World's Healthiest Pudding .... Ragi Pudding

Ragi Pudding

This is easily the world's healthiest pudding! And my childhood favourite too. I remember this used to be a treat breakfast during the summers. Ragi is very cooling. This awesome sweet is loaded with nutrients - ragi, jaggery, coconut milk, cardamom and poppy seeds. It felt very nostalgic to prepare it and especially when it tasted almost as good as my mother's. So please try out this no-frills, nutritious health food  

Ingredients

Ragi flour – 1 cup

Rice flour – 1 tbsp

Cornstarch – 1/4 tsp

Arrowroot powder – 1/4 tsp

Coconut milk – 1 cup (slightly thick)

Water – 400 ml (as required to get a free flowing mix)

Jaggery powder – 1 cup

salt – pinch

Cardamom powder – ½ tsp

Ghee – ½ tsp

Poppy seeds – 1 tsp

Method

Mix the first four ingredients in water using a whisk

Add jaggery powder and coconut milk and whisk well. There should be no lumps

Add salt and cardamom powder and mix well again

Using a non-stick pan, keep stirring the mixture on slow flame till it thickens

Spread on a greased plate (preferably lined with a banana leaf greased with little pure ghee)

Add half tsp ghee and flatten it well

Sprinkle poppy seeds on it

Cool in the frig for at least 2 hours

Enjoy it cold

Health Benefits

Ragi

Appetite suppressant

Increases bone strength

Reduces cholesterol

Prevents skin aging

Coconut Milk

Contains medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs), which researchers have linked with weight loss. MCTs stimulate energy through a process called thermogenesis, or heat production

Heart health

Boosts immune system

Jaggery

Boosts immunity 

Iron rich, prevents anemia

Prevents constipation and enhances the production of digestive enzymes

Helps in preventing joint pain

Detoxifies the body

Generates heat in the body