Ragi Sweet Dosa - healthy breakfast/ dinner for toddlers and kids made with ragi flour, whole wheat flour, and jaggery as main ingredients. Ragi is a superfood for babies and growing children, and hence, I love to try different ragi recipes. This sweet ragi dosa recipe is instant and quick with no grinding; all you need to do is mix the flour and make dosas. I made it for on a weekday for breakfast, and all of us loved it, including my little daughter. The ragi dosa tastes good on its own, but you can serve it with ghee, butter, dates syrup, or maple syrup.
You can give this sweet ragi dosa to babies from one year at breakfast/dinner. Check out more information about ragi, health benefits, and recipes here. Now Let's check how to make this healthy sweet ragi dosa for babies & kids.
Sweet Ragi Dosa recipe for babies, toddlers, and kids
Ingredients
- Ragi flour– ½ cup
- Whole wheat flour – ½ cup
- Rice flour – ¼ cup
- Crushed jaggery – ¾ cup
- Water - 1 cup
- Cardamom powder – ½ tsp
- Grated Coconut – 2 tbsp
- Butter or ghee – for making
- dosa
Instructions
Preparation
- Sterilize the bowls and spoons used for feeding your baby in a vessel with hot water for five minutes and keep it immersed in the same container until use.
Method
- Measure ragi flour, coconut & Jaggery. Keep it ready. Mash the bananas with a fork and set aside.
- Take jaggery in a saucepan & add water till it immersed level. Heat the jaggery until it melts completely. Strain the jaggery water using a strainer to remove impurities. Set aside.
- In a vessel, add ragi flour, jaggery water, scrapped coconut, crushed cardamom, and mashed banana. Add water little by little and mix well so that no lumps are formed. The batter should be like regular dosa batter consistency neither too thick nor runny. Finally, add cashews to the mixture and mix well. Set aside.
- Heat a dosa tawa, add a ladle of batter to it, and spread it to form a circle. Don't spread too much. Sprinkle ghee or oil. Cook until brown on one side for five minutes and flip the dosa. Cook for a minute and remove from tawa. Repeat the same process for the remaining batter.
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Notes :
- You can adjust jaggery quantity according to the sweetness your child prefers.
- The batter consistency is essential to get perfect dosas. So adjust with water or ragi flour to get the correct consistency.
- Generally, ragi doesn't cause any allergies, but check for symptoms and stop feeding your baby if you find any.
- Always check with your pediatrician before introducing any new food.
NIKI PAREKH
Can i use dates syrup instead of jaggery
Kalyani
Yes, you can try, but I am not sure about the texture.