Litti (cuisine)

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Litti
Chokha surrounded by ghee-dipped litti
Place of originIndia
Region or stateBhojpuri region
Serving temperatureHot
VariationsBaati

Litti is a whole wheat flour dough ball stuffed with a spiced mixture of sattu (roasted black chickpea flour). Litti, along with chokha, is a complete meal that originated from the Bhojpuri region of the Indian states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. Traditionally, the wheat dough balls are roasted on hot charcoal or dried cow dung fire. They can also be baked in an oven, roasted on a tava or fried.

Flavours and variations

Herbs and spices used to flavour the litti include onion, garlic, ginger, coriander leaves, lime juice, carom seeds, nigella seeds and salt. In western Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh, litti is served with murgh korma (a creamy chicken curry) or chokha (a vegetable preparation of roasted and mashed eggplant, tomato, and potato).

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Amit, Dassana (2023-02-02). "Litti Chokha Recipe | Litti Recipe". Dassana's Veg Recipes. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
  2. ^ "The evolution of Litti Chokha". The Indian Express. 2015-01-01. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  3. ^ Bihar (India); Pranab Chandra Roy Choudhury (1966). Bihar district gazetteers. Printed by the Superintendent, Secretariat Press, Bihar. p. 807. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
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