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Home » BACHELOR COOKING » Ragi kanji recipe – Sweet & Salted version | Ragi recipes

Ragi kanji recipe – Sweet & Salted version | Ragi recipes

July 31, 2013 by Raks Anand 40 Comments /

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As a kid, I was grown up drinking Ragi Kanji right from the age of 1. I used to drink it everyday instead of milk and used to like it my mom says. But as I grew up, when ever my mom prepares ragi dishes for my paati who is a sugar patient, I neither liked it nor consumed ragi. My mom used to scold me a lot saying this. Then now, again I am liking ragi, be it ragi adai or ragi instant dosa, I make it for breakfast and love to eat it. So last week, after a long time, I thought of trying kanji as I had a bad tooth ache and extracted it, I was advised to take liquid diet or soft diet for 3 days. So I called my  mom and asked how to make it and made, enjoyed it. I like the salted version a lot. Sweet version is not my cup of kanji😏. But salted, wow, I totally loved it. That too after a day of starving, it was like armutham for me🤔. Its healthy too, so you can include this in diet every now and then. I think sweet version will be liked by kids, so do try for your kids. It smells so good. Even this is great diet for diabetic people. So you can try this for breakfast or evening time drink for the elders at home.
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Ragi Kanji Sweet & Salted recipe

Recipe Cuisine: Indian  |  Recipe Category: Breakfast
Prep Time: 5 mins    |  Cook time: 10 mins    |  Serves: 2

Ingredients

Ragi flour (finger millet flour) – 1/4 cup


Sugar – as needed


Milk – 1/2 cup


Butter milk – 1 cup


Salt – as needed


Elachi – 1, powdered


To temper

Oil – 1 tsp


Mustard – 1/2 tsp


Asafoetida – 2 pinch


Curry leaves – few


Green chilli – 1


Method

  1. Place the ragi flour and using a whisk, mix water(1 & 1/2 cups) well. Start heating with continuous stirring.1-ragi-kanji-breakfast
  2. once it starts getting thick, lower the flame completely and keep mixing and cook the flour. say for 4 minutes. The ragi flour should get cooked shiny as shown below. Mine is glass vessel so cooking time may vary accordingly. Reserving half the cooked ragi, mix milk, sugar and elachi powder to half of the ragi. You can adjust the consistency of the kanji by adding milk or water more and just heat it up.2-ragi-kanji-breakfast
  3. Cool the rest of ragi , add salt as needed and add buttermilk generously and temper with the items given under to temper table. Mix well.3-ragi-kanji-recipe

Notes

    • My mom used to roast the ragi flour until aromatic and then proceed making sweet kanji. I think for infants its safe to roast the ragi to ensure proper cooking.
    • Adjust the liquid -milk or buttermilk as per your need for the consistency of the kanji.
    • You can replace sugar with jaggery too.
    • You can prepare fresh kanji by soaking ragi (finger millet)(whole grain) in water over night and drain, then hang it in muslin cloth to sprout, grind it in mixie with water to a paste, filter using the muslin cloth with water and make kanji. 

So which one would you pick? Sweet or salted kanji? Perfect for morning breakfast!

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  1. AparnaRajeshkumar

    July 31, 2013 at 7:36 am

    i go for salt version 🙂 looks yummy and tempting !

    Reply
  2. Sona S

    July 31, 2013 at 7:42 am

    Though am not fan of these kanjis, this is looking good and tempting.

    Reply
  3. Ram D Love

    July 31, 2013 at 7:43 am

    Always wanted to try this, will go for salted version 🙂

    Reply
  4. Priya Srinivasan

    July 31, 2013 at 7:44 am

    I love the Savory Kanji!!!

    Reply
  5. Wer SAHM

    July 31, 2013 at 7:49 am

    both the version sounds delicious….healthy substitute for coffee time

    Reply
  6. Shama Nagarajan

    July 31, 2013 at 7:49 am

    delicious kanji…..i give my 2 yr old daily

    Reply
  7. Vimitha Anand

    July 31, 2013 at 7:50 am

    I love the sweet version and thats wat I ve been making for ny kid since he has been 1

    Reply
  8. Aarthi

    July 31, 2013 at 7:53 am

    They look delicious..I love the sweet version..We add jaggery in it

    Reply
  9. Kalpana Sareesh

    July 31, 2013 at 7:55 am

    my mom makes tis sweet one for me during most of my school days.. going nosta… too good .. love the savory version..

    Reply
  10. Priti S

    July 31, 2013 at 8:13 am

    I like like salted version..sweet one only once a while ….looks tempting …

    Reply
  11. Veena Theagarajan

    July 31, 2013 at 8:14 am

    I love this.. I have this in my draft. Ragi is one grain I can eat in any form or shape

    Reply
  12. CHITRA

    July 31, 2013 at 9:47 am

    I still remember aunty used to tell about ur childhood days ;)when i give this porridge to raksha ..she too loves savoury version more than sweet..

    Reply
  13. Chitz

    July 31, 2013 at 10:32 am

    A healthy & tempting drink it is, but give me also salt n& not sweet one.. I love the snaps, nice shades of purple – the glass & the background 🙂

    Reply
  14. Shweet Spicess

    July 31, 2013 at 10:35 am

    Wow Perfect!! I always trust your recipes blind folded 🙂 Would try this today I guess 🙂

    Reply
  15. ShravsCookBookBlog

    July 31, 2013 at 10:43 am

    yummy ragi kanji….lovely purple mug….

    Reply
  16. Sayantani

    July 31, 2013 at 10:59 am

    I have started feeding my son the sweet variety of this and we both love it but the savory version looks delish too. gonna try soon.

    Reply
  17. JEYASHRI SURESH

    July 31, 2013 at 11:37 am

    I always love the sweet version, my mom makes this in a semi consistency (koozh) smeared with lot of ghee!!! But now i think the salt version is best for me. Pretty clicks

    Reply
  18. Gayathri Ramanan

    July 31, 2013 at 1:44 pm

    Healthy drink..always love sweet version…love the background and clicks..so tempting..

    Reply
  19. SHARMILEE J

    July 31, 2013 at 2:14 pm

    I love the sweet version more…lovely clicks!!

    Reply
  20. Kaveri Venkatesh

    July 31, 2013 at 2:53 pm

    I've never had the savory version of this kanji..but I love the sweet version…I am tempted to try the savory version..will try soon…Nice clicks

    Reply
  21. Supriya Nair

    July 31, 2013 at 2:59 pm

    Lovely clicks….love the detailed pics and description. I love both of them.

    Reply
  22. Sushma Madhuchandra

    July 31, 2013 at 9:43 pm

    I love love the salt kanji.

    Reply
  23. Harini M

    August 1, 2013 at 8:25 am

    Looks yum,will try for my daughter

    Reply
  24. Divya Pramil

    August 1, 2013 at 1:17 pm

    Loved that last click 🙂 The healthiest kanji, I usually love the sweet version should try the salted one too 🙂

    Reply
  25. Janani

    August 2, 2013 at 8:49 am

    wow so good raks never had it before looks very healthy. I must try it with my family atleast once in a week.

    Reply
  26. Shobana Vijay

    August 2, 2013 at 11:56 am

    I never tried ragi kanji with salt.Will let you know after the trial.

    Reply
  27. Priya Suresh

    August 2, 2013 at 12:03 pm

    Can have both version without any hesitation..nutritious kanji.

    Reply
  28. Priya

    August 2, 2013 at 6:55 pm

    I love Ragi dosa, roti, idli but never could stomach the kanji (at least when I was a kid) and that could be possibly due to the way it was prepared.

    I love every single one of your dishes that I have tried, so I will try the salted version at least once 🙂

    Reply
  29. deepti madhu

    January 14, 2014 at 4:49 am

    never enjoyed ragi ganji until I tried this recipe.. I grinded a little jeera and chillies and added it to the temper to make it a little more spicy and it was yummy!! thank u

    Reply
  30. Shalini Mahesh

    January 31, 2014 at 12:54 pm

    today i tried both, both were tasted heaven… i just added shallots with spicy version.. it tasted just
    like salem mariamman kovil koolu. my daughter loved the sweet version. Thank you a bunch

    Reply
  31. nita

    April 10, 2014 at 5:42 am

    I just made both this morning….my husband and I both loved it. It felt really comforting to have that first thing in the morning. Thank you for posting this recipe!

    Reply
  32. SONIYA SREE

    August 20, 2014 at 1:22 am

    Along with the green chillies you can also add chopped onions especially this is very good in summer as onions cool down the body temperature. …

    Reply
  33. Loveleshanand

    February 12, 2016 at 12:17 pm

    What you call ragi in hindi …lol…? Lil confusing … please help … by the way recipe is tempting … mouth watering too. …

    Reply
  34. Ruchi Indu

    February 12, 2016 at 12:17 pm

    Nice clicks!!! My vote is for both 🙂

    Reply
  35. reshma r

    February 12, 2016 at 12:17 pm

    U should filter before u boil. I male it everyday.

    Reply
    • Aarti

      September 20, 2020 at 12:54 pm

      The salt version was awesome. Thanks for sharing.

      Reply
  36. Vijayalakshmi Tummapudi

    February 26, 2016 at 2:45 pm

    Are u sure that one can put milk and butter milk both in one receipe. Isn't that a wrong combination?

    Reply
  37. Raks anand

    February 26, 2016 at 2:48 pm

    Read the second and third point. Its not used together. For sweet you use milk and salt you use butter milk.

    Reply
  38. Raga

    June 28, 2016 at 11:27 am

    Im 30.After diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, I have started drinking Ragi(salted version) on daily basis. It controls my sugar levels. It really does wonders.

    Reply
  39. pranabendu biswas

    May 28, 2018 at 5:42 pm

    Can we drink roasted Ragi flour just adding milk without cooking over oven?

    Reply

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