Ragi Uppittu [Ragi Upma, Ragi Uthirimavu]

Cuisine Style: South India | Cooking Time: 20 minutes | To Serve: 4 | Take with: Chutney | Type: Breakfast or Dinner, Weight loss & Easy diabetic recipes

Ingredients

• Ragi flour - 2 cups
• Onion - 1 chopped
• Curry leaves - 1
• Ginger - 1 inch (grated)
• Green chilli - 1
• Urad dal - ½  tbsp
• Bengal gram - 1 tbsp
• Mustard seeds - 1 tbsp
• Salt to taste
• Oil - 2 tbsp
• Water as needed

Preparation

• In a bowl add 2 cups of ragi flour, salt, and then sprinkle water. Mix gently. Once the mixture becomes upma consistency (small pebbles) then leave it for 2 min
• Spread wet cotton cloth on the idli pan’s cavity and fill with the ragi mixture and steam cook it on low flame about 10 minutes
• Transfer to big plate and spread
• Heat oil in a pan then add mustard seeds. Once it is crackled add bengal gram, urad dal sauté gently then add chopped onion sauté till light brown then add ginger, green chilli, and curry leaves sauté gently
• Add steamed ragi flour sauté gently with seasoning ingredients then leave it for 2 min. turn off flame and garnish with coriander leaves, serve hot with coconut chutney or tomato chutney

Ragi Uppittu step by step pictures for reference

In a bowl add ragi flour, salt mix well. Then sprinkle water mix well with out lumps

Boil water in idli cooker then Cover with cotton cloth then spread ragi mixture

Cover lid and steam it for 5 to 8 min

10 min later. Steamed ragi mixture. Spread over a plate & let it cool [5 min]

Ragi uppittu is ready. You can use it for making instant upma or kolukattai

Note

• Don’t overcook
• Don’t add more water when mixing ragi with water
  

Tip

• Grated coconut can be added while seasoning
• Nuts, boiled vegetables, paneer while seasoning can also be added.

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