Simple Ragi Malt

INGREDIENTS:

Ragi flour : 2 tbspoons/ 1 tbspoon (for thin consistency)

Water : 1 glass (250ml)

Jaggery : 1 ice cube size (or) Sugar : 1 tspoon

Salt : as required

METHOD:

1. Mix Ragi flour with 1/4 cup of water in a bowl - keep it aside. (To prevent lumps formation)

     2. Heat 1 glass of water, add jaggery & salt to it.

   3. When it is about to boil, add the mix from step-1 into hot water. Continuous stirring with spatula is required.
   4.  Keep it in low flame & cook for 1-2 mins.

If you don't prefer sweet taste, try these:

Ragi malt with lemon/ buttermilk:

Procedure is same as described earlier. Instead of jaggery, add lemon/ buttermilk and salt just before serving. (Caution: Needs to be added only before serving, otherwise it doesn't taste good)

Ragi malt with milk:

1. Prepare a mix same as step-1.
2. Heat 1/2 glass of water, add 1/2 glass of milk & salt to it.
3. Repeat step 3 & 4.

Tasty Beetroot Curry

Ingredients:

Beetroot: 2 (medium)
Garlic: 10 pieces
Red chilies: 3 (cut into small pieces)
Urad dal: 1 spoon
Mustard seeds: 1/2 spoon
Curry leaf: little
Salt: as required
Turmeric: 1/4 spoon

Preparation method:

1. Add 2 spoons of oil in a pan. After it is heated, add urad dal. Saute for a while until it turns into light brown.
2. Now add chilies, mustard, curry leaf and saute for a few mins until mustard seeds splutter.
3. Add garlic pieces and saute till it appears brown color.
4. Now add grated beetroot, salt, turmeric. Keep in low flame for 5-10 mins until it becomes soft.

Now the delicious and healthy beetroot curry is ready to serve.

Nutritional value:

Beetroots are rich source of fiber, iron, minerals like potassium, sodium etc. Reduces blood pressure and risk of heart attacks. More can be found here.

Making it part of your regular diet leads to a healthy life.