Litti Chokha

Ingredients

• 3 cups atta
• 1.5 cups sattu (roasted gram flour)
• 1 tbsp ajwain
• 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste
• 2 tbsp pickle masala
• 1 large brinjal, 3 potatoes, 3 tomatoes
• 1 onion, green chillies, coriander
• Ghee, mustard oil

Method

1. Dough: atta, salt, ajwain, 2 tbsp ghee, water. Stiff, not soft. Rest 20 minutes.
2. Filling: sattu with ginger-garlic, pickle masala, mustard oil, lemon, salt and just enough water to hold together. It should be crumbly.
3. Stuff balls of dough with the sattu, seal well, flatten slightly.
4. Roast on an open flame or in a 200°C oven, turning, for 25 minutes till cracked and dark in spots.
5. Chokha: roast the brinjal, potatoes and tomatoes directly on the flame till charred. Peel, mash with raw onion, chilli, mustard oil, salt, coriander.
6. Dunk each litti in ghee. Eat with the chokha, by hand.