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{{Infobox food
| name = Litti
| image = Litti (before opening it).JPG
| caption = Litti being prepared
| alternate_name =
| country = [[India]]
| region = Originated in [[Bhojpuri region]] (Western [[Bihar]] and [[Eastern Uttar Pradesh]])
| creator =
| course =
| served = Hot
| main_ingredient = Dough: [[Atta flour|Whole wheat flour]], Stuffing: [[Sattu]], [[onion]], [[garlic]], [[chilli pepper|green chilli]], [[lemon|lemon juice]], [[carom seeds]], [[cumin seeds]], [[nigella seeds]], and [[ghee]]
| variations = [[Baati]]
| calories =
| other =
}}
[[File:Litti being prepared in a restaurant barbeque in Bengaluru, India.webm|thumb]]
[[File:Chicken Litti.jpg|thumb|200 px|Litti with chicken, [[Sasaram]], [[Bihar]]]]
'''Litti''', along with chokha, is a complete meal originated from the Indian state of [[Bihar]] and parts of [[Eastern Uttar Pradesh]]. It is a dough ball made up of whole wheat flour and stuffed with gram flour, pulses and mixed with herbs and spices and then roasted over coal or wood then it is tossed with much ghee.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.biharandjharkhand.com/recipe/ranu_littichokha.htm |title=Food and Recipes |publisher=Bihar and Jharkhand |date= |accessdate=2012-09-05}}</ref> Although very often confused with the closely related [[baati]], it is a completely different dish in terms of taste, texture and preparation. It may be eaten with yogurt, [[baigan bharta]], alu bharta, and papad.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mapsofindia.com/jharkhand/people-culture-festivals/bihari-litti.html |title=Bihari Litti |publisher=Mapsofindia.com |date= |accessdate=2012-09-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309145133/http://www.mapsofindia.com/jharkhand/people-culture-festivals/bihari-litti.html |archive-date=2012-03-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The litti are traditionally baked over wood fire,<ref name="Thangam1993">{{cite book|author=Philip Thangam|title=Flavours From India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uGaLeof_JUUC&pg=PA6|accessdate=28 September 2012|date=1 January 1993|publisher=Orient Blackswan|isbn=978-81-250-0817-0|pages=6–}}</ref> but in the modern day a new fried version has been developed.<ref name="DasguptaGupta1995">{{cite book|author1=Minakshie Dasgupta|author2=Bunny Gupta|author3=Jaya Chaliha|title=Calcutta Cook Book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=btECzLTe6kMC&pg=PA347|accessdate=28 September 2012|date=1 January 1995|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0-14-046972-1|pages=347–}}</ref>

Herbs and spices used to flavour the litti include onion, garlic, ginger, coriander leaves, lime juice, carom seeds, nigella seeds and salt.<ref name="(India)Choudhury1966">{{cite book|author1=Bihar (India)|author2=Pranab Chandra Roy Choudhury|title=Bihar district gazetteers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0nw1AAAAIAAJ|accessdate=28 September 2012|year=1966|publisher=Printed by the Superintendent, Secretariat Press, Bihar|page=807}}</ref> Tasty pickles can also be used to add spice flavour. In western Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh litti is served with ''murgh korma'' (a creamy [[chicken curry]]) or ''chokha'' (a vegetable preparation of roasted and mashed eggplant, tomato, and potato).<ref name="Trefler2011">{{cite book|author=Caroline Trefler|title=Fodor's Essential India: With Delhi, Rajasthan, the Taj Mahal & Mumbai|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iCbp42bJ8FQC&pg=PA157|accessdate=28 September 2012|date=21 June 2011|publisher=Random House Digital, Inc.|isbn=978-1-4000-0529-1|pages=157–}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Bhojpuri cuisine]]

==References==
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[[Category:Bihari cuisine]]
[[Category:Indian wheat dishes]]
[[Category:Uttar Pradeshi cuisine]]
[[Category:Jharkhandi cuisine]]
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