Litti Chokha

लिट्टी चोखा (गोइठा में सेकी)

Wheat-flour balls stuffed with spiced sattu (roasted gram flour with ajwain, kalonji and mustard oil), traditionally baked over cow-dung cakes (goitha) and dipped in melted ghee. Served with chokha — brinjal and tomato roasted and mashed with onion, garlic and green chilli. Litti chokha is eaten all over Purvanchal and Bihar; Gorakhpur’s stalls still bake it the slow, traditional way.

Main ingredients

• Wheat flour
• Sattu (roasted gram flour)
• Ajwain
• Kalonji
• Mustard oil
• Ghee
• Brinjal
• Tomato
• Onion
• Garlic
• Green chilli

How it's served

Baked over goitha (cow-dung cakes) or in a tandoor, dipped in melted ghee, and served with roasted brinjal-tomato chokha

Where to find it

Golghar, Nauka Vihar, and traditional stalls near Gorakhnath Temple and Railway Station

Best time: Lunch or Dinner