Ragi Roti / Finger Millet Flatbread

Ragi roti is one of my favorite dish since childhood. It may seem like a simple dish. But since it’s a combination of Ragi / finger millets and moringa leaves, its packed with lot of nutrients. Including these in your regular diet improves your health a lot. I hope you will enjoy this tasty and healthy breakfast. Do comment your feedback below or visit our social media pages to post a detailed review.

Prep Time: 20 mins / Cooking Time: 20 mins

Serves: 4-5 rotis

Recipe Category: Main course

Recipe Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients:

Ragi / Finger Millet flour – 2 cups

Rice flour – 1tbsp

Finely chopped onions – 1 cup

Moringa leaves – 2 cups

Red chilli – 2 nos (Cut into 1 inch size)

Crushed garlic cloves – 6 to 8

Red chilli powder / chilli flakes – ¼ tbsp (Optional)

Salt – As per requirement

Water – As per requirement

Oil – for cooking

Preparation:

  • Take a large bowl and mix all the ingredients along with two cups of water.
  • Knead it into a smooth dough.
  • It should not be too dry so add necessary water accordingly.
  • Now make an orange sized ball out of the dough and make it slightly flat.
  • Heat a dosa / roti tawa and grease it with some oil.
  • Place the dough on the tawa and start spreading it over. Just dab on some water to help you spread it out evenly.
  • Brush them with oil, flip them and cook in medium flame until it’s cooked well.
  • Once you flip the roti, poke it randomly with folk to get them cooked evenly.
  • Repeat the same process for all the rotis.
  • Serve hot rotis with chutney or side dish of your choice and enjoy a healthy breakfast.

Note: If you are not comfortable in spreading the dough directly over the hot tawa, you can spread it over a greased butter paper and then place it over the tawa.

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