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Why Ragi Should be a Part of Your Diet

bySumita Thomas
July 9, 2019
inDiet, Recipe
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Make Ragi a part of your diet

These days, everyone’s raving about ragi. The humble super millet, packed with fibre and calcium, is extremely beneficial due to its umpteen health benefits.

Known as finger millet in English, ragulu in Telugu, nachani in Marathi and Gujarati and marwa in Bengali, this super food has long been a traditional baby food. But adults have also woken up its many health benefits.

It can help protect your heart health, improve the digestive system, lower the risk of cancer, boost respiratory health, detoxify the body, optimise the immune system, increase energy levels, and improve muscle and nerve health. Ragi also leads to stronger bones, stronger teeth and helps to prevent iron deficiency.

The millet is filling and wholesome and recommended for all age groups. Add it to a meal every day to increase fibre in your diet. To ensure that the calcium and iron are easily absorbed, sprout ragi at home or buy the easily available flour made from sprouted ragi. The millet is extremely versatile and can be used in a variety of recipes, including idlis, dosas, rotis, porridge, pancakes, cookies and even bread.

Serving and nutritional details

Single serving: 1 cup cooked ragi, 174 gm

Calories: 207 calories

Carbohydrate: 41.2 gm

Dietary fibre: 2.3 gm

Fat: 1.7 gm

Protein: 6 gm

Ragi also contains between 10 and 20 percent of the USDA’s recommended daily value of thiamin, niacin, magnesium, phosphorus, zinc, copper and manganese.

Ragi recipes:

Try these wholesome ragi recipes to add the benefits of this millet to your diet.

Recipe 1: Sprouted Ragi Dosa

Ingredients

Ragi-dosa-275x207For Batter: Ragi 1 cup, raw rice 2 cups, urad dal 3/4 cup, salt to taste

To add to batter: Chopped onion ½ cup, green chillies 2, curry leaves 2 sprigs, cumin seeds 1 tsp, coriander leaves 1/2 cup

Method

Sprouting ragi: Wash and clean the ragi grains in water. Soak the grain overnight/8 hours in a wide mouthed vessel. Colder climates may need some more soaking time. After 8 hours of soaking, remove excess water. Close the vessel using a thin wet cotton cloth. Leave it to rest for 10-12 hours or up to 24 hrs. Within 10-12 hours, you will notice sprouts appearing. The length of the sprouts will depend on the climate in your region.

Roughly 6 hours before you want to make the batter, soak 2 cups of raw rice and 3/4 cup of urad dal separately. After 6 hrs, drain excess water. When your ragi sprouts are also ready, it’s time to make the batter.

Making the batter: Grind the urad dal to a smooth paste. Then grind raw rice and sprouted ragi and mix with ground urad dal. Add salt. Mix well using your hand (this aids in fermentation). Leave undisturbed overnight. Fermentation causes the batter to rise. Ensure that you choose a vessel that has some space to allow the batter to rise. After 8-10 hours, the batter would have risen and is ready to be used.

Lay a griddle on the pan and run some oil over it. Pour some batter on it in a consistency of your liking and add the toppings. Flip when the underside is crispy. Serve hot with chutney and sambar.

Nutrition Value:

1 dosa: 25g; 73 calories, 2.5 g fibre, 2.7 g protein, 0.6 g fat, 14.4 g carbohydrates

Recipe 2: Ragi Biscuits

ragi-biscuitsIngredients: Ragi flour 1/2 cup, wheat flour 1/2 cup, powdered organic jaggery 1/2 cup, cold butter 100 grams/1/2 cup, baking powder 1 tsp, vanilla essence 1/2 tsp, milk 2 tbsp to knead the dough

Method: Grease a cookie tray with butter and keep it ready. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C for 15 minutes.

Roast ragi flour on low flame until you get a nice smell of roasted ragi. Leave it to cool. Sieve together ragi flour, wheat flour and baking powder. Cut butter into small pieces and add to the sieved flour. Mix well with your fingers until the mixture becomes crumbly. Add powdered jaggery and mix well.

Add needed milk little at a time and make a smooth dough. Refrigerate the dough for 15-20 minutes.

Dust wheat flour and roll out the dough. The rolled out dough should not be too thin or too thick. Using a lid or cookie cutter, cut desired shapes. Place biscuits on a greased tray and bake at 180 degree C for 15-20 minutes or until the biscuits start browning slightly. Remove and cool on a wire rack.

Nutrition Value:

3 biscuits: 113 calories, fat 4 gm, protein 2 gm, fibre 3 gm

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Sumita Thomas

For Sumita Thomas, good nutrition advice is less about what NOT to eat and all about HOW to eat. Armed with a master’s degree in clinical nutrition and dietetics from IGNOU, Sumita has worked with multi-specialty clinics and corporate clients, planning calorie-specific menus for their cafeterias. She’s also a certified diabetes educator, has worked in cardiac nutrition and is even a TUV-certified internal auditor for food safety management systems. Maybe that’s why she ensures her advice is always scientifically sound, which makes her a perfect fit for us at HealthifyMe. Of the belief that a healthy lifestyle can be achieved with the combination of a healthy mind, body and diet, Sumita recommends setting realistic goals – one health target a day – and gradually incorporating healthy ingredients to your daily diet. Does she practice what she preaches? For sure, and ensures all those around her do too. So get set, because that now includes you!

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Comments 3

  1. Country Kitchen says:
    7 months ago

    Thanks for sharing wonderful post. You expained benefits of ragi so well. The best part is we can consume it in multiple ways. Well written. keep it up

    Reply
  2. Aruna Vasudevan says:
    4 years ago

    I have my own personal trainer. I want only a dietician to plan my meals. I am vegetarian and would like to lose 2-3 kg per month

    Reply
    • Shruti Naidu says:
      4 years ago

      Hi Aruna,

      That’s great you are 50% closer to achieving your fitness goal. We are more than happy to help you take care of the other 50%. Please download the HealthifyMe app where you can choose a plan that suits your requirement

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