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    Home » Millet Recipes » Ragi Ladoo | Millet Laddu | Microwave Method

    Ragi Ladoo | Millet Laddu | Microwave Method

    Mar 12, 2021 by Priya_Srinivasan ·

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    Ragi ladoo, a delicious and easy ladoo recipe, that takes just 10 minutes to make. A millet dessert sweetened with organic jaggery and flavored with cardamom and clove.

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    Ragi Ladoo made in microwave

    Table of contents

    • 💪 Ragi Flour | Millet Health Benefits
    • 💭 How to Include Ragi/Finger millet
    • 🔖 Ragi Ladoos | Microwave Version
    • 📋 The Ingredients
    • 📝Step-by-Step Instructions
    • More Millet Recipes
    • 📖 Recipe
    • More Snack Recipes
    • 📌 Do you like the recipe? PIN IT

    💪 Ragi Flour | Millet Health Benefits

    Ragi, finger millet or nachini is the most commonly known millet in India. I personally feel it is introduced much early into our diets than the rest of the millet family. The first weaning food introduced to a child is ragi porridge. Ragi is rich in calcium and fiber. One of the main reason, for it to be a baby food, to develop strong bones in growing children.

    Ragi Ladoo

    Ragi porridge mixed with buttermilk or Ragi mudde is still a main meal for many farmers in South-India. The strength and stamina required to do such hard work doesn’t come from fancy food, it is there in our humble traditional forgotten food. The more we turn to our cultural and traditional food stuff, better healing happens and more healthier we become.

    💭 How to Include Ragi/Finger millet

    I can totally understand if you are not a porridge person. At home, I love porridges, but both my kids run a mile, when I even suggest the dish. This delicious ragi malt with cashews is a hit recipe with them.

    Being a South-Indian, our regular breakfast is Idly/Dosa. This fermented Ragi dosai made with whole ragi and urad dal is a regular at home. If you don’t prefer grinding and fermenting batters, here is a quick and easy Instant Ragi dosai or Ragi Idiyappam, made with Ragi flour.

    🔖 Ragi Ladoos | Microwave Version

    Coming to today’s recipe of ragi ladoo. This is yet another old recipe, i posted in 2010, my initial blogging days. It is a quick to make laddu recipe, it takes less than 15 minutes to make. All you have to do is roast the flour, add jaggery and ghee, shape them.

    Finger millet laddu

    These ragi ladoos are a quick to make snack. They are healthy and way better than the store-bought, sugar-laden snack. The ladoos are easy to carry to school or work as a snack. They are a wonderful gift to your food loving friends and family.

    📋 The Ingredients

    • Ragi flour, I have used sprouted ragi flour, brought from rootz organics in UAE. You can also use normal ragi flour or popped ragi flour, otherwise called huri hittu.
    • Sweetener,  I have used organic jaggery powder in this recipe. You can use white/brown sugar, coconut sugar, palm sugar etc. There might be a slight difference in the sweetness of these different sugars, so use accordingly.
    Ragi laddu ingredients
    • Desiccated coconut, though optional, I would recommend using, as it adds nice flavor.
    • Ghee, the fat used in binding the ladoo. Ghee is a good fat, it is healthy to eat ghee in the required amount. Incase you have any specific dietary requirement and looking for a vegan version, pls check this recipe of Gluten-freen & Vegan Ragi Ladoos
    • Cardamom and clove is used to flavor the ladoos.
    • Nuts , I have used few almonds and cashews as a garnish in the ragi laddu recipe.

    📝Step-by-Step Instructions

    Please check recipe card below for exact measurements of each ingredient used and also for the detailed instructions

    • Take sprouted ragi flour, coconut and ghee in a microwave safe bowl. Mix the ghee well with the flour. Microwave cook at high for 1 minute and 30 seconds.
    Finger millet ladoo making
    • Remove the bowl, using a spatula, mix the flour well. The ghee would have made the flour clump here and there, use the spatula well and mash and mix the flour.
    ragi flour
    • Microwave cook again at high for another 1 minute. By this time, you should smell the aroma of toasted ragi flour mixed with ghee. Remove the bowl again, mix it well with the spatula.
    Flour with organic jaggery
    • Now add the jaggery to flour mix and the chopped nuts. Add ghee little by little and make them into balls.
    Nachini laddu
    • The number of ladoo you get depends on the size you shape them. Store them in an air-tight container. They stay pretty good on the counter for a week.
    Ragi laddus

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    • Ragi Kambu Dosai | Bajra & Ragi Dosa
    • Ragi Kanji | Ragi Savory Porridge – Summer Food
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    📖 Recipe

    Ragi Ladoo | Millet Laddu | Microwave Method

    Ragi ladoo, a delicious and easy ladoo recipe, that takes just 10 minutes to make. A millet dessert sweetened with organic jaggery and flavored with cardamom and clove.
    5 from 6 votes
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    Course: Dessert, Snack
    Cuisine: Asian, Indian, South-Indian
    Keyword: 10 minute ladoo, Ladoo with ragi flour, Millet flour recipe, Millet snack, Quick and easy ladoo recipe, Ragi flour recipe, Ragi recipe
    Prep Time: 2 minutes
    Cook Time: 3 minutes
    Making ladoos: 10 minutes
    Total Time: 15 minutes
    Servings: 12
    Calories: 64kcal

    Equipment

    • Microwave
    • Measuring cups and spoons
    • Spatula

    Ingredients

    • ½ cup Sprouted Ragi flour you can also use normal ragi flour or popped ragi flour
    • ½ cup organic jaggery powder I used dhatu organic jaggery powder
    • ¼ cup desiccated coconut
    • 4 pods cardamom
    • 1 no clove
    • ½ cup ghee, melted you might not need all of it.
    • 4 tablespoon almonds and cashews, chopped

    Instructions

    • Take ragi flour, coconut and 1 tablespoon ghee in a microwave safe bowl. Mix the ghee into the flour with your hands. Microwave the flour mix for 1 minute and 30 seconds.
    • Remove the bowl from the microwave, using a spatula, mix the flour nicely. do not use your hands, the flour mix will be hot. The ghee would have clumped with the flour. So, mix it nicely with the spatula.
    • Microwave the flour mix for another minute. By this time, you should smell the nice aroma of toasted flour. If you still smell raw flour, then you can microwave again for 30 more seconds.
    • To this flour mix, add jaggery and chopped nuts and mix well.
    • To this mix, now slowly add 1-2 teaspoon of ghee at a time and shape them into balls. I made around 13-14 ladoos. The number of ladoos depend on the size of ladoo.
    • Store the ladoo in an air-tight container. They stay well on the counter for a week.

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    Notes

    The nutritional value given below is approximate. I have used https://happyforks.com/analyzer. Use it as a guidance.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 17g | Calories: 64kcal | Carbohydrates: 5.22g | Protein: 1.16g | Fat: 5.1g | Saturated Fat: 3.03g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.329g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1.407g | Trans Fat: 0.176g | Cholesterol: 12mg | Sodium: 40mg | Potassium: 101mg | Fiber: 1.2g | Sugar: 0.25g | Vitamin A: 134IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 7mg | Iron: 0.67mg

    Disclaimer

    I m not a Doctor or a Nutritionist The Nutrition information provided above comes from the plugin and is only an estimate.

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    These quick and easy ragi ladoos are delicious treat anytime. Today I took them for a small friends meet it was well received by kids and adults. They make a wonderful gift to your friends and family on their special occasions.

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    1. Unknown

      September 28, 2010 at 12:39 pm

      laddus look delicious Priya..

      Reply
    2. Jayanthy Kumaran

      September 28, 2010 at 1:30 pm

      Healthy n tasty ladoos…awesome…

      Tasty appetite

      Reply
    3. Padhu Sankar

      September 28, 2010 at 1:46 pm

      Healthy and delicious laddus

      Reply
    4. kitchen queen

      September 28, 2010 at 1:50 pm

      lovely healthy and yummy ladoos.

      Reply
    5. Satya

      September 28, 2010 at 3:10 pm

      wow those ladoos looks so delicious …feels like kala jamun ..yummy

      Satya
      http://www.superyummyrecipes.com

      Reply
    6. Shabitha Karthikeyan

      September 28, 2010 at 3:16 pm

      Fabulous and Healthy Ladoos !!

      Reply
    7. lata raja

      September 28, 2010 at 5:36 pm

      Oh so good looking urundais…just thinking if I shall try this with sugarfree and make one for diabetics???

      Reply
    8. Unknown

      September 28, 2010 at 9:55 pm

      wow, they look delicious !!!

      Reply
    9. Umm Mymoonah

      September 28, 2010 at 10:12 pm

      That looks like very healthy ladoos, I have some ragi flour in stock. Will try this sometime.

      Reply
    10. Aparna S Mallya

      September 28, 2010 at 11:54 pm

      wow, that's neat!

      Reply
    11. Priya Suresh

      September 29, 2010 at 6:55 am

      Woww kalakitinga Priya, wat a nutritious ladoos.

      Reply
    12. Sanctified Spaces

      September 29, 2010 at 7:43 am

      Such a healthy and easy recipe.Shall try and make it today.

      Reply
    13. Krishnaveni

      September 30, 2010 at 12:31 am

      such a delicious and healthy ladoo, yummy

      Reply
    14. Vasavi Suresh

      October 06, 2010 at 3:37 pm

      That's one healthy laddoo and yummy too.

      Reply
    15. Srivalli

      November 17, 2010 at 4:53 pm

      Laddo with ragi surely sounds healthy..thanks for the entry priya..

      Reply
    16. Srivalli Jetti

      March 14, 2021 at 4:41 pm

      5 stars
      Priya, Ragi is regular ingredient in our house though as mudda or sangati..we sometimes make murukku and laddo, though I am yet to try my hands using in microwave method, This recipe sounds so simple and easy to make.

      Reply
    17. Radha

      March 14, 2021 at 9:35 pm

      5 stars
      Amazing and healthy ladoo made in microwave. I want to try it right away. Thanks for the recipe.

      Reply
    18. Harini Rupanagudi

      March 15, 2021 at 10:49 pm

      5 stars
      Wow! Using sprouted ragi flour is so very nutritious. My mom makes it at home but I haven’t tried my hand at it. Those laddus are absolutely sinful and inviting.

      Reply
    19. sushma pinjala

      March 17, 2021 at 3:07 am

      5 stars
      Ragi ladoo looks inviting, Such a healthy and delicious looking ladoo. Love the use of sprouted ragi flour in the recipe.

      Reply
    20. Narmadha

      March 18, 2021 at 9:13 am

      5 stars
      Microwave ragi laddoos looks too tempting and makes me mouthwatering. Sprouted ragi flour makes it more healthy and looks like a breeze to make in microwave.

      Reply
    21. Sandhya Ramakrishnan

      March 21, 2021 at 8:51 pm

      5 stars
      I wanted to go ahead and make this ladoo right after I saw your pictures on social media. I was very sure that I had a bag of sprouted ragi flour, but I can’t seem to find it in my pantry now. I will be buying a pack next time and will definitely be making this delicious ragi ladoo. Thanks for the recipe Priya!

      Reply

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