Ragi Sankati

Ragi or Finger millet is an excellent source of Protein and Calcium. It has amazing nutritional values. Ragi sankati otherwise called as Ragi mudda or Ragi balls is a very simple dish and can be used in our everyday meal. It can be used as a supplement for rice in our lunches and dinners. This way you can lose a lot of weight too. It is a staple food of farmers and satisfactory meal for them.

It can be given to kids too. They love it as it is very delicious and smooth. My daughter used to feed  my grand daughter and grand son with tiny balls of ragi mudda with lots of ghee on top. They won't chew it., it just melts in their mouths. How lucky ?

Lets get into the recipe.

Ingredients

Ragi flour               1 cup
Water                      4 cups
Rice                        a fist full
Salt                         according to your taste
Ghee                       2 tbsp

Method

1. Boil 4 cups of water in a saucepan.
2. Add the rice to it when the water is boiling. Rice is like binding agent to the ragi mudda.
3. When the rice is cooked, add salt and 1 tbsp of ghee into it.
4. Mix it properly. Now start adding the Ragi little by little and keep whisking it as you pour ragi into the boiling water. Otherwise, the mixture will create into lumps and not a smooth paste.
5. Use a flat spoon to mix it thoroughly.
6. Close the lid and cook it for 10 minutes.
7. Take a bowl and apply little bit of ghee inside the bowl. Now fill the bowl with the hot mixture. Wet your hand with cold water and level the bowl. Now flip the bowl onto your plate.
8. You can also make a ball shape with your hand. Make sure you wet your hands with cold water and make the ball.
9. Serve with Sambar, Dal,Pally chutney or any type of curry. It tastes wonderful.

Notes:

1. You can use broken rice, rice rava instead of rice. It cooks quickly. Soak the broken rice for 15 minutes to get cooked quickly.
2. If you feel pouring ragi into the boiling water is creating lumps, you can mix the ragi flour into half a cup cold water and then add to the boiling water.
3. You can make the ragi mudda without rice as well.