Potato Litti

_ Litti is dough ball made of whole wheat flour and stuffed with potato filling.
_ This can be served for breakfast.
_ These are crispy from outside and soft inside with the potato filling.
_We need to saute them by adding ghee which makes them very delicious.
_ Adding diffrent spices and herbs to the filling makes it very tasty and wholesome.

Ingredients:

_ One cup wheat flour

_ Half teaspoon carom seeds

_ Few chopped coriander leaves

_ Salt as per taste

_ Two Boiled and smashed potatoes

_ 1/4 cup fresh green peas

_ Teaspoon Red chilli powder

_ Half teaspoon chat masala

_ Half teaspoon Garam masala powder

_ One tablespoon Coriander seeds

_ One tablespoon fennel seeds

_ Pinch of turmeric powder

_ Little ghee or butter

_ Take one cup of wheat flour in a bowl and add teaspoon salt and few carom seeds.
_ Carom seeds gives nice flavour and taste .

_ Next add coriander leaves ( cilantro) and teaspoon ghee .

_ We need to mix all the added ingredients .Add little by little water and make a semi tight dough.

_ Boil 2 potatoes and smash them.

_ Take about one tablespoon fennel seeds and one tablespoon coriander seeds in a blender.Blend to coarse powder .

_ Take little oil in wok .When oil is heated add teaspoon cumin seeds .
_ When they crackle add blended fennel coriander powder.

_ Add fresh green peas and saute for sometime .

_ Next add previously boiled and smashed potatoes .

_ Add salt as per taste, Red chilli powder and pinch of turmeric powder.

_ Add Half teaspoon chat masala powder and half teaspoon Garam masala powder.

_ After adding spices mix everything such that all spices are coated with potato mixture .

_ Make small balls from prepared potato mixture as shown in my image .

_ Take small portion of the prepared dough and slightly flatten on palms as shown in image .

_ Now place the prepared ball inside the flattened dough .Bring all edges of dough together and wrap it.
_ Repeat the same procedure with entire dough and make all littis.

_ After making all littis make a cross cut (x mark) as shown in my image .

_ We can also add cheese inside the filling .Adding cheese is optional but kids love it when we add cheese

_ I have taken pan ( tawa) and heated it . We need to place the cooker on the tawa.
_ Add little ghee or butter in to the cooker

_ Shallow fry littis on both sides until they turn crisp and brown.

_ Potato littis are ready to serve .