Recipe- Healthy And Delicious Ragi Cookies

Ragi cookies are healthy and delicious cookies made with ragi (finger millet) flour and atta (Indian whole wheat flour or chapati flour). These wholesome eggless ragi cookies are a perfect tea-time snack. Ragi is a very versatile grain and has made its way from traditional ragi rotti (flatbread) and ragi laddo to cookies/biscuits.

Ingredients

½ cup ragi flour
½ cup atta
2 tablespoon oats
½ cup jaggery powder
½ cup butter
¾ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon cardamom powder
2 tablespoon milk
¼ teaspoon salt

Method

- Dry roast ragi for 8-10 minutes until the raw smell goes. Let it cool completely

- Mix roasted ragi, atta, oats, baking powder, cardamom powder, and salt together in a bowl. Set aside

- In another bowl, combine butter and jaggery. Cream them together until it is light

- Add flour mixture and combine well. Rub the mixture with your fingers to incorporate the butter-jaggery

- Add 1 tablespoon milk at a time and bring together as a dough

- Wrap in a cling wrap and let it chill in the refrigerator for 20-30 minutes

- Meanwhile, preheat the oven at 160 C or 320 F. Line a baking tray with baking paper

- Once the dough is rested, pinch out small portions of the dough and shape it like cookies

- Place on the lined tray. Repeat with rest of the dough

- Bake in preheated oven for 15-18 minutes

- Cool on a wire rack

- Serve immediately or store in an air-tight container.