Kongu style ragi murukku with no rice flour-easy snack recipe/ Ragi chakli recipe

Ragi popularly known as Finger millet/Nachni in North India is very common in South India. It is grown in kongunadu region and it is their regular grain in their foods eaten in the form of kali, pakoda, roti. It is a super crop as well as super food which is rich in calcium. No essential nutrients are lost during processing in ragi. It's gluten free too. 

Step by step pictures to make murukku:

1. In a bowl, sieve ragi flour to remove any lumps. 

2. To it add besan and gram flour and sieve those as well to remove any lumps.

3. Now add butter, sesame seeds and omam(ajwain) to it.

4. Add red chilli powder and salt and rub it with hands so that they are combined well and looks coarse crumbs. 

5. Add water little by little and make a soft dough. Grease murukku mould, inner and outer sides and also the plate where you are going to press the murukku. Use any mould that you would like. I am using round shape here.

6. Grease murukku mould, inner and outer sides and also the plate where you are going to press the murukku. Use any mould that you would like. I am using round shape here. Take a small portion of dough and make a log. 

7. Put it inside the mould and close with the outer press. Gently make a smooth press on the greased plate.

8. Meanwhile heat oil in pan. Put the piped murukku into the hot oil and cook it till the stops the 'sh' sound. Remove using a skewer, drain oil and place it in plate. Cool and store it in an airtight container. 

Here comes the full recipe:

Ingredients:
Finger millet flour/ Ragi maavu - 2 cups
Pottukadalai flour/ gram flour - 1/4 cup
Besan flour/kadalai maavu - 3/4 cup
Butter - 1 tbsp
Sesame seeds - 2 tsp
Ajwain/Omam - 1 tsp
Red chilli powder - 1 tsp
Salt - 1 1/2 tsp

Peanut oil - for frying

How to make:
1. In a bowl, mix ragi flour, gram flour and besan.
2. Now add butter, sesame seeds and omam(ajwain) to it.
3. Add red chilli powder and salt and rub it with hands so that they are combined well and looks coarse crumbs.
4. Add water little by little and make a soft dough.
5. Grease murukku mould, inner and outer sides and also the plate where you are going to press the murukku. Use any mould that you would like. I am using round shape here.
6. Take a small log and put it inside the mould and close with the outer press.
7. Gently make a smooth press on the greased plate.
8. Meanwhile heat oil in pan.
9. Put the piped murukku into the hot oil and cook it till the stops the 'sh' sound.
10. Remove using a skewer, drain oil and place it in plate.
11. Cool and store it in an airtight container. Enjoy with a cup of coffee/tea.

Note:

1. Red chilli powder what I use is very spicy and I have used only 1 tsp. So adjust your spiciness according to your red chilli powder.

2. Prepare pottukadalai maavu by grinding gram dhal in mixie and sieve to get a fine powder.

3. Butter gives the crispiness for murukku and don’t omit it.

Ragi roti

Ingredients:

Ragi flour- 3 cups

Red chili powder- 11/2 tsp

Salt-1 tsp

Onion-1-medium- finely chopped

Coriander leaves- 1/4cup- finely chopped

Curry leaves -2tbsp- finely chopped

Carrot- 1- finely grated

Oil-2tbsp

How to make:

1. In a mixing bowl, mix everything adding water into a soft dough.

2. Take an aluminum foil/banana leaf, apply oil and spread it.

3. Take a big size Ragi balls and spread using hand with little oil sprinkled in hand.

4. Heat a dosa tawa and reduce the flame to low-medium.

5. Flip the spread roti on the tawa upside down and carefully remove foil.

6. Apply oil over the edges and cook for 3 min.

7. Flip it over and cook on the other side for 4 min.

8. Serve hot and enjoy.

9. Can eat as it is or if you want you can pair it with spicy coconut chutney.

Ragi and Oats Roti

In kongunadu, only ragi roti is eaten by most. So i planned to add oats to add more nutrients to the roti. It is healthy too as it is given here to post delivered women for milk as well as for weight reduction.

Here comes the recipe:

Ingredients:

Ragi flour/ Finger millet flour - 2 cup

Oats  - 1 cup ( powder it )

Onion - 2 medium - chop fine

Carrots - 2 medium - grate it

Red chilli powder - 2 tsp

Curry leaves - few - chop fine

Coriander leaves - few - chop fine

Oil

Salt

Method:

1. Mi all these to form a not stiff but not soft dough using water.

2. Heat a tava, sprinkle some oil, spread it and lower the flame.

3. Take a medium ball and place in the hot tava and spread as a thin roti.

4. Apply oil on both sides and cook.

5. Serve with coconut chutney or raitha or else it can be eaten without any side dish.

Variations:

1. You can add green chillies instead of red chilli powder.

2. You can also add grated cucumber.