Litti, sometimes, along with chokha, is a complete meal that originated from the

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. It is a dough ball made up of whole wheat flour and stuffed with gram flour, pulses and mixed with herbs and spices. It is baked over coal or wood and tossed with large amounts of ghee. Although very often confused with the closely related Rajasthani dish, baati, it is a completely different dish in terms of taste, texture and preparation. It may be eaten with curd, brinjal chokha, potato chokha, and papad. The litti are traditionally baked over a wood fire, but in the modern days, a new fried version has been developed. Herbs and spices used to flavour the litti include onion, garlic, ginger, coriander leaves, lime juice, carom seeds, nigella seeds and salt. Tasty pickles can also be used to add spice flavour. 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). Detailed ingredients List
Dough consists of mainly atta / wheat flour baking powder ajwain / carom seeds salt ghee / clarified butter Stuffing consists of mainly sattu / roasted gram flour coriander (finely chopped) chilli (finely chopped) ginger garlic paste jeera / cumin kalonji / nigella seeds ajwain / carom seeds salt little bit of lemon juice or dry mango powder and mustard oil

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