Name: Ragi Malt Recipe | Ragi Porridge | Ragi Kanji | Ragi Malt Powder
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 1 cup Sprouted Ragi Powder (1 cup = 250 ml (We can also use store-bought ragi flour.)); 4 nos Cardamom; 2 tbsp Cashews; 2 tbsp Almonds; few strands Saffron Threads; 2 cups Milk; 1 tsp Sugar

healthy Rejuvenating Indian beverage!

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Ragi Malt is a drink made using Ragi Flour (Finger Millet). It's one of the healthy drink packed with nutrition and taste. There are few different variations that we can follow in making Ragi Malt. In this recipe, i have given the version of Ragi Malt which is made using home made Ragi Malt Powder

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Total Time 25 minutes

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Ragi Malt (Finger millet or Ragulu) is delicious and healthy rejuvenating Indian beverage. Instead of giving store bought chocolate drink or other packaged drinks, this homemade ragi malt has necessary nutrients which would be a perfect drink for our kids and us too. We should all try to make this ragi malt powder at home and drink this healthy drink instead of our regular Tea / Coffee. Skipping morning tea / coffee is very tough for many for us, even i hate giving up, so atleast for evening time, lets try to have this healthy Ragi Malt drink!

What is Ragi and its health benefits ?

Ragi or Finger Millet is one of most nutritious and healthy cereals. As per Wiki, Ragi has originated in Africa. Ragi is a whole grain that is gluten free and a staple food in South India. It’s a millet which resembles mustard seeds in appearance. Benefits of Ragi are numerous and it’s highly nutritious cereal loaded with calcium, proteins, iron and other minerals. It has very less unsaturated fat hence recommended for weight loss.

Some of the recipes that you may want to try using Ragi

Ragi Idli – Idli made using Ragi flour, as a substitute to rice.
Finger Millet (Ragi) Koozh – A popular drink made in the villages using Ragi
Ragi Powder to make porridge for babies
Finger Millet (Ragi) Halwa – Halwa made using Ragi
Ragi Ladoo – Walnut Jaggery Balls made using Ragi
Kezhvaragu(Ragi) Porridge – for Toddlers

Different variations in making Ragi Malt

Ragi Ambali – Cook the Ragi Flour in water and mix it with buttermilk once its cooled down. Add necessary salt and top-up with finely chopped onion, chili and coriander leaves. This is good for the summer time. It’s usually called as Ragi Ambali.
Savory Ragi Malt – Cook the Ragi Flour in water with required salt. Do the tempering with mustard seeds, cumin seeds, curry leaves and green chili. Mix the cooked Ragi with the tempering and serve hot.
Sweet Ragi Malt – We add milk and sugar on the cooked ragi flour to make sweet version of the Ragi Malt
Using Ragi Malt Powder – In this recipe, we are making the Ragi Malt Powder and once and store it for longer shelf life. Whenever we make Ragi Malt, we heat the milk and a teaspoon of ragi malt powder and serve hot. More details on how to make this recipe is given below.

Key ingredient to make Ragi Malt – Sprouted Ragi Powder

Instead of the ready made store bought Ragi Powder, i would recommend you to make home made sprouted ragi powder. The benefits of having sprouted ragi powder over regular ragi powder are explained in the link here.

Preparing sprouted ragi powder is a time consuming process but surely not a complex process. Its just for sprouting, we need to give really good time based on the weather. For me, sprouting took nearly 28 hours as it was a so cold weather, but if you have a warm or hot weather, then sprouting happens quickly mostly in 12 hours itself.

Once ragi is sprouted, then its only matter of time to make homemade ragi powder. If we have access to rice mill, then our job is even more easier, we can just roast the sprouted ragi till they are hot and then take it to mill to grind it to a smooth powder or if you have a hot weather, then you can spread the sprouted ragi in a towel and keep it a sunny place for 3-4 hours and then grind it to a smooth powder. I don’t have access to rice mill, so I used my mixer to make the ragi powder from sprouted ragi. Remember to sieve the ragi powder if you are grinding it in mixer as we need more smooth powder

Please refer the post Home Made Sprouted Ragi Powder for making the Ragi Powder at home

Recipe card to make Ragi Malt

Method to make Ragi Malt Recipe

Making Ragi Malk Powder

1. If you are using store bought ragi flour, then dry roast for 2-3 minutes before proceeding to the making of Malt
2. Take the ragi flour in a mixer jar. Add cardamom, cashews, almonds, saffron threads and grind everything to a smooth powder. Take the Ragi Malt powder in an air-tight container to retain its freshness

Making of Malt

1. Heat a sauce pan, add 2 cups of milk. Stir in 2 teaspoon of ragi malt powder. Keep the flame in medium Let the milk to boil for 3-4 minutes. The malt gets nicely boiled with the milk and the essence gets incorporated with the milk
2. Switch off the flame. Strain the ragi malt in a serving cup
3. Enrich with nuts and saffron threads and serve homemade Ragi Malt hot and enjoy the drink!

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