Litti Chokha: Traditional Bihari Lunch Delicacy

By Niveditha Kalyanaraman

October 27th, 2023

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A traditional Bihari recipe, Litti Chokha is a delicious dish that can be included in your lunch or dinner menu. Litti has a hearty filling of sattu along with spices like ajwain and kalonji. Served with Chokha made with mashed potatoes, this is a complete meal. Here's the recipe for Litti Chokha.

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Ingredients

For litti dough: 250g atta flour 5g salt Water (as required) 10 ml oil For filling: 50g sattu 10g salt 20 ml mustard oil 20g onion, chopped 2 gms kalonji seeds 2 gms ajwain 5 gms pickle For aloo chokha: 250 gms potatoes, boiled 10 gms coriander, chopped 5 gms chilli, chopped Salt (as required) 20 ml mustard oil 2 Whole red chilli

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Step 1

To start with litti dough, put all the ingredients together and make dough. The dough should be tight. Keep it aside. For sattu mix, put sattu in a pan and rest other ingredients and mix well. Check the salt.

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Step 2

Make a ball of atta dough and then hollow it from centre, put the sattu mix inside and close it nicely so that the stuffing doesn't come out. Keep aside.

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Step 3

To start with chokha, boil and peel the potatoes. Put it in a bowl and then pour the rest of the ingredients. Mix it nicely and check the salt. Roast or bake the litti on an open fire or in the oven till it is cooked well. Serve it with a bowl of ghee.

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