Today We learn, How to make Bihar Famous Litti Choka. This is basically most use in journey food. This is basically a very traditional and rustic dish of spiced sattu (roasted black chickpea flour) stuffed whole wheat dough balls called Litti. It is a delicacy in the food culture of both Bihar as well as Jharkhand. This is also called Bihari style litti chokha Recipe.
As I mentioned in the beginning, Litti is a whole wheat flour dough ball that is stuffed with an earthy, spiced mixture of sattu. Chokha, on the other hand, is a very basic mashed relish made of vegetables like brinjal (aubergine/eggplant),tomato, etc.
Sattu is one of the significant ingredients in Bihari as well as some other North Indian cuisines. Basically, sattu as an individual ingredient, has a lot of health benefits too.
Litti Chokha together forms a really brilliant combo consisting of varied flavors and textures. An original recipe for any chokha will have the main vegetable (brinjal, tomato) being roasted on fire and skinned off (if needed).
Later mashed with other ingredients like onion, garlic, green chilies, coriander leaves, salt, lemon juice and a generous quantity of mustard oil.
See video is the Patna Best Litti Chokha Stall.