Litti Chokha (Charcoal-roasted Gram Balls and Veg Mash, Street Style)
炭火の灰から掘り起こす大地の味！ビハール州が誇る最強の野武士メシ
Description
Rustic local dish eating 'Litti'—whole wheat dough wrapping spiced chickpea flour (Sattu) roasted whole over cow dung fuel or charcoal—with roasted eggplant/tomato mash 'Chokha'.
Restaurants serving Litti Chokha (Charcoal-roasted Gram Balls and Veg Mash, Street Style)
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Whole wheat flour
- Roasted chickpea flour(Sattu)
- Mustard oil
- Garlic
- Eggplant
- Tomato
- Ghee
Instructions
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- Servings/Ingredients]
- Litti doughs (whole wheat, water, salt), 50g Sattu (roasted chickpea flour),
- tbsp mustard oil,
- tsp each minced garlic/ginger/green chili, ajwain/lemon juice to taste,
- giant eggplant,
- tomatoes,
- tbsp Ghee (clarified butter).
- Mix chopped garlic, ginger, green chilies, ajwain, lemon juice, and pungent raw mustard oil into roasted chickpea flour (Sattu), making spicy, slightly sour filling.
- Wrap this filling roundly in whole wheat (Atta) dough, making spheres (Litti) slightly larger than ping-pong balls.
- Toss Litti directly into glowing charcoal (or dried cow dung fire) ash on stall street, rolling to roast whole rustically until surface chars rock-hard.
- Peel eggplants and tomatoes roasted whole in same charcoal until skin is pitch-black, mash gooey by hand with raw onions, green chilies, mustard oil to make 'Chokha (mash paste)'.
- Hit baked piping hot Litti with cloth brushing off ash, break 'Snap' from middle by hand, plunge heavily into massive Ghee pot absorbing butter to the limit. Eat Ghee-dripping Litti coated in smoky veg Chokha—an unadorned powerful energy food.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Mustard seeds、Ajwain、Green chili
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Kinako (Roasted soybean flour) (as sub for Sattu's savoriness)
Pairing
Cold water、Lassi
Trivia
[Hardcore] Roasted chickpea flour 'Sattu' is the flavor keystone, worshipped as a 'protein chunk' by Bihar farmers. Visually resembles Rajasthan's 'Dal Baati', but clearly differs as it's not fried and paired with mashed veg (Chokha) instead of bean soup (Dal).
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Generously stuff the smoky eggplant paste (Chokha) into the Litti's crack where a butter pool formed, spreading earthy smells full in the mouth in one bite!
Allergen
Wheat, Soy (Lentils), Dairy (Ghee)