Ragi Banana Chocolate Muffins

Ingredients:


Whole Wheat Flour - 25 gm

Ragi Flour - 25 gm

Dark Chocolate (grated) - 50 gm

Eggs - 1

Brown Sugar - 50 gm

Oil - 38 gm

Banana (mashed) - 50 gm

Baking Powder - 1/4 tsp

Baking Soda - a pinch

Salt - a pinch

Cinnamon Powder - 1 tsp

Vanilla essence - 1 tsp


Method:


1. Preheat oven at 180 degrees for 10 minutes.

2. Sieve together wheat flour, ragi flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon powder.

3. Beat well together mashed banana and sugar.

4. Add egg and beat.

5. Pour oil in a stream while beating the mixture.

6. Add vanilla essence and beat.

7. Add the sieved flour spoon by spoon and mix. Do not over beat.

8. Add the grated chocolate and mix using a spatula.

9. Scoop the batter in muffin cups till two-thirds filled and bake for 12-15 minutes at 180 degrees or until skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.

10. Remove from the oven and let them cool on a wire rack. 

Here are the healthy ragi banana chocolate muffins to be relished. These are guilt-free, no white sugar, no maida, no butter cakes.

Notes:

This measurement yielded 6 muffins of approximately 40 gm each. They can be stored for 3 days at room temperature and more when refrigerated.

Oats Chocolate Cookies

Source:

Podhigai TV


Ingredients:

Powdered Oats - 1 cup

Maida - 3/4 cup

Ragi Flour - 1/4 cup

Powdered Sugar - 1 cup

Desiccated Coconut - 1 cup

Oil - 1/2 cup

Cocoa Powder - 2 tbsp

Golden Syrup/Honey - 2 tbsp

Water - 2 tbsp

Baking Powder - 1/2 tsp

Salt - 1 pinch

Vanilla Essence - 1 tsp


Method:

1.  Preheat oven to 180 degrees C for 10 minutes.

2.  Mix together powdered oats, maida, ragi flour, powdered sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, salt, and desiccated coconut until well combined.  Keep aside. 

2.  Mix together the wet ingredients of oil, golden syrup or honey, vanilla essence, and water.  Combine together.

3.  To the dry ingredient mixture, add the wet ingredient mixture.  Mix well and gather to form a nonsticky dough like a chappathi dough.  If the dough does not hold together, add 1 tsp more of water and mix to dough.

4.  Make small balls and flatten a bit to say about 1/4 inch thickness.  Place them on a baking tray approximately 1 inch apart so that they do not stick together in the baking process.  

5.  Bake at 170 degrees in the preheated oven for 12 to 15 minutes or until the base of the cookies turn golden brown.  Switch off the oven and allow them to remain in the oven for another 5 minutes.  Remove the tray from the oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes.  Place the cookies on a wire rack and allow to cool.  Store in an airtight container.  When hot, the cookies would be soft but get crispier when cooled.

Ragi Banana Brownies

Source:

Podhigai TV


Ingredients:

Maida - 1 ½ cups

Ragi Flour - 1/2 cup

Sugar - 2 cups

Cocoa Powder - 1/2 cup or 2 tbsp

Baking Powder - 1 tsp

Salt - 1 pinch

Ripe Banana - 1

Water - 1/2 cup

Oil - 1/2 cup

Vanilla Extract - 1/2 tsp


Method:

1.  Preheat oven to 180 degrees for 10 minutes.

2.  Grease a baking tray with oil or butter and then line with butter paper cut to size of the tray.

3.  Mix together all the dry ingredients viz., maida, ragi flour, powdered sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt until well combined.

4.  To the dry mixture, add oil and mix well using a whisker without lump formation.

5.  Mash banana to paste and add this to the brownie mixture and mix until combined.

6.  To this, add water and combine well to get a brownie batter consistency.

7.  Pour this batter into the greased baking tin and bake for 20 to 25 minutes at 180 degrees C temperature or until a tooth pick inserted in the center comes out clean.

8.  Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes.

9.  Cut brownie squares and cool on wire rack.  Store in airtight container.

These are healthy brownies with the goodness of ragi and bananas.  You can relish them as such or have them hot with a scoop of icecream and hot chocolate sauce or in any style of your imagination as your taste buds ask for.  Maida can be replaced with whole wheat flour to make it guilt free and healthier.