Monday, April 12, 2010

Ragi Idlis



When aayesha was of 6 months people suggested that i introduce ragi as her first food. Till then i never included ragi in our meals.
I found through some browsing that below is its nutritional value.

Nutritive value of Ragi per 100 g
Protein 7.3 g
Fat 1.3 g
Carbohydrate 72 g
Minerals 2.7 g
Calcium 3.44 g
Fibre 3.6 g
Energy 328 Kcal

That is when i started thinking of some good and tasty ragi receipes. One such receipe is Ragi Idlis. Easy to make and good to taste :).
Here is the receipe

Ingredients:
1 cup ragi (whole, not the flour)
1 cup parboiled rice
3/4 cup urad dal
salt to taste.

Procedure:

1) Wash all the above ingredients separately and soak in water for about 6 hours.
2) Grind the ural dal into a very smooth paste.
3) Grind the ragi also into a very smooth bater.
4) Then lastly grind the parboiled rice only till it attains a constituency of rava/suji.
5) Mix all the above and add salt as per taste.
6) keep the bater overnight for fermentation
7) Prepare idlis the next morning.

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