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Litti chokha recipe with step by step photos - a rustic and traditional dish of stuffed whole wheat dough balls, where the stuffing is a spiced mix of roasted gram flour or sattu. Litti Chokha is traditional dish of Bihar. It is basically an evening snack served with chokha made out of potato,brinjal and tomato,It is tasty snack recipe..litti chokha recipe. firstly, i have baked these litti in appe pan which makes it easy to bake with finally, i request you to check my other lunch recipes collection with this post of litti chokha recipe. it.
To begin with this recipe, we must 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:
- Prepare For Litti -
- Take 250 gms Wheat flour
- Make ready 1 tsp Carom seeds
- Get 1/2 tsp Salt in flour
- Make ready 100 gms Sattu flour (can made at home by grinding Phutana dal)
- Get 1 tsp ginger garlic green chilli paste
- Get 1 tsp Mustard oil (raw)
- Prepare 1/2 tsp Onion seeds
- Prepare 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
- Make ready 1/2 tsp Salt in sattu Filling
- Get 1 tbsp coriander leaves finely chopped
- Get 1 tbsp water for adding in sattu Filling
- Make ready as required water for Kneading dough
- Prepare 1 tbsp oil as moyin
- Prepare As required Ghee for deep frying littis
- Take For Chokha:
- Make ready 2 Big aubergine (Bharta Baingan)
- Make ready 2 Potatoes (medium size)
- Get 8-10 Garlic cloves
- Prepare 1 inch Grated Ginger
- Take 3-4 green chillies
- Prepare 2 Onions chopped
- Make ready 2 Tomatoes chopped
- Get 1 tbsp Mustard oil
- Get As per taste Salt
- Get Handful chopped coriander leaves
- Take For Dal -
- Prepare 1 cup Toor dal
- Get 1 onion finely chopped
- Take 1 Tomato finely chopped
- Prepare 2-3 Garlic cloves finely chopped
- Make ready 1/2 inch Grated Ginger
- Make ready 2-3 Green chillies slit into halves
- Make ready 4-5 - curry leaves
- Prepare Handful Coriander leaves finely chopped
- Prepare 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
- Make ready 1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds
- Make ready as required Ghee for tadka
- Prepare 2-3 Dried red chili for tadka
- Make ready for Green Chutney-
- Take 1/2 bunch Pudina leaves
- Make ready 1/2 bunch Coriander leaves
- Take 2-4 Green chillies
- Prepare 2-3 garlic cloves
- Prepare 1/2 inch ginger
- Make ready As per taste salt
- Take 1 tsp Cumin Powder
- Prepare As required water
- Take For Serving -
- Get As required chopped onions
- Take As required Green chillies
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. Litti Chokha is a delicacy from the state of Bihar made with stuffed whole wheat dough balls with roasted chana dal and spices inside. These stuffed balls are known as Litties are usually roasted over.
Instructions to make Litti Chokha:
- Sattu Filling for litti-
- 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.
- For Litti covering-
- 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.
- Litti frying -
- Take a lemon size portion from dough now with help of finger press it and make a Katori.
- 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.
- Prepare all littis in similar fashion and keep it ready for frying.
- 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.
- For Chokha-
- 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.
- 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.
- Add turmeric powder and salt. Now add smashed potatoes and aubergine. Mix well and adjust Salt. Cover and cook for 5 mins.
- 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.
- For dal-
- Pressure cook toor dal for 3-4 whistles by adding salt and turmeric powder.
- 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.
- 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.
- Green Chutney -
- 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
- Serving Litti Chokha-
- In a plate arrange - crushed littis + add some ghee from above, chokha, tempored dal, green chutney, chopped onions and green chillies.
- Super duper tasty Litti Chokha is ready to serve. Do try this delicious Bihari Cuisine and share your thoughts/comments/remarks and suggestions.
- Thanks and regards 💓
This litti chokha recipe comes with step by step instructions so that you end up with the perfect dish. The chokha for litti is made with mashed brinjals, tomatoes, garlic, mustard oil, salt, lemon juice etc. Litti Chokha is a traditional snack food found in India's Bihar state. Litti is basically consists of wheat and sattu (powdered roasted blackgrams ) formed into balls with spices, and then dipped in ghee. Litti, along with chokha, is a complete meal originated from the Indian state of Bihar.
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