Litti chokha with smokey tomato chutney. Now this tomato chokha is not your regular tomato bharta. Rustic, smoky with robust flavors coming from mustard oil, garlic, green. Litti Chokha is a traditional dish that has its origin from the state of Bihar in India.

baati chokha with step by step photo and video recipe. traditional recipes are always healthy and tasty with full of flavours. each state in india has its own variations and unique traditional recipes with native ingredients matching its taste buds. one such hugely known recipe is litti chokha. Litti Chokha recipe is mainly regional recipe. It is most famous recipe in Bihar for breakfast. You can have Litti chokha with smokey tomato chutney using 37 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Litti chokha with smokey tomato chutney

It's of For litti dough:.
It's 1 cup of Atta.
Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of Ajwain.
Prepare 1 teaspoon of Namak.
It's 1 tablespoon of Oil or ghee.
Prepare of Water as required.
You need of For litti filling.
It's 1 cup of Sattu or bhuna chanapowder.
It's 2 of Finely chopped onions.
Prepare 1 tablespoon of Chopped coriander leaves.
Prepare 2 of Chopped green chilli.
Prepare 2 teaspoons of Lemon juice.
It's 1 teaspoon of Amchoor powder.
You need 1 teaspoon of Salt.
You need 1/2 teaspoon of Kalonji.
You need 1/2 teaspoon of Rock salt.
You need 2 tablespoons of Hot mustard oil.
It's of For chokha :.
You need 5 of Boiled and peeled potatoes.
Prepare 2 of Finely chopped onions.
It's 1 tablespoon of Finely chopped coriander leaves.
You need 1 teaspoon of Rock salt.
It's 1 teaspoon of Salt.
You need 2 teaspoon of Lemon juice.
It's 1 teaspoon of Amchoor powder.
You need 4 of Tomatoes.
Prepare 4-5 of Garlic.
Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of Kalonji seeds.
It's 2 of Chopped green chillies.
You need 2 tablespoon of Heated mustard oil.
It's of For Smokey chutney:.
It's 4 of Tomatoes.
Prepare 5-6 piece of Garlic.
It's 2 of Sabut red chillies.
You need 1 teaspoon of Imli paste.
Prepare 1 tablespoon of Curd (optional).
Prepare 1 teaspoon of Salt.

These stuffed balls are known as Litties are usually roasted over charcoal but can also be baked. Bihar is one of the Northern states of India. Neighboring states are West Bengal, Jharkhand, and Uttar Pradesh and shares an international border with Nepal in the North. Chokha is mashed vegetable preparation, usually prepared with potatoes, tomatoes and brinjal.

Litti chokha with smokey tomato chutney instructions

Take a bowl and add atta, salt, ghee. Now crush ajwain in your palm and add to bowl. Mix them all and make a soft dough with required water. Cover the dough and keep it a side for 10 mins..
Now make filling with sattu if you don't have sattu you can use roasted chana powder for the same purpose. Take a bowl and mix all ingredients for filling and mix them well. If you feel your filling is still dry you can use a little bit of water..
Now make balls of your dough and fill the filling masala in them as we fill to make aaloo parantha. Close the open edges and roll them to make again the shape of ball..
Now heat a jaali tawa on flame and place these balls on that jaali and heat them by changing their sides to ensure proper roasting..
You can also make them in a appe mould. For the same grease appe pan with oil and place the balls in it and heat them by changing their side to cook from all sides..
Now take these ready litties and press one by one in your palms to make small cracks on them and dip these litties in ghee for few seconds to overcome their dryness. Litties are ready to eat..
For making chokha roast tomatoes and garlic on heat and roast properly from all sides. Now peel them all..
Take a bowl add boiled and mashed potatoes in it and add these peeled tomatoes and garlic in it and mash thoroughly with a masher. Now add rest of chokha ingredients and mix them all well to make yummy chokha. This is the traditional way to make chokha, if you are not comfortable with garlic and ginger pieces you can grind them too..
For smokey tomato chutney again roast tomatoes and garlic on flame with a jaali tawa and peel them. Now mix all ingredients and grind them to make spicy, smokey tomato chutney..
Now place litti, chokha and smokey tomato chutney in a plate and serve this delicious thali..
I decorated my thali with tomato and cucumber cuttings..

Litti Chokha is a traditional dish eaten mainly in Bihar and Jharkhad. It can be had for lunch, dinner or you can make it on your holidays and you will surely love it. Litti is similar to Bati in appearance but there is a little difference. The Pitthi(stuffing) to be filled in it is made with Sattu and Litti is eaten with. Litti Chokha is a Bihari recipe, which is extremely easy to put together and can be a nice wholesome delight for Bihari Cuisine lovers.