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Jharkhand · Dinner

Fish Litti

Traditional 3. Fish Litti recipe

🧺 Ingredients

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

👩‍🍳 How to make Fish Litti

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 flaked fish, warm through (2 min).
5. Add salt, chilli powder, lemon juice, coriander, cool.
6. Divide dough into 8 balls, stuff, seal, roll into discs.
7. Bake at 200°C for 35 min, flipping halfway.
8. Serve with chokha.
9. Visual cue: litti should be golden; fish filling tender, flaking easily; chokha creamy and chunky.

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