India

Litti Chokha

Name: Litti Chokha
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: India
Ingredients: 300 g Wheat flour; 150 g Sattu (roasted chickpea flour); some of each Eggplant & potato; 2 pieces Tomato; some of each Ginger, garlic & chili; some of each Ghee & mustard oil

Stuffed dough balls with mashed vegetables from Bihar

Litti chokha is a rustic dish from Bihar: wheat dough balls filled with roasted chickpea flour (sattu).

Baked over embers, they are drizzled with ghee and served with chokha, a spiced mash of roasted vegetables.

Servings4

Time60 min

LevelMedium

Ingredients

Wheat flour300 g
Sattu (roasted chickpea flour)150 g
Eggplant & potatosome of each
Tomato2 pieces
Ginger, garlic & chilisome of each
Ghee & mustard oilsome of each

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Mix sattu with spices, ginger and mustard oil into a filling.
Form dough balls, fill and seal them.
Bake over embers or in the oven until done.
Roast and mash eggplant, potato and tomato (chokha).
Drizzle the litti with ghee and serve with chokha.

Make it original

Sattu and mustard oil for litti chokha are in the Asia Boutique.

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