Ragi - Urid Dosa

Dose or dosa is normally a breakfast food and most of us do eat them as snack in the evening
also.
Varieties of dosas are prepared these days. I still sick in to my style of preparing healthy dosas.
This time it is Ragi - Urid dal dosa which can be prepared easily and stay healthy.

I have used ragi flour, medium size rava and urid dal.
You should eat this dose when it is hot. It taste good even when it turns cool. But it is always good to eat food when it is hot. You can prepare this Ragi - Urid dose in the evening when kids come back from home. It is good for diabetic people and diet friendly too.
Let us see the recipe now :

Ingredients :

Urid dal : 1/2 Cup
Ragi Flour : 2 Cups
Toor dal : 1 Tablespoon
Salt : To taste.
Oil : 2 to 3 Tablespoons

Method :

1. Wash and soak urid dal and toor dal for 2 hours. Grind it with required water till it turn paste consistency.
2. Remove the batter to a big bowl.
3. Take a big bowl and add 2 cups of ragi flour in it. Mix the flour with a glass of water nicely. Add salt.

4. Add ground urid dal mixture to the big bowl. Add a fistful of rava. (2 to 3 tablespoons).

5. Mix all the ingredients nicely and allow it to ferment for the night or 5 to 6 hours.
6. Keep a pan on the fire and heat. Sprinkle oil on the top of the pan and clean it out with a kitchen tissue.
7. Take a ladle full of ragi dosa batter and pour it on the tava. ( Reduce the heat to low while spreading the batter on tava). Spread it nicely around the pan.
8. Sprinkle oil on the top and let it cook on medium flame and low flame.
9. Turn the other side and cook for a minute. Ragi - Urid Dose is ready to eat. Prepare remaining dosas the same way.

10. Serve Ragi - Urid Dosa with your favourite side dish. Put a tsp of ghee just before serving.

Note :

The batter should be fermented well. Add little rava so that dosa gets crispiness. Do not add any other ingredients. Do not add Cooking Soda and any other mixture to it.\
Adding little ghee on the top of Dosa increased the taste. Do not add more oil while cooking dosa.
Time : Soaking urid and toor dal .= Over Night or 5 to 6 hours.
Preparing dosa : 15 Minutes.
Serves : 3 to 4 People.

Oats - Raagi - Almonds and Dates Laddu

Oats -Ragi - Almond -Dates Laddu Is yummy laddu.

It is easy, delicious and you can munch at any time of the day without hesitating because it is loaded with healthy ingredients.
Oats -Ragi - Almond -Dates Laddu Is yummy laddu.It is easy, delicious and you can munch at any time of the day without hesitating because it is loaded with healthy ingredients.It is good for all age group and will love to have them.
I have used oats, raagi flour, almonds, little sesame seeds, dates and little jaggery.
Let us see the recipe now :

Things Needed :

Oats : 2 To 3 Cups
Raagi Flour : 2 Cups
Sesame Seeds : 1 Tablespoon
Jaggery : 1 Cup (Powdered)
Dates : 1 Cup
Almonds : 1 Small Cups

Raisins : 2 to 3 Tablespoons

Method :

1.  Dry roast 2 cups of Oats, 1 tablespoon of sesame seeds and 2 Cups of Raagi flour and let it cool.

 2.  Dry grind oats, Almonds and sesame seeds.

3. Take 1 cup full of dates, remove the seeds from dates and cut in to small pieces.

4  .Now put 1 cup full Powdered jaggery to a big bowl.Add 1/2 cup of water and mix it well.
5.  Keep this jaggery on the fire and let it boil for 2 minutes. Sieve this jaggery mixture.

6.  Now keep a pan on the fire and put cleaned jaggery and boil it till it turns one string consistency.
Add raisins to it.

7.  Pour the jaggery mixture to the bowl and add ghee. Mix it slowly.
8. Add 1 /2 Cup ghee and cut dates pieces. Slowly mix all the ingredients nicely. (It is bit hot because of jaggery mixture).

9. Take a handful of the mixture and prepare laddu.

10. Let it cool. Store them in airtight box or bottle and munch whenever you want to.

Notes :

Fry oats and raagi on low flame.
Fry sesame seeds till it spluteer and turn golden brown. It adds to the taste.
Dry grind sesame seeds with roasted oats.
Use of jaggery can be minimized by using more dates
Adding more/less ghee is optional.
Adding coconut is optional. I have not added coconut or dry coconut. Laddu stay longer period if you skip using coconut.
Time : 30 Minutes.
Serves : 30 to 40 Laddus can be prepared.