Ragi Cupcakes BM#24

After I made these strawberries once they disappeared encouraged I made them again. Only to be told they are too sweet. Unwilling to bin them I made these muffins.  

The basic recipe is what I learnt at Vandana’s I have only replaced the maida with ragi.

Ingredients:

·        100 grms ragi flour

·         100 grms amul butter

·         1 cup strawberries & chocolate puree

·         100 grams sugar( you can use upto 125 grms but then I found these sweet enough)

·         2 eggs

·        About 40 grams chopped walnuts (optional)

·         ½ tsp vanilla essence

·         ½ tsp baking powder

Method:

1.      Melt butter in aluminium container carefully. Cool it.

2.      Beat the eggs and sugar in a mixer and keep aside.

3.      Sift the ragi with baking powder.

4.      Pre heat the oven to 150°C for 5-10 minutes.

5.      Add the sifted ragi to the butter. Mix.

6.      Add the eggs and sugar mix.

7.      Add the vanilla essence and mix.

8.      Finally add the pureed strawberries and nuts (if using) I did not. Reserve a few for garnishing.

9.      Pour the batter in the prepared tin and bake at 150°C in a prepared tin bake for 1 hour or 1 hour 10 minutes till the knife inserted in the centre comes out clean.

Notes:

1.      After 10 15 minutes remove the batter and add nuts on top.

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Nachni-che-Satv or Ragi Pudding

Staying in Goa from the time I got married 23 years to be exact has exposed me to quite a few wonderful dishes in this cuisine.

There is a preconceived notion that there are no vegetarian dishes in this cuisine. I remember when I was to be married all my neighbours and friends kept on telling me that I will have nothing but “Samudra chawlikai” that is cluster beans from the sea. Of course fish is the staple food here in Goa, but a Goan does “go veg” at least 2 times in a week and on all kinds of festivals, panchmi, chathurtis etc.

Any celebration and you have “mangane” a kind of kheer and of course “Nachni-che-satv”.

Nachini or ragi is a very nutritious. It is good for infants and old and the in-betweens also. Its calcium and iron is easily assimilated by the body. Try this wonderful grain in sweets and savoury food stuff alike.Read more about it here.