Ragi Huri Hittu | Roasted Ragi Powder | Ragi Recipes
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Recipe type: Homemade
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 200 Gm
 
Fresh and nutritious, homemade ragi huri hittu or roasted ragi powder
Ingredients
  • 200 Gm ragi/finger millet/nachni
  • Water to wash
Method
  1. In a sieve, clean and add the ragi
  2. Wash the ragi well and make sure there are no impurities
  3. Leave it for 5-10 minutes in the sieve and let the water drain out
  4. On a clean kitchen cloth, empty the washed ragi onto it
  5. Spread the ragi evenly all over the cloth
  6. Leave the cloth with the ragi spread on it in a cool place for 6-8 hours
  7. Heat a heavy bottomed pan or kadai on low flame for atleast 5-8 minutes
  8. Now add around 2 to 3 Tbsp of ragi into the kadai
  9. Use a pair of wooden sticks or clean chopsticks and start frying the ragi
  10. Remember to always fry on low flame, ragi starts to change colour
  11. Cover with a lid for a few seconds
  12. Now most ragi start to pop and rest of the ragi get roasted
  13. See how the ragi have popped, a few pops can be seen conspicuously
  14. Remove the roasted and popped ragi onto a plate to cool
  15. Repeat with all the ragi and roast, pop it till well roasted
  16. Allow to cool completely
  17. In a dry grinder or coffee grinder, add the roasted ragi into the jar
  18. Grind the ragi into a powder, it should not be coarse not very fine
  19. Store in a airtight container and use as required
Notes
Always roast in small quantities to ensure even roasting

Use wooden sticks to pop and do not disturb the pan a lot

Do not keep the ragi drying on the cloth in the sun, always keep it in a cool, shadow place for drying
Recipe by Food Of Interest at https://foodofinterest.com/ragi-huri-hittu/