Litti Chokha

Ingredients

For Dough

Litti Chokha

• Wheat flour (Atta): 350 grams
• Lukewarm Water: 1 cup

For Filling

• Sattu (Toasted gram flour): 150 grams
• Onions: 2-3 pcs | Finely chopped
• Ginger: 1 inch | Minced
• Garlic: 10 cloves | Minced
• Green Chilly: 2-3 pcs | Finely chopped
• Salt: To taste
• Mustard Oil: 1 tbsp.
• Caraway seeds (Ajwain): 1 tsp
• Kalonji (Mangraila):1 tsp
• Green Coriander: 4-5 strands | Finely chopped
• Lemon: Half
• Mango Pickle Masala: 1 tbsp.

For Garnishing of Litti

• Ghee: 75 grams
• Dried Whole Red Chilly: 4-5 pcs

For Chokha

• Brinjal: 1 medium size 300 grams 

  

  Litti Served with hot Ghee

• Tomato: 3 medium size
• Potato: 2 medium size
• Green Chilly | Roughly chopped
• Salt: To taste
• Coriander Leaves: 2-3 strands
• Mustard Oil: 1tsp

Steps 

Making of Litti

• Mix Atta with lukewarm water and knead a stiff dough. Let it rest for at least 10-15 minutes
• Mix the above mentioned ingredients in filling. Your filling mixture is ready
• Make small pellets of the dough and form katoris out of it
• Fill in the katoris with the filling mixture made in the step above and make circular balls
• Preheat your microwave for 2-3 minutes
• Now place the Littis on high rack in the Microwave | Setting: Microwave plus Grill mode over a high rack for 8 minutes at 300 Watts
• Flip after 4 minutes
• Now on a steel wire roaster, over a high flame, get the char on the Littis for its authentic burnt look!
• Heat ghee in a pan and add dried whole red chilly to it
• Burst open the Littis and pour in the hot ghee and serve it hot.
• Your Litti is ready.

Making of Chokha

• Boil the potatoes and char the brinjal & tomatoes on the steel wire grill over the gas on a medium to low flame
• Mash the potatoes, brinjal and tomatoes to make a fine paste
• Add salt, chopped green chili, green coriander leaves and mustard oil
• Mix them well
• Your Chokha is also ready.