Eggless Ragi Cookies Recipe | Eggless Finger Millet Cookies

Eggless Ragi cookies recipe with step by step photos.Ragi/Finger millet is one of the most healthiest grains and is a rich source of various minerals.We get Ghee ragi biscuits in Bengaluru and they are really delicious.I just love them to the core that I feel guilty to eat them as it is loaded with lot of ghee.

I sometimes give my kiddo the finger millet porridge and I always look to include these healthy grains in his diet too and I have found this easy and tasty way to make him eat these wonder grains.I have come up with this recipe after trying a couple of recipes on the internet and needless to say that they came out delicious.I have used a combination of ragi flour and wheat flour in the recipe and the addition of corn flour makes the cookies light.I have tried to reduce the butter quantity but they turned out bit dry and hence I recommend you to use the mentioned quantity in the recipe for utterly butterly delicious healthy(not so healthy,but it is ok for the kids) cookies. I have also added the chocolate chips to the cookies which makes it look like chocolate chip cookies which again tempts the kiddos.

Check out other Cookie recipes in the blog:

• Coconut Cookies - Eggless
• Multigrain Crackers
• Tutti Frutti Cookies - Eggless

Here is how to make eggless ragi cookies with step by step photos.

Eggless Ragi Cookies Recipe:

Yields: 20-22 cookies | Author: Prathibha

Prep time: 15 mins | Baking time: 15 mins | Total time: 30 mins

Cuisine: Indian | Category: Snacks-Cookies

Ingredients:

1/2 cup Ragi flour/Finger millet flour

1/2 cup Wheat flour

1.5 tsp Corn flour

1/2 tsp Baking powder

1/3 cup Sugar,powdered

1/2 cup Butter,cold,cut into cubes

2-3 tsp Milk

2-3 tbsp Chocolate chips, optional

Method:

• Sieve together ragi flour, wheat flour,corn flour with baking powder for two times until the mixture is uniformly distributed.
• Powder the sugar and keep it ready.

• Add the chilled and cubed butter to it and mix it with the hands until it resembles the crumbs.
• Add powdered sugar to it and mix nicely.

• Now add milk just enough to bind it to a dough, do not knead it.Just add little milk to gather the dough.

• Preheat the oven at 180 deg C for 10 mins.
• Place a parchment paper on the cookie tray and keep it ready.
• Make small balls out of the dough by hand or scoop out using a small ice cream scooper and place them on the prepared cookie tray at a distance giving them enough space to raise while baking.
• You can stud few chocolate chips on top like how I did.
• I do not like if the cookies spread more and hence I usually refrigerate the cookie tray for 10 mins in the refrigerator, however this step is optional.But if you feel the dough is slightly wet it is advised to keep the dough for a while in the refrigerator,this avoids the cookies get spread more while baking.

• Bake it in the oven at 170 deg C for 12-15 mins, keep an eye on the cookies after 10 mins.The moment you see the brown patches at the edges and at the bottom of the cookies, it is time to bring them out of the oven.
• The cookies might be slightly soft to touch on top but when they are cooled they will be perfect.Cool the cookies on the sheet for a while and then remove them carefully and place on the wire rack to cool further.Once they are cooled completely store them in an air tight container.

Serve them with a glass of  chilled milk or as a snack.

Notes:

1. Add little milk just enough to gather the mixture to form a dough, do not knead it.
2. Chill the cookies that are placed on the baking tray before baking to avoid them to spread more while baking.
3. I like my cookies to be less sweet and hence 1/3 cup sugar was enough for us, if you like it more sweet increase it to 1/2 cup.
4. I usually use 1/3 cup of butter for 1 cup of flour for my cookie recipes, but this recipe needs 1/2 cup to make it taste nice.I used even 1/3 cup of butter, it was nice to eat still but as it is ragi flour the cookies tasted better when used 1/2 cup butter for 1 cup of flour.
5. I have not tried the recipe with ghee but I suppose it should work fine and will taste fantastic.

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Ragi Mudde/Ragi sangati...A True villager's delight..!!!

Ragi Mudde is typically done in rural parts of Karnataka and Andhra.It is quite heavy and energetic so even though it is consumed in small quantity it gives enough stamina which makes you to work for longer hours.
As a Kid I was never attracted to this because of the strange dark color of ragi flour.Me and my brother never used to eat any ragi flour based dishes in our childhood so my mom always had to cook some alternate for us and so when mom makes ragi mudde at home she has to cook rice separately for me and my brother.But things change with time..now when I visit my mom I ask her to prepare this for me because of the health benefits of ragi flour.Now even I started having it for my lunches.Earlier my mom use to prepare it with rice but she has started using rava instead of rice which makes this soft and even more tasty.

Ingredients:

1/4 cup (a handful of)Bombay rawa or Bansi/Kesar Rawa or Lapsi rawa
3/4 cup Ragi flour/Finger millet flour
salt to taste
1 tbsp ghee


Method:

• Dry roast the rawa until the aroma begins.
• In a big pot bring three cups of water to a boil,add the roasted rawa and salt and cook until the rawa is cooked.
• Now add the ragi flour,do not stir it and let it cook for 8-10 mins under medium flame.
• Now stir it with a thick wooden kitchen stick rigorously in one direction until it gets the thick consistency.(This step is very crucial as if the mixture is not stirred properly it will turn into a mixture with lots of ragi flour lumps)
• Check at this point,if it is very dry add some hot water and stir once the flame is off.
• Finally add a spoon of ghee and stir properly and make mudde(Rounds) out of it once it is slightly cooled.
  

This is traditionally served with a thick Vegetable-Lentil stew.
I served this with ghee,palak dal and some finely chopped onions.

Note:

• Avoid ghee in the recipe for a Vegan version.

I am sending this to Shama's "VILLAGE-SPECIAL" event.

Pooja of "My Experience with Cooking" passed this lovely "Awesome Shots" award to me.Thanks a lot Pooja for thinking of me and passing that lovely award to me.

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Ragi Rotti

Ingredients:
1 1/2 Cups Ragi flour
1/4 cup groundnuts
1/4 cup grated beetroot
1/4 cup grated bottle gourd
1 onion finely chopped
1 tsp tamarind pulp
1/2 tsp powdered jaggery
2 tbsp chopped corriander
1 tsp green chilli paste
salt

method:





Dry roast groundnuts,remove the skin and grind it to a coarse powder.
In a big bowl mix onion,beetroot,bottle gourd,corriander,chilli paste,salt,tamarind pulp,jaggery,groundnuts and add ragi flour to it and and mix everything,add warm water and mix it to a thick dough.

Take a tawa and apply some oil to the tawa,take a orange size dough and pat it with a hand to a thin roti(use little water to aid in patting the roti in between).pour a spoon of oil all over,cover it with a lid and cook it on medium flame for 3-4 mins until its done.remove it from heat and serve it hot with fresh(or store bought) butter and chutney or pickle.

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