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Jharkhand · Dinner

Chicken Litti Chokha

Traditional 1. Chicken Litti Chokha recipe

🧺 Ingredients

• Litti dough: 240g whole wheat flour, 15ml ghee, 2.5g salt, 180ml water
• Chicken filling: 150g chicken (minced), 5g cumin seeds, 10g ginger (minced), 3 green chillies (chopped), 2.5g salt, 2.5g red chilli powder, 10ml mustard oil, 10g coriander (chopped)
• Chokha: 3 brinjals, 4 tomatoes, 2 potatoes (fire-roasted, mashed), 30g onion (chopped), 10ml mustard oil, 2.5g salt, juice of ½ lemon

👩‍🍳 How to make Chicken Litti Chokha

1. Knead dough, rest 20 min.
2. For filling: heat mustard oil, add cumin, cook 20 sec.
3. Add ginger and chillies, cook 1 min.
4. Add minced chicken, cook 5 min until cooked through.
5. Add salt, chilli powder, coriander, cool.
6. Divide dough into 8 balls, stuff each with 2 tbsp chicken filling, seal, roll into discs.
7. Bake at 200°C for 35 min, flipping halfway.
8. For chokha: char vegetables on open flame, peel, mash, toss with onion, chilli, mustard oil, salt, lemon.
9. Visual cue: litti should have light golden-brown spots; chokha chunky and textured.

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