If there’s one mixture that’s the hallmark of Bihari delicacies, it’s the Litti Chokha. That is principally a really conventional and rustic dish of spiced sattu (roasted black chickpea flour) stuffed complete wheat dough balls referred to as Litti. That is classically paired with a easy veggie mash basically with onion, garlic, inexperienced chilies and mustard oil, referred to as the chokha. It’s a delicacy within the meals tradition of each Bihar in addition to Jharkhand. Right here on this put up, I’ve shared the recipe of the Litti specifically and likewise the three chokha variants.

litti chokha served in glass bowls.

What’s Litti Chokha

As I discussed at first, Litti is a complete wheat flour dough ball that’s full of an earthy, spiced combination of sattu or roasted black chickpea or kala chana flour. Chokha, then again, is a really primary mashed relish made from greens like brinjal (aubergine/eggplant), potato, tomato, and so forth.

Sattu is among the important substances in Bihari in addition to another North Indian cuisines. Principally, sattu as a person ingredient, has loads of well being advantages too.

One of many noteworthy ones being its cooling properties. Thus, it’s a most popular alternative of ingredient in areas with excessive climate situations throughout summers.

Litti Chokha collectively varieties a very good combo consisting of various flavors and textures. An unique recipe for any chokha can have the primary vegetable (brinjal, potato or tomato) being roasted or boiled, then skinned off (if wanted).

Later mashed with different substances like onion, garlic, inexperienced chilies, coriander leaves, salt, lemon juice and a beneficiant amount of mustard oil.

litti chokha served in glass bowls with a small bowl of ghee and text layover.

You may even make a chokha combining all the three veggies or mix simply the baingan and tamatar to make one chokha. I’ve shared the recipes of Baingan Ka Chokha (made with eggplants), Tomato Chokha (made with tomatoes) on this put up.

For the chokha made with potatoes, examine the recipe right here of Aloo Chokha. However I’ve listed the strategy to make Aloo Chokha within the recipe card beneath. You may pair any of the chokha variants with the litti.

The Litti accompanied with the chokha is not only a flavorful pairing, however is a healthful one too. It is among the hottest road meals as nicely in Bihar and japanese Uttar Pradesh in North India.

Throughout my travels to this aspect of the nation, I did discover loads of road stalls serving Litti Chokha.

About Litti Recipe

I had seen fairly a number of methods of making ready each the Litti and chokha on varied YouTube channels. However lastly, I made them in my very own manner and this put up shares precisely that. For the stuffing of the Litti, normally Red Chilli Pickle or Mango Pickle is added.

As I needed to do one thing completely different, I added some comparable spices and never the pickles itself. You may undoubtedly use the North Indian fashion mango or pink chili pickle masalas, when you’ve got it at dwelling.

The tactic of making ready the Litti is much like the Rajasthani baati (from the dal-baati pair). Nonetheless, each are miles aside and have distinct flavors in them.

To get essentially the most genuine really feel, it’s best to serve the Litti with a chokha. Therefore, inspite of being simple to make, the recipe is time consuming as you’ll have to put together the weather one after the other. So, it’s essential to take your individual tempo and time in doing so, and never rush into it.

For the stuffing of the Litti, sattu or roasted black chickpea flour is the first ingredient. Should you don’t have it at dwelling, then use roasted chana dal with out husk and grind it. Then, sift the flour and use it for this Litti Recipe.

Historically, these wheat dough balls in a Litti Chokha are roasted on sizzling charcoal or dried cow dung fireplace. This additionally makes the flavour, a typical one.

Though at properties, an oven can be utilized to bake the Litti. You probably have a charcoal-based open grill, then you’ll be able to even use that for roasting. The Litti might be roasted on a tawa or fried too.

Methods to prepare dinner Litti

These are a number of strategies by which you’ll prepare dinner Litti at dwelling:

  • Baking in oven: This put up mentions this fashion of cooking.
  • Roasting on tawa: Flatten the formed Littis and roast them on a sizzling tawa on low flame. It’s a must to prepare dinner these until you see charred spots on them.
  • Grilling on tandoor: If doing so, grill until they’re cooked and barely charred.
  • Deep frying in oil: For doing so, form them like kachoris and deep-fry in sizzling oil. Make certain to seal them correctly or else they’ll disintegrate or collapse whereas being fried.

Step-by-Step Information

Tips on how to make Litti Chokha

Put together Dough For Litti

1. In a mixing bowl, take 2 cups (240 grams) complete wheat flour (atta), ¼ teaspoon salt and 1 tablespoon ghee or oil.

whole wheat flour, salt and ghee or oil added to a mixing bowl for making litti.

2. Add water in elements and start to knead. I added ¾ cup water. Relying on the standard of flour, you’ll be able to add ¾ to 1 cup water.

water added to the bowl for making litti.

3. Knead to a easy and smooth dough. Cowl the dough and put aside the dough to relaxation.

smooth and soft dough kneaded for making litti.

Make Stuffing

1. In a mortar-pestle, take ½ teaspoon cumin seeds (jeera) and ½ teaspoon fennel seeds (saunf). Evenly crush and maintain apart.

cumin seeds and fennel seeds added to a mortar for making stuffing for litti

2. Take 1 cup roasted gram flour or roasted black chickpea flour (sattu) in a mixing bowl or pan.

roasted gram flour or sattu added to a bowl for making stuffing for litti.

3. Add the crushed cumin seeds and fennel seeds.

crushed spices added to the sattu for making stuffing for litti.

4. Now, add ½ teaspoon carom seeds (ajwain), ½ teaspoon nigella seeds (kalonji) and ½ teaspoon pink chili powder.

carom seeds, nigella seeds and red chili powder added to sattu for making stuffing for litti.

5. Subsequent, add 1 to 2 teaspoons chopped inexperienced chilies, 1 teaspoon finely chopped ginger and 1 teaspoon finely chopped garlic.

chopped green chilies, finely chopped ginger and finely chopped garlic added to the bowl for making stuffing for litti.

6. Add 2 tablespoons chopped coriander leaves, ¼ teaspoon black salt and common salt as per style.

chopped coriander leaves, black salt and regular salt added to the bowl.

7. Add 2 teaspoons lemon juice.

adding lemon juice to the bowl.

8. Subsequent, add 2 teaspoons mustard oil.

adding mustard oil to the bowl.

9. Combine very nicely.

ingredients mixed well to make stuffing for litti.

10. Sprinkle 1 to 2 tablespoons water throughout and blend the flour with water evenly. Add extra water, if required.

The stuffing combination shouldn’t be too dry or too moist. If the combination is dry, then the dryness is felt whereas consuming Littis.

prepared stuffing for litti.

Assemble, Form and Make Litti

11. After the dough has rested for half-hour, make small or medium sized balls from the dough.

balls made from prepared dough.

12. First methodology – sprinkling little flour, roll every dough ball to a circle of about 5 to six inches.

dough ball rolled to a disc.

13. Place 2 to three tablespoons of the stuffing within the heart.

stuffing mixture placed in the center of the rolled disc.

14. Pleat and be a part of the sides.

disc pleated and joined at the edges.

15. Press the joined half and flippantly roll the stuffed dough balls in your palms, in order to get a spherical form. Preserve apart.

joined part pressed and rolled into a stuffed dough ball or litti.

16. Second methodology – flatten the dough ball together with your palms and make a shallow cup.

flatten a dough ball and make a cup in it.

17. Now, place the stuffing.

place some stuffing in the cup.

18. Gently convey collectively the outer dough cowl within the heart, whereas urgent the stuffing. Be part of and seal the sides.

It is a bit difficult. So, use the strategy which fits you. I’ve talked about 2 methods of stuffing.

outer dough cover brought together in the center and pressed to make the stuffed litti.

19. Right here is the ready litti with the second methodology. Preserve the ready Littis beneath a cotton towel or serviette, in order that the dough doesn’t dry out.

stuffed litti.

Bake Litti

20. Place the ready Littis on a baking tray, which has been greased with some oil. Grease baking tray nicely, in any other case the Littis can persist with the tray.

prepared littis placed in a greased baking tray.

21. Place the tray within the preheated oven at 200° C/390° F. Preheat the oven at 200° C/390° F for 20 minutes, previous to baking.

baking littis in preheated oven.

22. After 10 to fifteen minutes, take away the tray and flip every Litti. Preserve the tray again within the oven.

littis flipped after 10 to 15 minutes and then kept back for baking.

23. Once more after 10 to fifteen minutes, take away the tray and flip every Litti. Place the tray again within the oven. You’ll have to do that a couple of times extra, for even baking.

littis flipped again after 10 to 15 minutes and then kept back for baking.

24. Bake for a complete of about 30 to 35 minutes until the crust seems carried out with some gentle brown or golden brown spots on them.

Timing will differ upon the dimensions and capability of the oven. It took me about 40 minutes.

baked littis.

25. Brush them throughout with some melted ghee.

brushing melted ghee over baked littis.

26. This step is optionally available and solely to get charred spots on the Litti. Safe it in a pair of tongs and place on fireplace. Rotate for a number of seconds until you see some charred spots on it.

heating litti with the help of tongs to get charred spots on it.

27. Serve the Bihari fashion Litti with a chokha of your alternative accompanied with a small bowl of melted ghee.

The litti is damaged, dipped in ghee after which eaten with the chokha. You may also sprinkle some ghee on the Litti after which eat them.

litti chokha served in glass bowls with text layover.

Step-by-Step Information

Baingan Chokha Recipe

Baingan ka Chokha or Baingan Chokha as it’s referred to as in Bihar is a scrumptious fire-roasted mashed aubergine dish that’s served with litti or sattu ka paratha. It’s a low fats, gluten-free and vegan dish.

It is a Bihari fashion scrumptious baingan chokha and it tastes very completely different than the Punjabi recipe of Baingan Bharta.

Aside from baingan, all the opposite substances used are uncooked. Nothing is sautéed in oil. A little bit of mustard oil is added which provides a slight pungency within the dish and compliments the sunshine candy style of the baingan very nicely.

To arrange this chokha, you have to bharta baingan or the big darkish purple aubergine or eggplant. Fireplace roasting provides a smoky taste to the dish. Although you’ll be able to even roast the eggplant in an oven.

Once more like Tomato Chokha and Aloo Chokha, this recipe may be very simple. Aside from serving with litti, you may as well have baingan ka chokha with roti or paratha or as a aspect accompaniment with any North Indian meal.

Directions

1. Rinse 1 massive baingan (eggplant or aubergine) in water. Place it on a wired rack on a stovetop or you’ll be able to place it instantly on the stovetop flame.

baingan for baingan ka chokha recipe

2. Preserve turning the eggplant after 2 to three minutes on the flame in order that it’s evenly cooked.

baingan for baingan chokha recipe

3. Roast the eggplant until its fully cooked and tender. With a knife examine the doneness.

The knife ought to slid simply in eggplant with none resistance. Take away the eggplant and immerse in a bowl of water until it cools down.

baingan for baingan chokha recipe

4. Then peel it and chop.

baingan for baingan chokha recipe

5. Add the chopped eggplant in a mixing bowl together with its juices.

baingan for baingan chokha recipe

6. Then add ⅓ cup finely chopped onions, ½ teaspoon finely chopped inexperienced chilies, ½ teaspoon finely chopped garlic and 1 to 2 tablespoons chopped coriander leaves.

spices for baingan chokha recipe

7. Add 1 teaspoon mustard oil. If you need, you’ll be able to add ¼ to ½ teaspoon lemon juice for a slight tang.

lemon juice for baingan chokha recipe

8. Season with salt based on style.

salt for baingan chokha recipe

9. Combine every little thing very nicely. Verify the style and add extra salt, mustard oil and inexperienced chilies if required.

making baingan chokha recipe

10. Serve Baingan ka Chokha with litti or sattu ka paratha or roti or paratha.

baingan ka chokha recipe

Step-by-Step Information

Tomato Chokha Recipe

Tomato Chokha is a smoky relish or bharta comprised of fireplace roasted tomatoes, herbs and mustard oil. Gluten-free, low fats and vegan.

It’s served with litti chokha and as talked about above comes from the delicacies of Bihar and Jharkand in India.

Now this Tomato Chokha just isn’t your common Tomato Bharta. It is vitally completely different. Rustic, smoky with sturdy flavors coming from mustard oil, garlic, inexperienced chilies and lemon juice. Completely yum.

Aside from serving Tomato Chokha with litti, you may as well serve it with paratha and even roti. You may also serve it as a aspect relish with dal-rice. The recipe may be very fast and straightforward and will get carried out inside 15 to twenty minutes.

Technique

1. Rinse 200 grams (2 medium to massive) tomatoes very nicely in water first. Then, place them on a wired grill rack positioned on high of a stovetop. Start to roast the tomatoes.

You may even place them instantly on the stovetop. You may also grill the tomatoes or roast within the oven. However then, you received’t get the smoky taste.

Flip them after a couple of minutes for even roasting.

tomatoes for tomato chokha recipe

2. The tomatoes ought to get charred. Roast the tomatoes until they’re fully cooked from inside.

tomatoes for tomato chokha recipe

3. With a knife examine the doneness. The knife ought to slid simply within the tomatoes with none resistance. Preserve apart the roasted tomatoes to chill in a plate.

tomatoes for making tomato chokha recipe

4. As soon as the tomatoes cool, then take away the charred pores and skin. Chop them and add the chopped tomatoes together with its juices in a mixing bowl.

tomatoes to make tomato chokha

5. Add ½ teaspoon chopped inexperienced chilies, ½ teaspoon chopped garlic and 1 tablespoon chopped coriander leaves.

herbs to make tomato chokha

6. Add ½ teaspoon mustard oil.

mustard oil to make tomato chokha

7. Now add ½ teaspoon lemon juice.

lemon juice to make tomato chokha recipe

8. Season with salt as per style.

salt to make tomato chokha

9. Combine very nicely. Verify the style and add extra salt, inexperienced chilies, lemon juice or mustard oil if required.

tomato chokha

10. Serve Tomato Chokha with litti or sattu paratha and even common paratha (plain or stuffed) or chapati.

tomato chokha

Knowledgeable Suggestions

  1. If sattu just isn’t obtainable at dwelling, then use roasted cut up or complete chana dal with out husk. Grind ¾ cup of it to a fantastic powder. Sift after which use. This cut up roasted chana dal is identical that’s utilized in coconut chutneys. You would roast the roasted chana dal for a couple of minutes for those who desire.
  2. Relying on the standard of complete wheat flour, you’ll have so as to add the water whereas making the litti dough. So, it’s normally ¾ to 1 cup.
  3. Be sure that the sattu stuffing combination is neither too dry, nor too moist. Whether it is dry, then the dryness is felt whereas consuming the Litti.
  4. Place the Littis to be baked in a well-greased baking tray. If not greased, then they’ll persist with the tray.
  5. The time to bake the Littis will depend upon the dimensions and capability of your oven. You’ll have to maintain flipping the dough balls a few instances (after each 10 to fifteen minutes), for even baking.
  6. Probably the most apt manner of getting it’s to interrupt the Litti, dip it in ghee and have with the chokha. Some ghee will also be drizzled on the Litti after which consumed.

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Litti Chokha Recipe | Litti Recipe

Litti Chokha is a country and conventional dish of stuffed complete wheat dough balls, the place the stuffing is a spiced mixture of roasted gram flour or roasted black chickpea flour additionally referred to as sattu. I additionally share the recipes for Baingan Chokha (made with eggplant) and Tomato Chokha.

Prep Time 1 hr

Prepare dinner Time 45 minutes

Whole Time 1 hr 45 minutes

Forestall your display screen from going darkish whereas making the recipe

Making ready litti dough

  • In a mixing bowl, take the entire wheat flour (atta) and salt. Additionally add ghee or oil.

  • Now add water in elements and knead to a easy smooth dough. I added ¾ cup water. Relying on the standard of flour, you’ll be able to add ¾ to 1 cup water.

  • Knead until easy and smooth. Cowl the dough and maintain apart to relaxation for 20 minutes.

Making stuffing for litti

  • In a mortar-pestle take the cumin seeds and fennel seeds. Evenly crush them and maintain apart.

  • Take the sattu or roasted black chickpea flour in a mixing bowl or pan.

  • Add the marginally crushed cumin seeds and fennel seeds.

  • Subsequent add carom seeds, nigella seeds, pink chilli powder, chopped inexperienced chilies, finely chopped ginger and garlic, chopped coriander leaves and black salt. Additionally add common salt as per style.
  • Add lemon juice and mustard oil.

  • Combine very nicely.

  • Sprinkle 1 to 2 tablespoons water throughout and blend the flour with water evenly. Do add extra water if required. The sattu stuffing combination shouldn’t be too dry or too moist. If the combination is dry, then the dryness is felt when consuming litti.

Stuffing & shaping litti

  • After half-hour, now make small or medium sized balls from the dough.

  • Sprinkling some flour, roll every dough ball to a circle of about 5 to six inches.

  • Place 2 to three tablespoons of the stuffing within the heart.

  • Pleat after which be a part of the sides. Press the joined half and flippantly roll the stuffed dough balls in your palms, in order to get a spherical form. Preserve apart.

  • One other methodology is to flatten the the dough ball together with your palms and make a shallow cup.

  • Now place the stuffing.

  • Gently convey collectively the outer dough cowl within the heart, whereas urgent the stuffing. Be part of after which seal the sides. It is a bit difficult methodology. So please use the strategy which fits you.
  • Preserve the ready littis beneath a cotton towel or serviette, in order that the dough doesn’t dry out.

  • Put together all stuffed littis this fashion and place them on a baking tray, which has been greased with some oil. Do grease baking tray nicely, in any other case the littis can caught to the tray.

Baking litti

  • Place the littis in a preheated oven at 200° C/390° F. Preheat the oven for 20 minutes at 200° C/390° F previous to baking.

  • After 10 to fifteen minutes of baking, take away the tray and flip every litti. Preserve the tray again within the oven.

  • Once more after 10 to fifteen minutes, take away the baking tray and flip every litti. Place the tray again within the oven. This needs to be carried out a couple of times extra for even baking of littis.

  • Bake for about 30 to 35 minutes or until the crust seems carried out with some gentle brown or golden brown spots on them. Timing will differ upon the dimensions and litres of the oven. It took me about 40 minutes for these to bake.
  • Brush the littis with some melted ghee throughout.

  • This explicit step is optionally available and solely to get charred spots on the litti. Safe the baked litti in a pair of tongs and place it on fireplace. Rotate for a number of seconds until you see some charred spots on litti.
  • Serve these Bihari fashion litti with baingan chokha, aloo chokha and tomato chokha accompanied with a small bowl of melted ghee. The litti is damaged, dipped in ghee after which eaten with the chokha.

Making baingan chokha

  • Rinse the bainga/eggplant/aubergine in water a number of instances. Place it on a wired rack on a stovetop or you’ll be able to place it instantly on the stovetop flame.

  • Preserve turning the eggplant after 2 to three minutes on the flame, in order that it’s evenly cooked.

  • Roast the eggplant until its fully cooked and tender. With a knife examine the doneness. The knife ought to slid simply within the eggplant. Take away the eggplant and immerse in a bowl of water until it cools.
  • Then peel it and chop.

  • Add the chopped baingan in a mixing bowl together with its juices.

  • Then add the finely chopped onions, chopped inexperienced chilies, chopped garlic and chopped coriander leaves.

  • Add mustard oil. If you need, you’ll be able to add ¼ to ½ teaspoon lemon juice for a slight tang. Season with salt.

  • Combine every little thing very nicely.

Making tomato chokha

  • Rinse tomatoes very nicely in water first. Then place them on a wired grill rack positioned on the stovetop and start to roast the tomatoes. You may also place them instantly on the stovetop flame. You may also grill the tomatoes or roast within the oven. However then you definitely will not get the smoky taste.
  • Flip them after a couple of minutes for even roasting. The tomatoes ought to get charred.

  • Roast the tomatoes until they’re fully cooked from inside. With a knife examine the doneness. The knife ought to slid simply within the tomatoes.

  • As soon as the tomatoes cool, then peel them and take away the charred pores and skin. Chop them and add the chopped tomatoes together with its juices in a mixing bowl.

  • Add chopped inexperienced chilies, finely chopped garlic, chopped coriander leaves, mustard oil and lemon juice.

  • Season with salt as per style. Combine very nicely.

  • Verify the style and add extra lemon juice or mustard oil or inexperienced chilies or salt if required.

Making aloo chokha

  • First boil or steam 2 medium potatoes (160 grams) including water as wanted. until they’re totally cooked.

  • You may steam them in a pan or electrical rice cooker or stress prepare dinner them in 1.25 to 1.5 cups water for five to six whistles in a 2 litre stress cooker.

  • Enable them to turn out to be heat.

  • When the potatoes turn out to be heat, peel and mash them.

  • Add ⅓ cup finely chopped onions, ½ teaspoon chopped inexperienced chilies, ½ teaspoon finely chopped garlic, ½ teaspoon mustard oil and ½ teaspoon lemon juice.

  • Combine very nicely. Verify the style and add extra salt, lemon juice or inexperienced chilies if required. Serve with litti.

  • Mustard oil is a should within the these recipes. So don’t skip on it.
  • If sattu just isn’t obtainable, then use roasted chana with out the husk (cut up or complete). Grind ¾ cup of the roasted chana in a grinder jar until fantastic powder. Sieve it after which use. The entire or spilt hulled roasted chana is identical chana we use in coconut chutneys.
  • The approximate vitamin data is for one serving of 4 Litti served with Baingan Chokha, Tomato Chokha and ghee.

Diet Info

Litti Chokha Recipe | Litti Recipe

Quantity Per Serving

Energy 481 Energy from Fats 108

% Every day Worth*

Fats 12g18%

Saturated Fats 3g19%

Polyunsaturated Fats 2g

Monounsaturated Fats 4g

Ldl cholesterol 10mg3%

Sodium 919mg40%

Potassium 979mg28%

Carbohydrates 81g27%

Fiber 13g54%

Sugar 6g7%

Protein 17g34%

Vitamin A 690IU14%

Vitamin B1 (Thiamine) 1mg67%

Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) 0.2mg12%

Vitamin B3 (Niacin) 5mg25%

Vitamin B6 0.4mg20%

Vitamin C 14mg17%

Vitamin E 1mg7%

Vitamin Ok 10µg10%

Calcium 138mg14%

Vitamin B9 (Folate) 143µg36%

Iron 5mg28%

Magnesium 170mg43%

Phosphorus 399mg40%

Zinc 4mg27%

* P.c Every day Values are primarily based on a 2000 calorie food plan.

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