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Jharkhand · Dinner

Mutton Litti Chokha

Traditional 2. Mutton Litti Chokha recipe

🧺 Ingredients

• Litti dough: 240g whole wheat flour, 15ml ghee, 2.5g salt, 180ml water
• Mutton filling: 150g mutton (minced or finely chopped), 5g cumin seeds, 10g ginger (minced), 3 green chillies (chopped), 2.5g salt, 2.5g red chilli powder, 10ml mustard oil, 10g coriander (chopped), 60ml water
• Chokha: 3 brinjals, 4 tomatoes, 2 potatoes (fire-roasted, mashed)

👩‍🍳 How to make Mutton 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 mutton, cook 8 min until cooked through and dry.
5. Add salt, chilli powder, coriander, cool.
6. Divide dough into 8 balls, stuff, seal, roll into discs.
7. Bake at 200°C for 35 min, flipping halfway.
8. For chokha: char vegetables, peel, mash, season.
9. Visual cue: litti should have golden spots; filling tender and cooked through; chokha chunky.

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