Ragi Soup recipe with step by step photos. Ragi soup is a healthy bowl of soup made with ragi flour and varieties of vegetables. A hot bowl of ragi soup is all you need to meet your calcium needs making bones stronger , keeps anemia and diabetics at bay . For all weight watchers , it time to include into your diet .
As vegetables are added to this , it provides all vitamins and minerals along with carbohydrates and essential amino acids from ragi. This one pot soup is a balanced meal on its own. This nutritious Ragi Soup can be given to all age groups from 1 year to elderly person, as it’s rich in nutrients , light on stomach and easily digestible.
For weight loss and weight management , this soup creates wonder when add mindfully into your diet plan. Have this nutritious Ragi soup in your dinner along with some protein and see the magic it creates . As it is gluten free grain , you never feel bloated or gassy . Also it curbs all the late night cravings and binge eating. If you haven’t added this super grain in your diet , do consider to add and you’ll be benefited for sure.
If intrested , do check other Ragi recipes on my blog : Instant Ragi Idli and Salted Ragi Ambli.
RECIPE CARD FOR RAGI SOUP
Ragi Soup
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup Ragi Flour
- 4 cups Water
- 1 Onion, Large , finely chopped
- 1 Tbsp Garlic , finely chopped
- 1 Tbsp Ginger , finely chopped
- 1/3 cup Carrot , finely chopped
- 1/4 cup Green Beans , finely chopped
- 1/4 cup Capsicum , finely chopped
- 1/3 cup Cabbage , shredded
- 1/2 cup Green peas , fresh or frozen, blanched
- 1 Green chilly , finely chopped
- 2 tbsp Coriander leaves , chopped
- 1 tbsp Lime Juice , freshly squeezed
- 1 Tsp Black pepper powder
- Salt to taste
- 1/2 tbsp Butter / Oil
- 1 Bay Leaf
- 2 Cloves
- 1 " inch Cinnamon Stick
Instructions
- Warm 1/2 cup water , add ragi flour make a paste and keep it aside.
- Heat Butter/ oil in a wok, add onion, ginger garlic and saute it till raw smell goes off.
- Add bay leaf,cloves and cinnamon stick saute and add all the chopped veggies and blanched green peas ,refer notes
- Add 3 1/2 cup of water and bring to boil . Once it starts to boil, reduce the heat and put it on sim.
- Remove bay leaf, cinnamon , cloves and discard it , as its added only to get flavor . Alternatively you can skip using whole spices , if vegetable or chicken stock is used.
- To this add the ragi paste / ragi slurry, stir and allow it cook.
- Once it starts to thicken , turn off the stove.
- Add salt, pepper powder, lemon juice and coriander leaves.
- Serve hot.
Notes
- If you are using vegetable or chicken stock , you can skip adding whole spices .
Step by Step direction to make Ragi Soup :
Warm 1/2 cup water , add ragi flour make a paste and keep it aside.
Heat Butter/ oil in a wok, add onion, ginger garlic and saute it till raw smell goes off. Add bay leaf,cloves and cinnamon stick saute and add all the chopped veggies and blanched green peas.
Add 3 1/2 cup of water and bring to boil . Once it starts to boil, reduce the heat and put it on sim.
Remove bay leaf, cinnamon , cloves and discard it , as its added only to get flavor (I’m not using any vegetable/chicken stock here hence to get flavors , whole spices are added) . Alternatively you can skip using whole spices , if vegetable or chicken stock is used.
For this add the ragi paste / ragi slurry, stir and allow it cook. Once it starts to thicken , turn off the stove. Add salt,pepper powder,lemon juice and coriander leaves.
Serve hot.
