Litti chokha recipe

Name: Litti chokha recipe
Ingredients: 500g chapati flour (from larger supermarkets and Asian grocers); ½ tsp salt; ½ tbsp dried thyme; 35ml vegetable oil; 250ml water; 150g gram flour (from larger supermarkets and Asian grocers); 125ml mustard oil (from Asian grocers; or you can use the oil from the top of a fresh jar of hot mango pickle, combined with sunflower oil); 2 red onions, finely chopped; 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped; 4 green chillies, deseeded and finely chopped; 3cm piece fresh ginger, finely chopped; 1 tbsp dried thyme; 1½ tsp nigella seeds; 3 tsp salt; 1 tbsp sugar; 3 tbsp roughly chopped fresh coriander; 4 tbsp raisins; 3 tbsp ghee, melted, for soaking the littis (dough balls); Lime wedges for squeezing; Mint raita and hot mango pickle

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Vivek Singh remembers making these savoury dough balls, which are stuffed with a spicy onion, herb and raisin filling, with his father as a child.

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Ingredients

500g chapati flour (from larger supermarkets and Asian grocers)
½ tsp salt
½ tbsp dried thyme
35ml vegetable oil
250ml water
150g gram flour (from larger supermarkets and Asian grocers)
125ml mustard oil (from Asian grocers; or you can use the oil from the top of a fresh jar of hot mango pickle, combined with sunflower oil)
2 red onions, finely chopped
4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
4 green chillies, deseeded and finely chopped
3cm piece fresh ginger, finely chopped
1 tbsp dried thyme
1½ tsp nigella seeds
3 tsp salt
1 tbsp sugar
3 tbsp roughly chopped fresh coriander
4 tbsp raisins
3 tbsp ghee, melted, for soaking the littis (dough balls)
Lime wedges for squeezing
Mint raita and hot mango pickle