Keppai Kali/Ragi Kali is a nutritious meal and very popular among the rural folks of Tamil Nadu. In Karnataka, it is known as ragi mudde. Ragi mudde is made without using rice, which I will share it separately. I love traditional healthy recipes and this is one of my favorite ragi dish. Today we will learn how to make Tamil style ragi kali following this easy recipe with step wise pictures.
Ragi Kali-Kezhvaragu Kali
Prep Time : 5 mins
Cook Time : 15 mins
Serves: 1
Recipe Category: Lunch-Ragi
Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
Author:Padhu Sankar
Serves: 1
Recipe Category: Lunch-Ragi
Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
Author:Padhu Sankar
Ingredients needed
Ragi Flour – 1/2 cup
Cooked rice – 1/2 cup
Water – 1 1/4 – 1 1/2 cup
Salt – 1/4 tsp
Sesame oil – 1 tsp
Ghee/clarified butter – 1 tsp (optional)
Method
Bring water to boil in a heavy bottomed vessel or cooker, add salt.
Add a tsp of oil and cooked rice. By adding oil, there is not much wastage. Cook on medium heat for 5 minutes or until the rice becomes slightly mushy.
Add ragi flour and cook for 6-7 minutes on medium heat. Do not mix. The water will cover the flour and cook it.
After that, remove from heat and mix it vigorously with the back of a thick wooden ladle. Make sure there are no lumps or dry flour. Sprinkle hot water and cook again for another 4-5 minutes on very low heat.
Transfer the mixture to a vessel. Dip your hands in water and make orange sized balls out of the mixture. If the kali is well cooked, it will not stick to your hands.
Enjoy Tamil Nadu style Ragi kali, piping hot with sambar or any kuzhambu. It tastes heavenly if you top it with a tsp of ghee and have it with hot sambar or kulambu.
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Instead of adding raggi flour directly, can I mix with warm water and then add to avoid lumps??
Yes, you can do that also.
Thank u so much mam i like this
Can u please share ragi mudde receipe also.
Hai Padhu,
I tried many of your recipe,among them kali is perfect one and I like it very much
Is there a recipe version without rice for this ?
You can do the same without rice also. Follow the same method.