Sep 27, 2008

RAGI SEMIYA --- FINGER MILLET VERMICELLI


RAGI --- FINGER MILLET

How to make ragi semiya:---


Ragi flour -- 11/2 cup


rice flour --- 1/2 cup


salt a pinch


water opprox. -- 2 cups


oil or ghee --- 1/2 tea sp


Mix ragi and rice flour in abowl


Heat water in a sauce pan add salt and ghee and bring to a boil then add flour mix cover and leave for 5min. then mix with a wooden spoon and let it cool

Now kend with hands nicely and make a doughlike a chapati dough

Then make medium size balls and fill this balls in to muruku maker or savai maker or you can use pasta maker also

Then sqeese in to a plate or idli plate and steem cook for 5-6min. let it cool for some time.

Now remove and saparate semiya with hands(uply little oil to your hands)

Now you can use this for sweet or savory





For Sweet :-



Ragi semiya --- 1 cup



grated coconut -- 1 tab sp



grated jaggery -- 1 tab sp



cardomom powder --- 1/2 tea sp



cashew nuts - -- 5-6 broken



raisins a few



a little bit ghee for frying dry fruits






Mix all above ingredients in a big bowl mix well and serve








For savory:--





chopped onion -- 1 no.





chopped green chillies -- 2 no.





grated coconut -- 1 tab sp





curry leaves -- a few





lemon juice -- 1 tab sp or according to your taste




oil 1 tab sp




Ragi semiya --- 1 cup




mustard seeds -- 1/2 tea sp




cumin seeds -- 1 tea sp




peanuts crushed -- 1tab sp








Heat oil in a pan add mustard seeds let it popup then add cumin seeds, curry leaves, green chillies and onion and fry till onion become soft then add Ragi semiya stir once and remove from heat add grated coconut and lemon juice mix well to comdain and serve hot




This will be very tastey and a great breakfast item

8 comments:

Unknown said...

Wow.. healthy dish... looks nice colour... thxs for sharing..

notyet100 said...

nice entry...for the event,..new for me,..

Deepthi Shankar said...

i had never heard of ragi semiya ... looks soo colorful

Sum Raj said...

very elegant side...yummy

Uma said...

what a great way to make ragi semiya! looks so good and delicious Rekha!

Usha said...

This is so healthy and looks delicious...

Jaishree Iyer said...

had never heard of ragi semiya ..healthy dish...looks soo colorful Rekha:)

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