Wednesday, April 2, 2025

ஓட்ஸ் ராகி இனிப்பு களி Low calorie nutritious Ragi Oats Breakfast


Oats Ragi sweet kali with cowpeas and Jaggery sweetener.





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Ingredients:
Rolled oats - 1cup
Ragi flour (finger millet flour) - 1/4 cup
Jaggery (soft) - 2 Tbsp
Cowpeas (Karamani / thattampayaru) (cooked) - 1/4 cup
Shredded coconut - 1 Tbsp
Water - 3cups + 1 cup

Method:
Soak the oats overnight for easy cooking and also soaking gives more volume after cooking.
Oats can be cooked without soaking too.
Put the oats in a cooking vessel.
Add 3 cups of water.
Cook it in stovetop. (In a pressure cooker just 1 whistle is enough. In an electric cooker it needs pressure cooking for 3 mins).
While the oats is cooking, dissolve ragi flour in 1/2 cup of water.
After the oats turns mushy, add the ragi solution. Rinse the bowl in little more water (say 1/2 cup water) and add.
Reduce flame to medium.
Mix well.
In 3 minutes the ragi will get cooked.
Add the jaggery and mix well. Let it dissolve.
Add cooked karamani.
Switch off heat. 
Add shredded coconut and mix well.
Enjoy!

Serving suggestion:
Makes 2 servings.
Serve as breakfast.


Approximate Calorie Calculation of this Oats Ragi sweet breakfast:



Monday, March 10, 2025

Ragi Banana Pancake



Ingredients:
Ripe Banana - 1
Egg - 1
Salt - 1/4 Tsp
Baking soda - 1/8 Tsp
Baking Powder - 1/4 Tsp
Brown Sugar - 2 Tsp
Ragi flour - 1/2 cup
Whole wheat flour - 1/2 cup
Milk - 1/2 cup

Method:
Grind everything together in a mixer.
Grease a silver dollar pancake pan or a dosa tawa with butter or oil.
Pour the pancake batter in the pan. 
Cook 2 mins one side.
Flip and cook 1 min.
Take out.
Serve hot with maple syrup or honey.