Finger Millet Roti

Finger millet roti is a very famous south India recipe. Generally millet are high in fiber, protein, phosphorus and they help us to control blood sugar as well. Finger millet has highest calcium (344mg) content among all the food grains. In wheat and rice calcium content is less than 50 mg so just imagine the amount of energy you get by eating Finger millet.
 
Today lets see the steps involved in making finger millet roti. This recipe is also known as ragi adai in tamil, ragi roti in telugu. It's a healthy breakfast/dinner for diabetic and for people who wants to lose their weight. There are two versions of roti one is sweeter and other is spicy version. Now we are going to see the spicy version.

Finger Millet Roti

Ingredients: Serve -2

• Ragi flour / finger millet flour – 1 cup
• Onion – 1 (big size)
• Green chilly – 3
• Curry leaves – as required
• Coriander leaves – as required
• Salt – 1/2tspn (adjust to taste)
• Oil – required for roti
• Water – as required

The following picture shows the step by step process for Finger Millet Roti:

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Method:

1. Take mixing bowl, add ragi flour, salt, onion pieces, green chilly pieces, chopped curry-coriander leaves and mix them well. (figure 1 & 2)
2. Add required water and make a dough.
3. Add 1tspn oil, mix well and make small equal balls.(figure 3 & 4)
4. Heat a pan in a medium flame.
5. Now take a cover, apply oil to the cover.
6. Take one ragi ball and make roti by spreading with hand (figure 5 & 6)
7. Shift the roti to the pan and cook both sides by applying oil in a medium flame. (figure 7 & 8)
8. Repeat the same process for remaining ragi balls.
9. Serve in a plate. (figure 9)

Finger Millet Roti is ready to serve !

Additional Tips:-

• In step2, make dough as little tight not smooth. For this dough we need only little water.
• In step 6, make roti as medium thick and not very thin
• In step7, take care while shifting roti to pan otherwise roti will broken. Cook roti in only medium flame otherwise roti wouldn't cook well.