Today’s Special : Raagi (Finger Millet)

Our brain’s primary fuel is Glucose and its a glutton for it! It uses up to 25% of the body’s total resources. So if you rigorously diet(or over exercise) as your muscles get fatigued….and so does the brain too! Only thing is muscle is capable of breaking up fat cells for energy. Whereas Brain needs only fresh glucose…in a steady supply for normal function. When glucose wanes away from brain – results will be mental irritability, stress, fatigues and giddiness.

Diet Tips for Steady Glucose Supply to the Brain:

Avoid refined foods, such as Sieved Atta, Polished Rice, Sooji, All purpose flour….As these convert to simple sugars that are burnt by the body too quickly, resulting in performance and energy swings.

So select complex carbohydrates like whole grains, Rose matta arisi, Fibre rich Atta, Unpolished Rice, Whole Raagi Flour…etc. These burn slowly and provide a steady supply of fuel. Moreover barn and unpolished grains have more B-complex than the polished and refined ones. So try to fix brown rice whenever possible.

Well…today I chose drumstick’s leaves to go with this raagi flour. The Botanical name of this tree is ‘Moringa oleifera’! Both Leaves and pods are edible here. The leaves are rich in Iron.
Ingredients:

Raagi flour 1 cup
Drumstick leaves 1 cup
Curry leaves chopped 1/4 cup
Green chilies 6-8 finely chopped
Red onions finely chopped
Salt
Oil 1 cup

Method:

In a pan…heat few spoons of oil. Add green chilies, onion and drumstick leaves. Fry them for a while.

Add this fried items to the flour. Mix them evenly. Add salt to this. By adding water little by little….make a thick dough.

Take a clean cloth and mount it over an inverted flat bowl. Sprinkle water over this cloth. Make the cloth wet at the same time not dripping.

Make equal parts out of dough…probably small balls.

Place this ball over the wet cloth and using wet hand Pat them into flat adais.

Heat a skillet or tawa. Add few spoons of oil. Maintain the stove over medium flame. Place the adai over this hot tawa. Let it get cooked. Turn to the other side. Sprinkle oil…or run oil along the sides. Cook over medium flame for long time….as raagi takes time to get cooked.

Serve hot as an evening tiffin. Its healthy diet.