Banana Ragi-Wheat Pancakes - Easy Blender Pancakes

Category: Kids Breakfast

Preparation Time: 5 mins

Cooking Time: 10 mins

Servings: 2-3

Hey, guess what? I’ve got another pancake recipe for you! I know, I know, pancakes are everywhere, but hear me out. They’re just so darn delicious, and everyone loves them, from little kids to grown-ups. 

Banana Ragi-Wheat Pancakes

Now, I know some of you might be thinking, “Why so many pancake recipes?” Well, let me tell you, I’ve never tried a boxed pancake mix. I mean, who needs that when you can make them from scratch? And let me tell you, it’s not as hard as it sounds. You can find all sorts of pancake mixes in grocery stores, but I’ve never been brave enough to try one. 

Since I started making pancakes, I’ve only made them from scratch, and I’ve had a blast experimenting with different flours and fruits. I usually stick to whole grain flours in my pancakes, waffles, and even all my baking recipes. And guess what? All the recipes on my blog use whole grain flour. I try to steer clear of bleached white flour as much as I can, but let’s be real, life’s too short for boring pancakes, am I right?

Pancakes are not just for breakfast! They’re also a fantastic idea for packing in lunch boxes for toddlers, preschoolers, and even elementary school kids. We can make them fun and tasty by adding different flavors and mix-ins to suit their tastes. I’ve used ragi flour, which is reddish in color and made from finger millet, whole wheat flour, and a small amount of almond flour to provide an additional protein boost.

Blender pancakes are a total lifesaver! They’re super easy to make and won’t leave a mess in the sink. Perfect for quick and easy breakfasts on hectic mornings.

Ingredients:

1. Ragi / Finger millet flour - 1/2 cup
2. Whole wheat flour - 1/4 cup + 2 Tbsp (I used white whole wheat flour)
3. Almond flour (Blanched fine flour) - 2 Tbsp
4. Egg - 1 no
5. Well Ripe Banana - 1 no

Ragi Semiya - Sweet & Savoury Version - Easy Breakfast Recipes

 Category: Kids Breakfast
Preparation Time: 5 mins  
Cooking Time: 10 mins  
Servings - 2 servings

Ragi Semiya - Savory & Sweet Version

Ragi semiya / Ragi Vermicelli is a healthy and also a very quick breakfast we can make on a busy morning. This also comes in handy for a relaxed week end morning breakfast:) 

Ragi Sweet Semiya

Kids will enjoy this, especially the sweet version :) Not only for breakfast, we can make this for evening snack or for the sudden hunger prangs.

Ragi Semiya Upma

For making it more nutritious, we can add finely chopped veggies while making the savory Upma version. For the sweet version, I usually add unrefined organic coconut sugar, but we can also add organic jaggery powder or unrefined cane sugar.

Ingredients:

• Ragi Semiya / Ragi Vermicelli - 3 cups
• Water - as needed

For the sweet version:

• Fresh Coconut, grated - 3-4 Tbsp
• Coconut Sugar / Unrefined Sugar - 1 Tbsp (Use as per taste)
• Cardamom powder - a pinch
• Ghee - 1 tsp (Optional)
• Cashews - few pieces (Optional)

For the savory version:

• Cooking Oil - 1/2 Tbsp
• Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Channa dal - 1 tsp
• Urad dal, split - 1 tsp
• Curry leaves - few
• Small Onions / Sambar Onions - 5-6 nos, halved
• Green chillies - 1-2 nos, halved
• Mixed veggies like finely chopped carrot, green peas (Optional)
• Salt - to taste

Ragi Poori

 Category: Kids Recipes
Preparation Time: 10 mins 
Cooking Time: 15 mins
Servings: 2-3 servings 

 

Ragi Mini pooris

Ragi is one of the healthiest grain and also easily available. Mostly it will be the first food given to the babies when they are ready to start with their solids. Ragi can be given to kids in various forms like Porridge, Idli, Dosa, Pakoda, etc. 

We can add Ragi flour along with wheat flour for making Ragi pooris :) Since I used store bought Organic ragi flour this time, the colour of the pooris are on little darker side.

Mini Ragi Pooris  served with Mixed Veg Kurma

Ragi pooris taste great with Channa masala, Potato Masala, Veg Kurma :)

Ingredients:

• Ragi flour - 1/2 cup

• Wheat flour / Atta - 1/2 cup

• Rava, fine variety - 1 tsp 

• Salt - to taste

• Ghee - 1/2 tsp

• Oil - for deep fry
• Water - as needed

Ragi Cookies / Biscuits (Eggless)

Category: Baking
Preparation Time: 15 mins
Cooking Time: 12-15 mins
Servings: Yields around 2 dozen cookies

Ragi Biscuits

  Ingredients:

• Ragi Flour - 1/2 cup
• Whole Wheat flour / Atta* - 1/2 cup
• Brown Sugar / Jaggery - 1/2 cup
• Butter -1/2 cup (Cold Butter Sticks)
• Baking Powder - 1 tsp
• Milk - 1-2 tbsp (adjust as per the consistency of the dough)
• Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp

*I also tried with Whole Wheat Pastry flour and in such case No milk would be needed

Method:

1. Pre heat oven to 350 F for atleast 10-15 mins
2. Dry roast the Ragi flour in low flame for few mins till we get nice aroma
   
3. Sieve together, the Wheat flour, Ragi flour and Baking powder into a mixing bowl
   
4. Cut the cold butter into cubes; Add the butter to the flour and mix it well with fingers to get crumbly mixture
   
5. Add the Sugar / Jaggery to it and mix well
   
6. If the dough is too dry, add 1-2 tbsp of milk and knead it to form a smooth dough
7. We can refrigerate the dough for 15-20 mins so that it gets bit stiff, this step is optional and I tried both the ways and it came out well
   
8. Make small balls out of the dough, flatten it a little and slightly press with fork for the markings and place it on the baking sheet
9. We can also roll the dough and cut using cookie cutters or if its too soft we can even press it using cookie press
10. Bake it in the pre heated oven for 12- 15 mins or until it starts slightly browning at the edges
    
11. Once its done, remove the tray and allow it to cool for 5 mins before taking out into cooling rack 
    
12. While taking out, the cookies will be very soft and upon cooling it becomes bit crisp, Then store it in air tight container
    

Ragi-Wheat Banana Muffins (Eggless)

Category: Baking
Preparation Time: 10 mins  
Cooking Time: 17-20 mins
Servings: yields 10 - 12 muffins

Ragi-Wheat Muffins - So Soft!!!

Ingredients: 

Dry Ingredients:

• Ragi Flour - 1/2 cup
• Wheat Flour / Atta - 1/2 cup
• Baking powder- 1 1/2 tsp
• Baking soda - 1/4 tsp
• Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp
• Salt - a pinch

Wet Ingredients:

• Banana, ripen - 3 nos (long variety)*
• Brown Sugar - 1/4 cup
• Curd / Yogurt - 1/2 cup
• Oive Oil - 1/4 cup

Other Ingredients: 

• Toasted Almonds, chopped - 1/2 cup (dusted with 1 tsp of wheat flour)

*Bananas should be ripen very well for the muffins to give the natural sweetness

Method: 

1. Pre-heat oven to 350 F for 10 mins
2. Grease the muffin tray or line it with muffin liners and keep it ready
3. Roast the ragi flour in low flame for few mins till we get nice aroma of the roasted flour and allow to cool
   
4. In a sieve, add the wheat flour, Roasted Ragi flour, Baking powder, Baking soda, Cardamom powder and salt. Sieve the dry ingredients into a wide plate/bowl
   
5. In another bowl, mash the bananas well
   
6. Add the Brown sugar, curd and oil, whisk well to form uniform mixture
   
   
   
   
7. Add the sieved flour into the wet mixture and mix gently till combined
   
8. Add the chopped almonds into the batter and mix gently
   
   
   
9. Spoon the batter into muffin cups; fill only 3/4 th of the cup
   
10. Bake in the preheated oven for 15-20 mins or until its done (can be checked by using tooth pick method)
11. Once its done, remove from the oven and allow to cool for 5 mins
    
12. Then transfer the muffins from the tray to cooling rack
13. Serve Warm with a glass of milk!
    

Ragi - Wheat Waffles

Category:  Breakfast
Preparation Time: 5 mins
Cooking Time: 15 mins
Servings: 2-3 persons

Ragi-Wheat Waffles

Ingredients:
Dry Ingredients:

• Wheat flour/ Atta - 1/2 cup
• Ragi Flour - 1/2 cup
• Baking powder - 1 tsp
• Cinnamon powder - 1/4 tsp
• Salt - a pinch

Wet Ingredients:  

• Milk, Warm - 1 cup
• Eggs - 2 nos
• Melted Butter or Olive Oil -1/4 cup
• Sugar - 1 tbsp
• Vanilla extract - few drops

 For Toasting:

•  Oil / Butter - for greasing

For Serving:

• Honey or Maple Syrup
• Fresh fruits (Optional)

 Method: 

1. Add the dry ingredients in a wide bowl and mix well with whisk
   
2. In a bowl, add the ggs and beat well until frothy, then add the remaining items in the wet ingredients list and beat well
   
3. Add the wet mixture into the flour mix and mix well using whisk
   
4. Heat the waffle pan / iron in medium heat, grease it with oil / butter and pour the batter into it
   
5. Once the top side gets cooked, flip it over and allow to cook on the other side
   
6. Once done, transfer to plate and serve hot with honey & fresh fruit slices

   

   Waffle with Honey!

Kale-Ragi Pakoda

Category: Snacks
Preparation Time: 10 mins  
Cooking Time: 4-5 mins per batch
Servings: For 2-4 persons

Kale-Ragi Pakoda

 Ingredients:

• Ragi flour - 1 cup
• Rice flour - 3 tbsp (Optional)
• Kale greens, chopped - 2 cups (tightly packed)
• Onion, chopped - 1 no
• Ginger, grated - 1 tbsp
• Chilly powder - 1 tsp / to taste
• Cumin powder - 1/2 tsp
• Peanuts, halved- 2 tbsp
• Salt - to taste
• Water - as required
• Oil- for deep frying

Method:

1. Mix Ragi flour, Rice flour, Chilly powder, Cumin powder, peanuts and salt in a bowl; Add the chopped greens, onion and ginger, mix well
2. By gradually adding water, mix it to form a tight dough; we can add 1-2 tsp of hot oil to the dough and mix well
   
3. Heat oil in a wok (enough for deep frying) and once it becomes hot, add the dough little by little in batches and deep fry them in medium flame
   
4. It may take around 3-5 mins per batch and once the sizzling sound subsides, take it out and drain the excess oil
   
5. Serve hot with tea!
   
   
   

Wheat-Ragi Dosa (Instant Dosa)

Category: Instant Dosa  
Preparation Time: 5 mins     
Cooking Time: 15-20 mins    
Servings: For 2 persons
 

Wheat-Ragi Dosa

Ingredients:

• Wheat flour - 1/2 cup
• Ragi flour - 1/2 cup
• Rice flour - 2 tbsp
• Curd - 1/4 cup
• Fine Rava - 1 tbsp (Optional)
• Ginger, finely grated - 1 tsp
• Carrot, finely grated - 2 tbsp (Optional)
• Green chilly, finely chopped - 1 no (Optional)
• Cumin powder - 1/4 tsp or Cumin seeds - 1/2 tsp
• Salt - to taste
• Coriander leaves, finely chopped - 1 tbsp (Optional)
• Water - Around 1 1/2 - 2 cups
• Sesame oil - for making dosa

Method:

1. In a wide bowl add all the ingredients except oil and mix well using a whisk; The batter should be thin like rava dosa batter. If making for kids, we can omit the green chillies
   
2. Heat the dosa tawa and once its hot start pouring a laddle of batter from outside corners of the tawa to inside and fill in the gaps if any
   
3. Drizzle few drops of oil around the dosa and cover it with lid
   
4. Once it becomes golden brown, transfer to plate and serve
   
5. If not closing with lid, flip it over to cook the other side
   
6. Once done, serve hot with favourite side dish

Banana Ragi Cake (Eggless)

Category: Baking
Preparation Time: 10 mins 
Cooking Time: 40 mins
Servings: 1 square cake

Ragi Banana Cake

Ingredients:

• Ragi flour - 3/4 cup
• Wheat flour / Atta - 1/4 cup
• Brown Sugar - 3/4 cup
• Banana, ripen - 2 nos
• Curd - 1/4 cup
• Milk - 1/4 cup
• Olive oil - 1/4 cup
• Cardamon seeds/powder- 1/2 tsp
• Baking soda - 1 tsp
• Chopped nuts- 1/4 cup (I used walnuts)

Method:

1. Pre heat oven to 350°F
2. Grease the baking pans with oil and sprinkle some rava / cornmeal 
3. Using blender, beat banana, sugar, oil, cardamon seeds, curd and milk until well combined
4. Add both the flours (Ragi & wheat) with baking soda to the wet mixture, stir well
   
5. Fold in the nuts, mix gently and pour into greased pan
   
6. Bake for around 30 to 40 minutes (depend on the size of the pan), or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean
   
7. Cool for about 10 minutes in the pan and then remove from pans to cooling rack
   
8. Once it became warm, slice and serve