Litti Chokha is a traditional food of Bihar and Jharkhad. Litti consists of wheat flour and sattu (powdered gram) formed into balls with spices, and then filled with clarified butter (ghee). Spices used to flavour the litti include carom seeds (ajwain), onion seeds (mangrail), garlic, green chillies, coriander leaves, lemon juice, mustard oil and salt. These spices are mixed with sattu for preparation of stuffing. Tasty pickles can also be used to enhance flavour. The litti are traditionally baked over a cow-dung fire, but now a day’s microwave and electric Tandoors are also used for Litti making. Once Litti gets roasted properly, then it is cleaned with a clean cotton cloth and is dipped in melted clarified butter (ghee) for 10 – 15 minutes. This gives authentic flavour to Litti.
The best combination of litti is baigan bharta, aalo bharta and tomato chutney. Mango pickle (aam ka achar) and Red chilli pickle (mirch ka aachar) are also its popular combination. Sometimes Littis are also served with spicy mutton or chicken curry. In western Bihar litti is served with chokha (a vegetable preparation of roasted and mashed brinjal, tomato, and potato).
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