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Ragi pudding

Ragi pudding is a Goan recipe. This is a delicious, yummy, and healthy recipe. Using very few ingredients a healthy dessert can be made.

Recipe by Saee Bapat

Ragi pudding
Prep
4 hrs
Cook
35 min
Cuisine
South Indian
Contains
nuts

Ingredients

  • ½ cup whole Nachni/Ragi/Finger Millet
  • 3½ cups of water
  • 1½ cup of coconut milk
  • 2 tbsp chopped cashew nuts
  • 1 cup jaggery or Date paste (35 dates)
  • ½ tsp cardamom powder

Method

  1. Soak Nachni in 1 cup of water for 5 hours.
  2. Drain the water and grind the nachini adding 1.5 cups of water till fine paste.
  3. Use a fine cloth or strainer and extract milk.
  4. Add the strained nachini and the remaining 1/2 cup of water and extract the milk again.
  5. Now transfer the nachini milk to the thick bottom vessel. Now add coconut milk and mix well.
  6. Keep the vessel on medium flame and cook stirring constantly for about 15 minutes until it thickens.
  7. Add jaggery or date paste and lower the heat. Cook for 2 minutes until jaggery/date paste get mixed well.
  8. To check if the pudding is ready, put a little mixture on the plate and spread. If it rolls without sticking to the plate it's ready.
  9. Add cardamom powder and cashew nuts.
  10. Grease the flat plate with peanut butter or coconut oil or else you may also transfer it to a small bowl without greasing the bowls.
  11. Pour the mixture into the plate and spread. When the nachni mixture cools down, cut it into 2-inch square pieces and serve.

Notes

You may use the residue of the Nachani/ragi/finger millet to make cookies.

Ingredient highlight: Nachni or ragi (finger millet) pudding is also known as Nachni Satva. It’s a traditional Goan recipe which is rich in iron and calcium. It is super nutritious and tasty too.

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