Sweet Ragi Puttu, is a healthy steamed putt recipe made with finger millet / kezhvaragu / keppai. Millets are in general are very diabetic friendly… ragi is no exception it is also rich in calcium and very low in calorie count. There are so many puttu that we relish at home, especially the one made with red rice is my favorite and this ragi puttu taste just like that… and makes a healthy eve tiffin or perfect for breakfast. Nowadays ragi flour are easily available in every Indian grocery store and I’ve made this puttu with store brought ragi flour. I have used regular white sugar but you can make more healthy by substituting with jaggery or palm sugar. You may use a traditional puttu maker to steam or use a regualr idli cooker to steam as shown below….Ragi Puttu, Kelvaragu Puttu, Finger millet Puttu, கேழ்வரகு புட்டு, steamed puttu recipe, breakfast recipes, keral puttu recipes, south indian breakfast recipes, eve tiffin recipes, diabetic friendly recipes, healthy recipes, millet recipes, siru thaniyam recipes, store bought ragi flour recipes, Panjapule recipes, kurakkan recipes, puttu maavu, cooking with millets, diet food
| Ingredients | |
| Ragi flour | 1 & 1/2 cup |
| Salt | 2 pinch |
| Water | 1/4 cup |
| Fresh grated Coconut | 1/2 cup |
| Sugar | 1/2 cup |
| Cardamom | 2 (crushed/ powdered) |
| Melted Ghee | 1/4 cup |
Take ragi flour in a wide plate or bowl. Mix salt with water and keep aside.
Sprinkle one tsp of water at a time to the flour and mix gently. After about 10 tsp, the flour should look slightly crumbly, texture shown above.
Transfer the content to a damp clean white or muslin cloth (slightly wet / Eera thuni), loosely tie a knot and keep it ready for the steaming process.
Heat up an idli cooker with little water, place the ragi flour sack on top of the idli plate, cover and steam on medium high flame for 10 minutes.
When done, it will look lightly airy (fluffed up), the aroma of the steamed ragi is the indication that its cooked well. Transfer the content back to a bowl, gently mash up the lumps and aerate and let it rest to cool for few minutes.
Meanwhile get the rest of the stuff ready. Grate the coconut, crush the cardamom and melt the ghee.
Add freshly grated coconut, crushed cardamom and mix well. Just before serving add sugar and ghee. Mix everything, press them through desired mold and serve. You may also serve with mashed banana.
Notes
Serves 3-4 adults approx
Do not add sugar when the flour is hot, this makes it sticky and result in too many lumps.
Steamed flour can be cooled completely and refrigerated upto 3 days. Before serving cover and microwave for few seconds, add the garnishes and serve.
19 Comments
Hi Madam, does it any difference to use regular ragi flour vs ragi puttu flour? Wondering if they are same.
I don’t think it makes any difference… store bought ragi flour is roasted to some extent to prolong shelf life….so any one of them is fine to use.Thanks Sathish, let me know how it turned out brother!
great i love this. is it possible to try it with out the cloth? i would greatly appreciate if you let me know abt this
Nancy,
Traditionally a cloth is used to steam the flour, I've never tried in a plain pan so far. Double lined cheese cloth or even baby cloth nappy will work too. I hope thats not so hard to find. Light weight towel will work too. Hope this helps.
Hi Mullai,
This reciepe sure does looks yummy, I am going to try this reciepe and tell you how it came but i just wanted to know whether you have any side dish to go along with this. If so can you please post it because this would be my first time trying this i want to do this perfect.
Thanks
hello Mullai
Thanks for all the wonderful recepies u are sharing with us. So far all the recipes i tried from ur website has come out really good.
I have not tried any puttu varieties so far. I dont have an idly cooker. so could you please tell me an alternative method
to make this recipe without an idly cooker.
Vaishnavi, does your rice cooker have a steamer basket?? Then that will be a good option to try, fill the rice cooker with little water and place the puttu maavu wrapped in cloth and place it in the basket and steam. Now… i'm not sure with the timing, so try for 10 to 15 minutes. The other possibility is to use a regular wide sauce pan filled with water, place a right fitting plate inside to hold the puttu, cover with lid. Thanks.
Just tried for b’fast. Outcome was good ma’am. Thanx for the receipe.
Have a great day
After seeing ur receipe post, i went to the Indian store and bought ragi flour…Will try this today and let u know the outcome
Have a great day
Mullai,
Where did you buy that white muslin? The one i bought has such big holes stuff falls out.
Thanks!!!!
Sharmilla,
Any light towel or thin cotton material would do the needful, doesn't exactly have to be muslin. Mine???? have u seen baby cloth diaper rolls , buy a big roll, wash them with light soap, or run a clear cycle in ur washer and use it. May sound gross but worth it, I meant new… unused ones..they really work well for making paneer too. All the best.
That’s not gross. :-))) its being resourceful:-)) I never thought of that. I bought this cheesecloth they use for painting from Home depot and I used it to steam pittu and i loose a bit thru those holes since that material easily stretches. So I will try this. Thanks.
Thats a neat trick. Can you please let us know the brand and price of these diaper cloths and also the store where you got them. That will save me a lot of time. Thanks in advance.
Suja,
Bought mine at K-mart but the problem is they come in big packs and quite expensive too. Its advisable only if you wish to use the whole bundle orelse stick to any thin towel. These cloth diapers come in different size and thickness, choose wisely, look for thin nappy cloths and don't buy those pre-fold thick ones.
Hmmmmmm….thanks for the response
Dearmost Mullai,
Can i do the same process with radymade rice flour we get in us .It WOULD BE GRAET IF U COULD HELP ME WITH THIS
Abigail, guess we can do but slightly dry roast the flour before steaming. Texture always differ, only freshly ground flour taste good.
hi mullai ,
I am longing for this one and u gave this to us ,so i am really happy ,i will try this soon and
let u know my results, thank u for ur effort to give us really healthy and delicious recipes
regards aniethamaniezhilan