Bihari Litti aur Tamatar Ka Chokha (Bihar's famous cusine "Litti" with Tomato Salsa)

INGREDIENTS FOR टमाटर का चोखा (Tomato Salsa)

Fresh Tomatoes - 4 Large

Onion - 1 Medium Finely chopped

Dry Red Chillies - 4-5

Lime Juice - 1 tblspn

Finely Chopped Garlic - 1 tspn

Salt - to taste

METHOD-

1. Roast the tomatoes on gas flame.
2. Roast the red chillies on gas flame.
3. Grind the roasted tomatoes and chilles in the traditional सिल or food processor.
4. Mix in the onion and garlic.
5. Add lime juice.
6. Sprinkle salt. Mix well.

Note- Chillies can be reduced or increased as your choice.

Ingredients for the filling:

Sattu ka atta (Roasted Chana flour) - 1 cup
Onion - 1 Large chopped
Green Chillies - 3/4 chopped finely
Garlic - 4/5 flakes chopped finely
Ginger - 1 inch piece chopped finely
Coriander leaves - 2 tblspn chopped finely
Onion Seeds (Kalaunji) - 1 tspn
Carom Seeds (Ajwain) - 1 tspn
Salt - to taste
Fresh Lime Juice - 1 tspn
Pickle (Achaar Masala) - 1 tblspn
Water - as required

Method for the filling -

In a bowl mix all the ingredients under filling and mix well. Add 3-4 tblspns water, to make it a wet filling. The water acts as a binding agent. See above pic for the prepared filling.

Ingredients for the Covering/dough-

Whole wheat flour - 2 cups
Salt - to taste
Carom Seeds (Ajwain) - 1/2 tspn
Onion Seeds (Kalonji) - 1/2 tspn
Water - for kneading dough

Method for the Dough -
Mix all the ingredients under the "dough" and prepare a dough. Rest it for 15-20 mins.
See above pic for the dough.

Method to make Litti

Follow steps like the pictures.

1) Shape small balls. Roll them on a roller pin of about 3 inch diameter.
2) Form small cups like the picture below:

3) Put one to one half tblspn of filling in each cup and roll them like the picture below:

4) Gently press with the palm to get a flat litti. See picture below for different stages.

5) Heat a non stick griddle. Dry roast the litti on very low flame so that it's cooked well from inside also.

6) If the littli swells up means it's done.

7) Remove from the griddle and hold it on a gas flame directly to cook well.

See pic below:

8) The final out come would be like the picture below:

9) Drizzle Ghee and  टमाटर का चोखा (Tomato Salsa) and serve.