Monday, March 28, 2011

Ragi(Finger Millet) & Besan(Split Chick Pea Flour) Poori

Eliminating gluten from diet is a big thing, one has to miss out so many delicious dishes like Poori, Roti (Flat Bread), Fluffy cakes. But when on such kind of diet, one has to be very creative and come up with alternate for all these simple pleasures. This poori is one such thing, which I made a few months back. I wouldn't say it was soft, fantastic and fluffy. But if you on a no gluten diet, this is worth a try.  I normally restrain from fried foods and do it very occasionally, not because of any fat restrictions. Our only restrictions are carb and sugar, but when you fry foods most of the nutrients are lost. Coconut oil and ghee (clarified butter) or butter are only oils that are stable at high temperatures and don't turn into toxin and are good for frying. Indeed they are expensive and that is another reason, I shy away from frying and do it once in couple of months.



Preparation Time - 10 Minutes

Cooking Time - 20 Minutes

Serves - 4 to 6 (Depending on the size)



Ingredients



Ragi Flour - 1/2 Cup

Besan(Split Chick Pea) flour - 1/2 Cup

Ajwain (Bishop weed) - 1/4 Tsp

Salt - 1/2 Tsp or to taste

Water



Coconut Oil for deep frying



Method



1) Combine the ragi flour, besan, ajwain and salt.



2) Heat a wide mouthed pan and add coconut oil for frying and keep this in medium heat.



3) Slowly add water little by little and combine to make a stiff dough.



4) Pinch out four to 6 equal sized balls.



5) Press it slightly and dust it with little flour and keep on the palm of one hand and using another hand slightly keep pressing in all the sides till you get a thin circular shape.



6) Now put it in the hot oil and fry till one side is well cooked and using a slotted ladle turn to the other side and after that is also cooked, drain the excess oil and place it in paper towel covered colander.



7) Serve this hot with the side dish of your choice and enjoy. I served this with mung dal(bean), palak(spinach) & yogurt





Event Participation



1)  This low carb and high protein healthy Poori's goes to Fast Food not Fat Food event by Priya of Nowserving.

24 comments:

Ila said...

wonderful and healthy pooris :)

aipi said...

Nice creation- yummy n healthy!


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Reva said...

This is an awesome combination ... Pooris look so puffed n crispy.I bet they were delicious...
Reva

Vimitha Anand said...

Healthy pooris... Can eat them guilt free...
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Ila said...

hi dear thanks for indicating about my comment issue :)
It was disable without my knowledge and thanks for ur comment :)

Now Serving said...

Yum - love to use RAGI - have subbed it for the most part for rice in idlis - Superb thought! make chappatis too but held back on this because of the frying, but next time I will use ragi :)

Vidhya said...

These look so yummy.Nice recipe for health conscious and those who are on gluten free diets.

Latha said...

Lovely and healthy pooris...

Reshmi Mahesh said...

Healthy and yummy pooris...

SSC said...

very healthy and delicious pooris
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Krithi's Kitchen said...

Healthy Poori... looks beautiful and tasty..

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Raji said...

The pooris are so healthy..very innovative idea.

Priya said...

Omg,never seen a healthy poori like this,superb Sadhana..

Swarnavalli Suresh said...

Never knew that pooris cud be made so healthy... Thanks for the post

Valarmathy Siva said...

Wow a healthy poori good combination of grains...

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Swathi said...

Looks healthy poori. Love that you fried them in coconut oil. the aroma of frying or cooking with coconut oil is not matchable with any other oil.

Kankana said...

this is totally new to me but looks fantastic!

GEETHA ACHAL said...

மிகவும் வித்தியசமான கம்பினேஷன்..கண்டிப்பாக செய்து பார்க்கிறேன்...இதே மாதிரி சப்பாதியும் செய்யலாம் அல்லவா,,,

Sensible Vegetarian said...

Thanks a lot every one for your comments, really appreciate your time. Geetha, this can also be made as roti, will post the recipe soon.

Smita said...

lovely recipe... i dont know why you say it may not be fantastic.. but to me it looks fantastic i am sure it tastes fantastic too !!

sangeeta said...

Very healthy flour mix . Ragi is so healthy to use for any kind of flat breads...

Chitra said...

Very healthy. must try once. looking yummmy..

Miriam said...

I have a friend that is just starting to go gluten free, I'm going to send her a link to your site! Have a great day!! Miriam@Meatless Meals For Meat Eaters

Padhu said...

Healthy pooris!

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