Ragi Idli Recipe - Soft Ragi Idli - Finger Millet Idli

Ragi Idli is a healthy and filling breakfast Recipe packed with proteins and amino acids.Ragi has been proved to work wonders in bringing down blood cholesterol levels. Fibers in Ragi reduces excess appetite, gives you a feeling of fullness, and the slower digestion rate of the cereal allows you to take less calories. This supports the process of weight loss.Consumption of Ragi based diet is helpful for people with diabetes because of the higher fiber content as compared to rice and wheat.Now we learn to make healthy Ragi idli using Ragi Cereals.

Soft Ragi Idli

Cook Time : 10 - 12 minutes  .                   
Recipe Category:Millets Recipes

Recipe Cuisine:Indian

yield:35 Idli's

 

Ingredients
 
Ragi - 1 cup. 
Idli Rice - 1 cup. 
Urad dal - 1/2 cup.
Fenugreek Seeds - 1/2 tsp

Preparation

• Wash and Soak Ragi  seperately.Soak idli rice Seperately, both  for 4 hrs or over night. Soak urad dal +  fenugreek seeds together, before 1 hr of grinding

Method

• Grind Urad dal till soft and fluffy. Grind Ragi cereals  in a mixie or grinder with needed water, into a coarse paste, then add rice  grind  it,  into a   little coarse   paste with needed water.
• Mix together  ground urad dal and ground Ragi batter with needed salt.Normally i use hands to mix well.
• Allow it to ferment for 7 to 8 hours or over night, depending upon the climatic conditions, if climate is chill more time is required to ferment.In such cases keep the container inside the oven it will get fermented quickly.
• Consistency should be like normal idli batter consistency.

• Pour the batter over the idli mould, and steam cook for 10 - 12 minutes. Insert a spoon to check, whether idli's are done. if it comes out as clean spoon,idli's are cooked else cook for few more minutes.

For detailed description plz visit my soft idli's procedure. 

Notes

• Urad dal Consistency should be fluffy,it should not be watery.So add water little by little to grind the urad dal.This is very important step to prepare soft and fluffy  idli's.Even if rice consistency is watery, if u mix with urad dal batter, after fermentation, it becomes thick. 
• While mixing the  batter together, stir from the bottom of container . usually i use hands to mix the batter.   
• You can also add 1/4 cup of water, to batter and make   Ragi dosa's.