Ragi Upma - Weight Loss Recipe (2024)

Ragi Upma Recipe | How To Make Weight Loss Ragi Rava Upma with detailed photo and video recipe. Basically, an easy and simple morning breakfast recipe prepared with ragi millet, finely chopped vegetables, and herbs. It is basically an ideal healthy breakfast recipe that not helps to supply all the required nutrients but also helps to reduce weight. Like the traditional counterpart, even this upma is also served with spicy coconut chutney to make it a complete meal.

Ragi Upma Recipe | How To Make Weight Loss Ragi Rava Upma with step-by-step photo and video recipe. Upma and poha are perhaps one of the most common breakfast recipes from South Indian cuisine, if not across India. It is perhaps the default option for morning breakfast if we run out of all the fancy and popular choices. However, the same semolina or sooji-based upma can be monotonous and to make it more interesting, you have other options like ragi upma known for its health benefits.

I have always been a huge fan of simple, easy, and quick breakfast recipes. As matter of fact, if you browse through my breakfast recipe categories, you would find many such easy and healthy options. However, I do get a lot of requests for some healthy millet-based breakfast recipes. I have posted a few, but millet recipes are the preferred ones. Hence continuing the tradition, I am posting a unique breakfast recipe. In other words, it is basically an upma alternative with ragi millet. Well, you may think ragi rava upma can be bland or tasteless, but trust me it is a tasty breakfast. Moreover, I have shared a perfect coconut side condiment which would make it even more interesting. Do try this recipe once as an alternative to rava upma and I guess you would certainly continue it.

Furthermore, some more additional and important tips, suggestions, and variants to the ragi upma recipe. Firstly, the roasting of ragi is important and critical for this recipe. Roasting helps to release the aroma, and flavor instead of using a raw one. Also, dry roasting is the preferred one, but you may use ghee to roast it. Secondly, you may experiment with this recipe by adding vegetables and spice mix. I have made a like-to-like, but adding vegetables is open-ended. Also, you may add spice mixes like pulao masala, vangi bath, or bisi bele bath powder for more variants. Lastly, I have used the 1:1 ratio of rava and ragi for a perfect balance. You may change the ratio as per your taste and preference. Also, ensure to follow the dry ingredient to water ratio as it may break the consistency if more or less water is used.

Finally, I request you to check my other related Breakfast Recipes Collection with this post of ragi upma recipe. It mainly includes my other related recipes like Poha Nasta Recipe, Tomato Rice Recipe within Minutes, Broken Wheat Rava Dosa Recipe, Instant Semiya Dosa Recipe, Pulihora Recipe, Chana Dosa Recipe, Sprouts Dosa Recipe – Weight Loss Recipes, Oats Khichdi Recipe, Paneer Pancake Recipe, Eggless Bread Omelette Recipe – 3 ways. Further to these, I would also like to add some more related recipe categories like,

• Snacks Recipes
• Street Food Recipes
• Chutney Recipes

About Ragi Upma:

Millets or Ragi recipes have always been known for their health benefits. However, these recipes are also known for their bland and tasteless features. Hence, these are typically served with a spicy or lip-smacking curry or side dish. This can make it less healthy or may be less efficient. However, the ragi rava upma is an exception. The main reason is ragi and rava contain fewer calories and more protein and fiber. Hence it is recommended as an alternative to rice for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

In this recipe of Ragi Upma, I have used the combination of rava and ragi millet in a 1:1 ratio. This makes it a tasty and more flavored breakfast meal. However, adding rava is not mandatory and can be skipped if you do not like to. In other words, you may prepare this recipe with just ragi, to make it a healthy meal. However, it may not be as tasty as a combination of rava. Also, I have added a lot of veggies, spices, and herbs to make it more interesting. Adding veggies again is not mandatory, but it would impact on the health benefits and hence I would recommend using it.

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Ragi Upma Recipe | Ragi Rava Upma - Weight Loss Recipe

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Easy Ragi Upma Recipe | Ragi Rava Upma - Weight Loss Recipe

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 15 minutes mins

Course Breakfast

Cuisine south indian

Servings 3 Servings

Calories 430 kcal

Ingredients

• ▢ 2 tbsp oil
• ▢ 1 tsp mustard
• ▢ 1 tsp cumin
• ▢ 1 tsp chana dal
• ▢ few curry leaves
• ▢ pinch hing
• ▢ 2 tbsp cashew
• ▢ ½ onion, finely chopped
• ▢ 2 chilli, slit
• ▢ 1 carrot, chopped
• ▢ ½ capsicum, chopped
• ▢ ½ tomato, chopped
• ▢ 1 cup rava, coarse
• ▢ 1 cup ragi flour
• ▢ 4½ cup hot water
• ▢ 2 tbsp ghee
• ▢ 2 tbsp coriander, chopped

Instructions

• firstly, in a large kadai heat 2 tbsp oil. splutter 1 tsp mustard, 1 tsp cumin, 1 tsp chana dal, few curry leaves, pinch hing and2 tbsp cashew.

• add½ onion, 2 chilli and saute slightly.

• also add1 carrot, ½ capsicum, ½ tomato and saute for a minute.

• further, add 1 cup rava and roast for 1 minute.

• now add 1 cup ragi flour, 1 tsp salt and continue to roast for 2 minutes.

• add in4½ cup hot water and mix well.

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• continue to stir until the water is well absorbed.

• add 2 tbsp ghee, cover, and simmer for 3 minutes.

• finally, add2 tbsp coriander and enjoy ragi upma with coconut chutney.

Nutrition

Calories: 430kcalCarbohydrates: 14gProtein: 21gFat: 34gSaturated Fat: 10gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 11gTrans Fat: 0.04gCholesterol: 65mgSodium: 675mgPotassium: 397mgFiber: 3gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 4562IUVitamin C: 82mgCalcium: 59mgIron: 2mg

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How to make ragi upma with step-by-step photos:

1. firstly, in a large kadai heat 2 tbsp oil. splutter 1 tsp mustard, 1 tsp cumin, 1 tsp chana dal, few curry leaves, pinch hing and2 tbsp cashew.
   
2. add½ onion, 2 chilli and saute slightly.
   
3. also add1 carrot, ½ capsicum, ½ tomato and saute for a minute.
   
4. further, add 1 cup rava and roast for 1 minute.
   
5. now add 1 cup ragi flour, 1 tsp salt and continue to roast for 2 minutes.
   
6. add in4½ cup hot water and mix well.
   
7. continue to stir until the water is well absorbed.
   
8. add 2 tbsp ghee, cover, and simmer for 3 minutes.
   
9. finally, add2 tbsp coriander and enjoy ragi upma with coconut chutney.
   

Notes:

• firstly, make sure to add rava along with ragi flour. else the upma will turn sticky and not taste great.
• also, adding vegetables is optional. however, it will add crunchy bites and make it healthy.
• additionally, topping with a tbsp of ghee will elevate the flavour of upma.
• finally, ragi upma or ragi rava upma recipe is a healthy and tasty breakfast.

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