Raagi Dosa

I know the lock down has made all of us innovative cooks. What else can we do, if we have to cook meal after meal after meal at home, every single day!!!

There are only so many recipes you can make with wheat flour and the plain all purpose flour. On one of my trips to the Indian store, I picked up different kinds of flours. One of them was Raagi flour. 

First off..what is Raagi or Ragi. It is called Finger Millets in English .Here is a very good resource to know more about Super Millet- Raagi

Raagi Dosa (Crepes made with Finger Millet and Black gram flour)

Ingredients:

1. 11/2 cup Raagi flour
2. 1/2 cup urad dal/ Black gram flour
3. 1 cup plain yogurt beaten
4. 1 cup water
5. 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
6. 1/2-1 teaspoon salt
7. Oil for frying

To Garnish:

1. Finely chopped onions
2. finely chopped ginger
3. cumin

Sift the raagi and urad dal flour along with the salt and mix the yogurt and water. Set aside for 20-30 minutes. Add the baking soda and mix well.

Heat a griddle. Add a ladle of batter to the center of the griddle and with a light hand spread the batter outward in circular motions. Add oil to the edges of the dosa. Garnish with onions, ginger and cumin and if desired finely chopped green chillies. Fry for 3 minutes and when the edges start to raise a bit, flip the dosa and gently press so that the onions stick to the dosa. Fry for 2-3 more minutes. Flip it and fold it into half and serve with any chutney or ketchup

French toast roll ups

Lots going on around here these days...Last few weeks of school so the kids are having a ton of activities where the parents are expected/needed to be present. Otherwise there will be a humongous melt down. So , lot of running around the house, scrambling to get ready for those events and everything else .

Anyway, so...as usual getting bored with the usual breakfast makes me look for something new. And this breakfast is yummy delicious old breakfast in a new look. so...enjoy

French Toast Roll Ups

French toast roll ups

Ingredients:

1. 4-6 bread slices (white is best but I used wheat)
2. 1 egg beaten lightly
3. 1/4 cup milk
4. pinch salt
5. 1 teaspoon cinnamon + 1 tablespoon sugar
6. 1/4 cup cream cheese softened + 1/4 cup powdered sugar (optional cream cheese filling)
7. Butter for frying the french toast

Mix the cinnamon and sugar and set aside.

Beat the egg along with salt and milk

Roll the bread slices to about 1/8 inch thick. Add about a teaspoon of the cream cheese filling if you are using it else sprinkle the cinnamon sugar and roll the bread as tightly as possible.

Heat a griddle with some butter. Drip a french bread in the egg mixture and fry it on the griddle until golden brown. Sprinkle powdered sugar and serve with maple syrup or as is