper tasty Litti Chokha is ready to serve. Do try this delicious Bihari Cuisine and share your thoughts/comments/remarks and suggestions.
  24. Thanks and regards šŸ’“

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. 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. This litti chokha recipe comes with step by step instructions so that you end up with the perfect dish.

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