Litti Chokha

Ingredients

For the dough:

• wheat flour 3 cups
• ghee 2 tbsp
• salt ½ tsp
• water ½ cup

For the filling:

• sattu 2 cups
• 5-6 garlic cloves – finely chopped
• 1/2 inch ginger - finely chopped
• 3-4 green chilies - finely chopped
• 1 tbsp coriander leaves - finely chopped
• ajwain or carom seeds 1 tsp
• magraila or kalonji or onion seeds 1 tsp
• amchur or dry mango powder 1 tsp
• sarso oil 1 tsp
• salt to taste
• ghee to serve

For the chokha:

• boiled potatoes 2-3
• 1 small onion - finely chopped
• 1 green chili – finely chopped
• 1 tbsp coriander - chopped
• mustard oil 1/2 tsp
• lemon juice 1/2 tsp
• black salt or kala namak to taste

For tempering chokha:

• refined oil 1 tbsp
• 1 dry red chili - roughly torn
• mustard seeds ½ tsp

Method

• For the dough, first put the flour, ghee and salt in a bowl and mix with fingers, and then add a little water at the time of kneading the dough.
• Now to prepare a filling, put all the ingredients together in a bowl and mix with fingers. Adjust the seasoning if required.
• Now make balls out of the prepared dough, little bigger than the size of golf ball. Make a well in the centre and add the filling while sealing it properly. Same way prepare all.
• Preheat the oven at 200 degrees celsius. Place the Littis inside the oven and roast till they are golden brown.
• To make the Chokha, put everything together in a bowl and mash till well combined. Adjust the seasoning.
• For that earthy flavour in Chokha, I always temper it.
• To temper it, heat oil in a small pan and add mustard seeds and dry red chili. Let them crackle and just spread over the prepared Chokha.
• Enjoy hot Littis with melted ghee and delicious Chokha.