Nutritious South Indian Healthy Ragi Finger Millet Halwa Recipe

 Ingrediemts

Ragi – 2 cups

Jaggery – 4 cups

coconut grated – 1 cup

cardamom powder – 1/4 tsp

salt if required

Directions

Soak Ragi for 3-4 hrs after washing cleanly

Grind Ragi with adequate quantity of water

Strain the liquid and grind the pulp again with 1 cup water

Strain the liquid again, straining the milk from Ragi must be done 2-3 times until the milk goes very light.

Discard the millet pulp

Heat Jaggery with half cup water until dissolved and strain to remove any dirt

Add the Jaggery solution to the milk extract from ground millet

grind grated coconut to extract the milk about half cup

Add the coconut milk to the Jaggery+ Ragi milk and keep on medium flame stirring now and then
The Ragi will start to form slight lumps as you keep stirring the whole liquid will form as a smooth lumpy halwa consistency.

Now add a tbsp of ghee and cardamom powder stir well

Remove from fire and spread on a plate greased with ghee

Let it cool or alternately you can refrigerate for half an hour

Now the halwa would have set and ready to cut and serve.