Litti Chokha

Litti Chokha

📍 Bihar 🍽️ Bengali Vegetarian 🥦 Medium 👁️ 25 views
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Bihar's rustic soul food — baked whole wheat dough balls filled with sattu (roasted chickpea flour), served with fire-roasted vegetable mash.

30mPrep
40mCook
70mTotal
4Serves
310kcal

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1

    Knead wheat flour with water and salt into a stiff dough. Rest 20 minutes.

    20 min
  2. 2

    Mix sattu with mustard oil, ajwain, green chilli, salt and a little water to make filling.

    10 min
  3. 3

    Roast brinjal and tomatoes directly on flame until charred. Peel and mash with garlic, mustard oil, salt — this is the chokha.

    💡 Tip: Char gives authentic smoky flavour.
    20 min
  4. 4

    Stuff dough balls with sattu filling, seal and bake over coal or in oven at 220°C for 25 minutes.

    25 min
  5. 5

    Dip hot littis in melted ghee and serve alongside chokha.