Recipe for Litti

Ingredients -

1. Atta(Wheat Flour) - 4 cups
2. Sattu - 3 cups
3. Onion - 1 big
4. Green chillies - 8
5. Ginger root - 1 inch
6. Garlic cloves - 10
7. Lemon juice - 2tsp
8. Salt - to taste
9. Ajwain - 1tsp
10. Mangrela - 1tsp
11. Mustard oil - 2tsp
12. Pickle masala (optional) - 1tsp
13. water
14. Milk
15. Ghee

Procedure -

Dough-

1. Knead atta with milk and 2 tbsp ghee.
2. The consistency should be medium to soft.
3. Keep aside.

Filling-

1. Blend onion, green chillies, garlic, grated ginger in a food processor.
2. Mix it with sattu.
3. Add mangrela, ajwain, lemon juice, mustard oil, pickle masala and salt.
4. Knead the above mixture with a little bit of water.

1. Make small balls out of dough.
2. Form a depression at centre of each ball and fill in the stuffing.
3. Close each ball as if tying a purse ring by collecting the ends of the ball with stuffing together in the middle and sealing them onto each other.
4. Trim off the extra dough once the ends are sealed.
5. Bake the liittis so made in the oven at 400 deg for 20-25 mins.
6. Keep checking in between and turn them around once at 10 min.
7. Take out the baked littis after 25 min and enjoy with Aloo chokha (Indian mashed potato) and Baingan Bharta (Mashed Eggplant).