Ragi has immense helath benefits. It helps in weight loss. It is a rich soirce of calcium and hence helps in the strengthening bones. It is very important for children for their bone development. It reduces the risk of diabetes and reduces the cholestrol levels. It is an excellent source of iron too.
With this ample helath benefits, it should be an essential part of our daily diet. As it is not very tasty, we usually tend to ignore it in our diet. With this delcious Ragi rotti, it can have a come back. It serves as as excellent breakfast or even snacks.
Ingriedients:
Ragi flour\ Finger Millets Flour - 2 cups
Chopped Onion - 1
Chopped green chillies - 2
Cumin seeds - half teaspoon
Water - for kneading the dough
Oil - for frying the rotis
Salt
Procedure:
1. Take a mixing bowl and add the ragi flour, salt, choped onions, chillies and cumin seeds. Mix well.
2. Add water and knead it to form a dough. Add little amount of water and then knead the dough and then again add some more water. Keep doing this till you get a soft dough. The dough should be such that it is easy to spread on the pan. But do not make it very watery.
3. Make small balls to spread it on the pan.
4. Take tava, spread some oil on that, place the ragi ball and pat it to spread it on the tava. Try to pat it as thin as possible. While patting, dip your fingers in water. This helps in easy spreading of the dough.
5. Once done, make 2-3 holes and add oil over that, so that it is cooked evenly.
6. After it is cooked on one side, flip it over to the other side.
7. Repeat the same with the other ragi balls.
8. The challenge with the remaining ragi balls is to pat it thin on a hot tawa. For a naive person, this maybe difficult. In that case you can pat it on a clean plastic sheet and then place it on the tawa.
The delicious Rai Rotti is ready. Serve it with chutney, ketchup or even curd.
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