Ragi puttu using idli steamer

Ragi puttu is an easy and healthy recipe, that can be had for breakfast or even as an evening snack for kids back from school. It has the calcium rich ragi combined with iron rich jaggery , and mixed with coconut and elachi for the flavour. I learnt this recipe from my mother in law. She does it with so much ease. She does not require any specific utensil for making puttu. I have used idly steamer to make this here

 

Quickly, lets get on to the recipe of Ragi puttu using idli steamer :

Recipe Cuisine: South Indian | Recipe Category: Sweet
Prep Time: 5 mins | Cook time: 15 mins | Total time: 20 mins | Serves: 3 to 4

Ingredients:

• Ragi flour – 1 cup
• salt – half tsp
• Jaggery – 3/4 cup
• Elachi / cardamom pods – 5
• Coconut – 1/2 cup
• Ghee – 2 tsp
• Cashews – to garnish

Method:

1. Mix ragi flour and salt together.
2. Add water little by little and mix with the flour till it holds its shape.
3. Place the flour over idly plates and steam in idly steamer for 15 minutes.
4. Meantime, grate jaggery . Grind coconut and cardamom together.
5. After steaming, take out the steam cooked ragi puttu and mix grated jaggery, and coconut cardamom powder into it.
6. Mix well.
7. Roast cashews in ghee and mix with the puttu to garnish.

Healthy ragi puttu is ready to be enjoyed !!!

Notes:

• Ghee roasted cashews is just optional. Puttu is ready at step 6 actually.
• You can replace ragi with rice flour and use the same procedure to make rice flour puttu.
• You may also replace ragi flour with sathu maavu and use the same procedure to make puttu.