Famous Recipes From Jharkhand
there are also many popular foods from Jharkhand which are famous all over. Some of the popular are Litti Chokha, Dhuska Vada, Chilka roti, Thekua, and many more.
Jharkhand is a state in eastern India. It is famous for its waterfalls. Alike waterfalls Jharkhand has many food delicacies. They have their own style of cooking which makes the food unique from the other states. The common food of the state is roti rice achar and sabzi. Alike them there are also many popular foods from Jharkhand which are famous all over. Some of the popular are Litti Chokha, Dhuska Vada, Chilka roti, Thekua, and many more. Every state has there own popularity and specialty. Like Jharkhand West Bengal is popular for there Non-veg Thali and Veg Thali. This thali consists of different Bengali recipes cooked in their authentic style.
Let’s check out some of the famous recipes of Jharkhand in detail
LITTI CHOKHA
Litti Chokha is a dish that is famous all wide. Litti is a round ball of Atta stuffed with masala Sattu and the Chokha is served with it. They consist of 2 types Chokha Aloo Chokha and brinjal and tomato Chokha. Litti Chokha is very delicious and you can have them for a meal at any time of the day. Litti becomes more delicious when dipped in ghee. Let us check out the recipe in detail.
LITTI CHOKHA
Ingredients
- 1 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup ghee
STUFFING
- half cup sattu
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoon mustard oil
- 4 tablespoon onions chopped
- 1 teaspoon kalonji seeds
- 1 teaspoon ajwain
- 1 tablespoon pickle
ALLO CHOKHA
- 1 cup mashed boiled potatoes
- 2 tablespoon coriander leaves
- 1 teaspoon green chili chopped
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoon mustard oil
TOMATO AND BRINJAL CHOKHA
- half cup tomatoes
- 1 piece small brinjal
- 1 teaspoon green chili
- 2 tqblespoon coriander leaves
- 2 tablespoon mustard seeds
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon ginger chopped
Instructions
- At first, make a tight dough with the atta and water.
- Keep them aside.
- Now to make the filling add the sattu and all the other ingredients to a pan and mix them very well.
- Now make small round balls from the atta dough and put the filling of the sattu inside the balls.
- keep them aside.
- Now make the allo chokha by adding all the ingredints to the smashed potatoes and mix them very well.
- Next, make the tomato and brinjal chokha by chargrill the tomatoes and brinjal.
- Remove the skins of the tomato and brinjal and smash them to a bowl.
- Add all the other ingredients and mix them very well.
- Now bake the atta balls on open fire till they gets cooked well.
- Dip the balls in ghee and then serve them hot with the aloo chokha and brinjal chokha.
DHUSKA VADA
This is also a famous recipe from Jharkhand. This dish is widely eaten as a snack. And is an important item in their cuisine. This dish is served with a sauce or chutney. This is a savory recipe of bread deep-fried in oil. This recipe can also be served with sabzi of Aloo tamatar. Let’s check out the recipe in detail and prepare them at our home.
DHUSKA VADA
Ingredients
- half cup chana dal soaked in water
- 1 cup rice soaked in water
- 1 tablespoon garlic chopped
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1 teaspoon green chili chopped
- half teaspoon turmeric powder
- half teaspoon asafoetida
- oil for deep fry
FOR THE CHUTNEY
- 2 medium sized tomatoes
- 1 teaspoon salt
- half teaspoon panch phoron
- 1 dried red chili
- few curry leaves
- 1 teaspoon garlic chopped
- half cup onions chopped
- half teaspoon asafoetida
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 2 tablespoon jaggery powder
Instructions
- Add the soaked chana dal and rice to a grinder.
- Add the garlic, green chili, and cumin seeds with them to the grinder.
- Grind the whole to a smooth paste
- Now add salt, asafoetida, and turmeric powder to the paste.
- Mix them very well.
- Now heat oil in a pan
- Now use a small ladle to prepare Dhuska
- Next, pour a half ladle of the batter into the oil.
- Cook each of them till they become golden brown.
CHUTNEY
- Heat oil in a pan and add the asafoetida and the dried red chili.
- Next, add the curry leaves, panch phoron, and garlic.
- Let them crackle.
- Now add the onions and saute them till the color turns golden brown.
- Now add the tomatoes and all the other spices left.
- Cover the lid and cook till the tomatoes get soften
- Now add the jaggery powder and cook them more for 5 minutes on low flame
- Adjust the water consistency and our chutney is ready to be served with the delicious Dhuska Vada
Notes
- Soak the dal and the rice overnight so they become more smooth.
Thekua
Thekuaa is a cookie, which is famous in the states of Jharkhand Bihar Uttar Pradesh. This is the main Prasad that is offered to the Chhathi Maya of the Chhath Puja. This is also known as Khajuria. The Main ingredients needed to make this recipe is wheat flour coconut jaggery and dry fruits. Thekua is served as a sweet snack. Let’s check out the recipe for Thekua in detail and prepare this yummy sweet snack and serve it.
THEKUA
Ingredients
FOR THE DOUGH
- 1 cup wheat flour
- half cup desiccated coconut
- half teaspoon fennel seeds
- half teaspoon cardamom powder
JAGGERY SYRUP
- half cup jaggery powder
- 1 tablespoon ghee
Instructions
JAGGERY SYRUP
- Add 2 cups of water to a pan on medium flame.
- When the water gets warm add the jaggery powder to it.
- Stir them and mix them well.
- Now add the ghee to it and stir them till the consistency becomes sticky like syrup.
THEKUA
- Add the wheat flour, coconut, fennel seeds, and cardamom powder to a bowl.
- Mix them together very well.
- Now add the jaggery syrup to the flour.
- Now mix them together with your fingertips.
- Add the jaggery syrup in parts and mix them nicely until the flour turns into a smooth and stiff dough.
- Now cut small size balls from the dough and flatten them with your palm.
- Next, place this flattened dough in a Thekua mould and give them the shape of a Thekua.
- Place the all dough balls like this and give them the shape of Thekua.
- Now heat oil in a pan and deep fry them till the color turns golden brown
