Ragi mudde

A simple meal with essential nutrients.

Ragi is a staple food of Karnataka and many parts of Tamil Nadu. It's a soulful lunch or mid morning snack which gives you energy to sustain for a few hours. 

I make a very simple ragi mudde, by adding a little salt, ghee and two green chillies. 

Ragi mudde(ragi dumplings) 

Ingredients 

Hot water 2 cups

Ragi powder 1 cup

Salt as required 

Green chillies 2

Ghee 1 tsp

Ragi mudde:

Tips

Use fresh ragi powder for better results. 

You can add jaggery if you like. 

Use earthen pot or stoneware to cook ragi, it enhance better flavour. 

Ragi mudde

Method 

In an earthen pot pour water, once its starts boiling add ragi powder, salt and green chillies, mix in, allow it to cook, make sure you stir it well so that no lumps are formed. Keep low flame and cook for about 5 minutes, add a teaspoon of ghee. Check whether it's cooked well. The entire ragi mudde should be like a large soft lump. Off stove, close and let it cook in its own heat.  After sometime make medium sized balls. Serve with sambar, rasam, kootu, pickle and buttermilk. It's a traditional meal and I think it's the best millet invented by human race! 

Farmers eat ragi mudde with raw fresh onions, green chillies and buttermilk. It's a great source of energy for the kind of hardwork they have to do in their farm to feed their families.