Litti

Name: Litti
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: Wheat flour (atta) 250-260 g; Baking powder 1.5 g; Ajwain (carom seeds) 0.8 g; Salt 4 g; Ghee 20 g; Sugar 4 g; Water (for kneading) 130–160 g (as needed); Sattu (roasted gram flour) 120-130g; Coriander (finely chopped) 7g; Green Chilli (finely chopped) 5g; Finely chopped onion 40-50g; Ginger garlic paste 5g; Red Chilli pickle 1pc; Kalonji (nigella seeds) 1g; Ajwain 0.5g; Salt to taste; Lemon juice 5ml; Mustard oil 7g

Wheat dough balls stuffed with spiced sattu, steamed first and then air fried golden.

55 min start to finish
Serves 4
Works on every CombiWorks on your US 14-in-1Works on your UK & EU 12-in-1Works on your India 14-in-1

Steam Air Fry Flour & dough Main Indian Vegetarian

By Kunjesh Raval for SharkNinja India.

Set your Combi

SwitchBoth sides

Steam10min
Air Fry180°C355°F10-12min

Start to finish55 min30 min prep + 25 min cooking

ShelfLevel 1

Water in the pan200–300 ml¾–1¼ cups water in the Combi pan

You'll need

For dough

Wheat flour (atta) 250–260 g2 cups9 oz
Baking powder 1.5 g¼ tsp
Ajwain (carom seeds) 0.8 g¼ tsp
Salt 4 g¾ tsp
Ghee 20 g1½ tbsp
Sugar 4 g1 tsp
Water (for kneading) 130–160 g4½–5½ oz (as needed)

For stuffing

Sattu (roasted gram flour) 120–130 g1⅓ cups4–4½ oz
Coriander (finely chopped) 7 g¼ oz
Green Chilli (finely chopped) 5 g⅛ oz
Finely chopped onion 40–50 g1½–2 oz
Ginger garlic paste 5 g1 tsp
Red Chilli pickle 1pc
Kalonji (nigella seeds) 1 g¼ tsp
Ajwain 0.5 g0 oz
Salt to taste
Lemon juice 5 ml1 tsp
Mustard oil 7 g1½ tsp

Method

Take all ingredients mentioned in “for dough” apart from water, mix well. Add water in batches and knead into a dough. Keep it aside.
For dough
- Wheat flour (atta) 250–260 g2 cups9 oz
- Baking powder 1.5 g¼ tsp
- Ajwain (carom seeds) 0.8 g¼ tsp
- Salt 4 g¾ tsp
- Ghee 20 g1½ tbsp
- Sugar 4 g1 tsp
- Water (for kneading) 130–160 g4½–5½ oz (as needed)
Take a bowl, prepare veggies as mentioned next to them and mix all ingredients together well to make the stuffing.
Our tip Squeeze a little of the stuffing in your fist: it should just hold together. If it crumbles, work in water a teaspoon at a time, or the filling cooks up dry and powdery.
Divide the dough into medium balls, flatten slightly, fill with sattu stuffing, seal and shape into smooth litti balls.
Our tip Cup the dough round the filling, pinch it shut at the top and twist off the extra so the wall is even; thin patches crack open as they cook. Set them seam side down.
Take the combi pan, add 200–300 ml¾–1¼ cups water, place the crisper plate over it and brush some oil.
Place the litti balls on the crisper plate and slide the combi pan into LEVEL 1.
Move the SmartSwitch to Cooker mode, select Steam function and cook for . (the unit will steam for before cooking).
Then move the SmartSwitch to Air Fryer mode, choose airfryer function, set temperature 180°C355°F and cook for until golden brown.
Our tip Turn them halfway through so the undersides colour too.
Remove and brush with ghee. Serve hot with chokha, onion, green Chilli and lemon.