Ragi an inexpensive staple food but rich in nutritional benefits.Ragi is a nutritious weight loss food and a healthy food for diabetics
There are many recipes made from ragi like Ragi dosai,Ragi porridge,Ragi roti,Ragi biscuits.My post is on Ragi vegetable idly today.Just wanna make something different from the usual Ragi Idly.
I wanted to make it more healthy.So for a change added few veggies to the batter and made it taste better.
Ragi is an extremely nutritious cereal and is very beneficial for maintaining good health.
PREPARATION TIME:15 MINS
COOKING TIME:15 MINS
YIELDS :12-15 IDLIS.
INGREDIENTS:
FOR BATTER:
1/2 cup urad dhal
1&1/2 cup ragi flour
3/4 cup fenugreek seeds
Salt to taste
Water as required
THE VEGGIES
1 chopped carrot
A fistful of peas
TO TEMPER
1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1/2 tsp urad dhal
2 tsp sesame oil
METHOD
Soak the urad dhal and fenugreek seeds in water for an hour.
After an hour,grind them in a mixer with salt and water.
Now add the ragi flour to the ground urad dhal.
Add required water to make a batter.Let it rest for 8 hours for the fermentation process.
You can see the batter has doubled in volume(pic 3).
Heat 2 tsp of sesame oil,add the mustard seeds and urad dhal.
Let it splutter,then add the veggies and saute for a min on medium flame with very little salt.
Now add the sauteed veggies to fermented ragi batter.
Mix well and pour the batter into greased Idly trays.Let it cook for 10-12 mins.Ragi Vegetable Idly is ready now.
Serve the Ragi Vegetable Idly with spicy Poondu chutney.
TAKE CARE TIPS:
Do not soak the urad dhal for more than an hour.
You can add any veggies of your choice like potato,beans,cauliflower.
Use the fermented batter the same day to get soft,spongy idly.
Swapna's Kitchen 
ragi idli?? wow .. we have rice idli and rava idli , ragi idli is something new .. its looks nice in the pic though . have to try
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Healthy & delicious idli!
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Is this millet? SO exciting! I only know to make Ugali and porrige from millet. How can i make idly if I dont have the Idly try?
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Yes,it is Finger millet…If you dont have an Idly tray…You can pour the batter into small cups and steam in your cooker…
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ahhh great! I will have to try this. sounds great!
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Ragi idly.. wow healthy n with veggies too.
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Thanks ,Vidhya…
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Do we need roast ragi flour again??
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No need to roast the flour,Vidya…Just add it directly to the urad dhal batter….
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I haven’t added veggies before this is cool thought dear
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Thank you ,Vidya…
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