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Ragi Sandige By Chef Ajay Chopra

Ragi Sandige is a nutritious and easy-to-make dish. Chef Ajay Chopra shares the recipe for this savoury dish from Karnataka.

Serves3

Cooking Time7-10 Min

Preparation Time10-20 Min

DifficultyMEDIUM

Ingredients

  • For Ragi Sandige

    • 1 ½ cup ragi flour

    • ½ cup butter milk / curd

    • 4-5 green chillies

    • 1 tbsp carom seeds

    • 1 tsp asafoetida

    • salt

    • 1 tbsp sesame seeds

    • oil for frying

  • For sundal

    • 2 tbsp coconut oil

    • 2-3 dry red chillies

    • 1 tbsp urad dal

    • 1 tsp mustard seeds

    • curry leaves

    • 1 tbsp chopped ginger

    • 1 tbsp chopped green chillies

    • salt

    • 2 tbsp grated coconut

    • 1 cup moong dal sprouts

PREPARATION

  1. 1

    Take ragi flour in a bowl, add butter milk /curd to it and mix well.
  2. 2

    Grind together green chillies, carom seeds and asafoetida in a mixer to make a fine paste.
  3. 3

    Mix this paste with the ragi-curd mixture. Add salt, sesame seeds and carom seeds to it and mix well.
  4. 4

    Boil water in a pan and add sandige batter to it. Cook till it thickens.
  5. 5

    Next, make sandiges on a plastic sheet and keep them for drying in the sun for 3-4 days.
  6. 6

    Deep-fry the ragi sandige.
  7. 7

    For making sundal, heat coconut oil in a pan and add dry red chillies and urad dal and cook for a few minutes. Now add, mustard seeds, curry leaves, chopped ginger, chopped green chillies, salt, grated coconut and moong dal sprouts and cook well.
  8. 8

    Top the deep-fried ragi sandige with sundal and serve.

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