Ragi Choco cookies

Ragi Choco cookies are very healthy and tasty cookies. I wanted to make ragi cookies since long, but was hesitant over the amount of ghee that goes into it..  Finally today, I thought of tweaking my ingredients a little and arrived at this recipe, so as to use little lesser amount of ghee. My usual ragi biscuits will consume a lot of ghee, almost equal to half the quantity of the ragi flour. But they taste awesome too 🙂

Ragi flour should be roasted in low heat for a while to get rid of the muddy smell , but I was a little lazy and did not want to roast it. Who likes to stand and dry roast for a long time 🙁 Definitely not me..
Thus arrived this idea of adding cocoa powder to overcome the muddy smell. Yaay! IT worked .. I also added some wheat flour to get a lighter colour, and oats for some texture. Ghee and some eggs as the wet ingredients and organic sugar to satisfy my consciousness to not give unhealthy food. You can also use any other healthy alternative for sugar like coconut sugar or sweeteners. I would like to try with honey next time.

My son liked these sooo much that he wanted to share it with his friends in the class party.. He took some to school today. Hope his friends enjoy them too 🙂

Here I present my own recipe for Ragi Choco cookies

Ingredients for Ragi Choco cookies

• Ragi flour / Finger millet flour – 1 cup
• Wheat flour – 1.5 cups
• Oats – 3/4 cup
• Organic Sugar – 1 and half cups
• Homemade Ghee – 3/4 cup
• Eggs – 2
• Baking soda – 1/2 tsp
• Salt – a pinch
• Cocoa powder – 3 tsp
• Milk  – 1/2 cup or less ( optional , if needed )

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
2. Mix Ragi flour, wheat flour, oats, sugar, salt, baking soda and cocoa powder in a wide bowl.
3. Add in ghee and 2 eggs and mix them well. Add milk little by little to make a dough.
   
4. Take a large portion of the dough between two butter papers and spread it out will a rolling pin , with half inch thickness.
5. Using any cookie cutter, cut the shapes and arrange them on a baking tray lined with butter paper.
   
6. These cookies can be arranged close to each other as they do not spread much.
7. Bake for 10 – 12 minutes and your healthy Ragi choco cookies are ready to be enjoyed.
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