Ragi Dosa - Instant Ragi Flour Dosa Recipe with Step by Step Photos (2024)

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Ragi (Finger Millet/ nachni) is a nutritious grain which is staple food in most of the South Indian states. It is generally milled into flour and then used to make ragi balls, ragi dosa, ragi roti, and so on and it is preferred food for diabetic patients and kids. This easy and step by step photo recipe of instant ragi dosa is all about how you can make this crispy and healthy south Indian style bread or crepe from the simple mixture of ragi flour, rice flour, yogurt, water and spices in just few minutes. The tips and variations given after the directions will help you make your own custom variations.

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Preparation Time:

35 minutes

Cooking Time:

15 minutes

Serves: 2 servings

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Ragi Dosa Recipe In Hindi (हिन्दी में पढ़े)

Ragi Dosa Recipe In Gujarati (ગુજરાતી માં વાંચો)

Ingredients:

1 cup Ragi Flour (Finger Millet)

1/4 cup Rice Flour

1/4 cup Sour Curd

1 Onion, finely chopped

1 Green Chilli, finely chopped

1 tablespoon finely chopped Coriander Leaves

Cooking Oil, for shallow frying

1½ cups Water

Salt to taste

For Tempering:

1/4 teaspoon Mustard Seeds

1/2 teaspoon Cumin Seeds

5-7 Curry Leaves

1 teaspoon Oil

Directions:

Take ragi flour, rice flour, chopped green chillies and curd in a large bowl.
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Add 1½ cups water and salt. Mix well and keep batter aside for 30 minutes to settle. Batter should have pouring consistency like buttermilk. If required, add more water to get the required consistency.
Add chopped onion and coriander leaves and stir to mix well.
Heat 1-teaspoon oil in a small pan for tempering. Add mustard seeds. When they begin to crackle, add cumin seeds and curry leaves. Remove pan from flame and pour tempering over batter.
Heat dosa tawa/griddle over medium flame. Stir the batter before making each dosa. When tawa is medium hot (see tips), smear oil on the surface, take ladle full batter and pour it over tawa (from the 2-3 inches height) from center to the side in circular motion. Try to keep few empty gaps in between to allow it cook evenly. Do not spread the batter. Drizzle 1-teaspoon oil around the edges of dosa and cook until color of top surface changes to brown, it will take approx. 1-minute over medium flame.
Ease out dosa with spatula and flip it over another side, cook for 30-40 seconds over medium flame.
Turn off flame. Fold crisp and hot ragi dosa and transfer to a serving plate and serve with coconut chutney.

Tips and Variations:

To check tawa is hot or not, sprinkle few drops of water over it and if they evaporate immediately then tawa is ready.
Use of Non-Stick tava or griddle is recommended for its preparation. If you are using a regular type of tava then dosa batter will stick to its surface and it would be difficult to flip and remove dosa without breaking it.
Batter for ragi dosa should not be as thick as normal dosa; it should have watery consistency.
Add 2 tablespoons grated carrot, 2 tablespoons chopped capsicum (in step-3) and other preferred vegetables to make it even healthier – perfect for kids.
Raagi is a preferred food for diabetic patients as it helps balance their insulin levels in the body. Dosa prepared with ragi is yet another way of enjoying its goodness.

Taste: Little Crispy and Mild Spicy

Serving Ideas: Serve hot homemade raagi dosa with green coconut chutney or red chilli coconut chutney and sambar for breakfast or evening snack.

Author: Foram

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23 Comments

Aug 13, 2019 by Sujata

I had a packet of ragi and was searching for recipes. I was very skeptical to try at first but it came out very nice.

Jun 28, 2019 by Anita maddi

Can we make ragi dosa without putting rice flour
Your all recipes are best, from this I learnt how to cook tasty food
Thank you

Response: Hello Anita, rice flour is necessary because it's added to make the dosa crispy.

Nov 24, 2018 by Yamuna Kumar

Followed the same steps as instructed above. It came out yummy. Everyone in the family including kids loved them. This is a recipe which I will definitely be doing more from now on as it will be light on stomach and healthy also. Thanks for the wonderful recipe.

Sep 26, 2018 by Shilpa B S

Healthy and tasty morning breakfast.

Sep 20, 2018 by Nayana

My dosa is breaking while flipping... :( can you please tell me what is the reason?

Response: Hello Nayana, cook the dosa a little bit more before flipping to prevent it from breaking. This happens when it is raw and we try to flip.

Jul 16, 2018 by abduljabbar

Good to try this recipe once to eat.

Jul 05, 2018 by Siddhi Kanoria

I am not allowed dairy products, could u suggest recipes which do not have curd. I want recipes for ragi and oats.

Response: Hello Siddhi, you can make oats upma, oats dosa, ragi roti etc.

Jun 22, 2018 by Shweta

Very easy and instant and tasty recipe.

Jun 19, 2018 by Amudha

Different menu for my diabetic mother. Very tasty and crispy. Thanks a lot.

Oct 10, 2017 by JayaPraba

Hi,
Thank u for the super easy & healthy recipes…. I loved it…
I tried some of your recipes and its taste super….
And I tried without adding CURD and its taste good also….maybe tastier by adding curd…
Thank u to the author for helping working women by providing this easy recipes…

Jul 25, 2017 by Malleswari

Very easy and tasty... My 1 year old liked it a lot...kudos.

May 26, 2017 by Pavneet

Hi,

This looks great!

I was just wondering if this can be made without rice flour or if there is an alternative for it?

I'm required to follow a diet and not allowed to eat rice at all.

Hope to hear back!

Response: Hello Pavneet, rice flour is necessary as it makes the dosa crispy.

Feb 19, 2017 by Vrushali

Simple to make and very tasty. Thanks for sharing this recipe!

Jan 14, 2017 by Gopika Akhil

Thank you for sharing this easy but healthy and tasty recipe. My husband likes it.

Oct 10, 2016 by Shiny Pappachan

This dish tasted amazing. Although I had to put good amount of oil so that the ragi does not stick to the pan. Hence with that much oil and good taste, I'm not sure if I got the essential nutrients of ragi. They say healthy food doesn't taste that good :)

Response: Hello Shiny, use the non-stick pan to reduce the amount of oil and make it healthy.

Aug 27, 2016 by Ranjeeta

Wonderful recipe. Thanks.

Jun 29, 2016 by Prahlad Rao

I must thank the author for this recipe. What a boon for bachelors and families alike. I tried this few days back with lot of vegetables (carrot grating, tomato, onion). I followed the directions in the same order as given here and the dosas have come out well. Not being a cook, is no more a disadvantage now. I keep turning out ragi dosas frequently whenever time is limited.

Jan 20, 2016 by Pooja

Amazing and easy recipe.

Aug 06, 2015 by Rufeena

I didn't imagine ragi could be this delicious. Wonderful recipe. Very helpful for a mother of a toddler. I tried this today. Added carrot, capsicum and cabbage too. My toddler loved it. The idea of sprinkled water in pan and wiping was really helpful. Thank you. May God bless you.

Response: Thank you Rufeena for trying the recipe and I am glad to hear that your toddler loved it.

Jun 02, 2015 by Vandana

Nice and easy way to prepare healthy breakfast, which makes easy to cook and serve. Thanks a lot. It’s tasty too. In my family, everyone liked it so much.

Jan 18, 2015 by Rajeev Kumar

Extremely tasty specially for diabetic and calcium deficient people.

Aug 26, 2014 by nand

nice recepies...and easy methods of prepration..

Aug 14, 2014 by deepti

Amazing..tried it at home..turned out same as in pic and everybody loved it..thank you so much for the pictures..it helped a lot...