Ragi Sago Soup (RSS)

Today my summer special recipe is Raagi Sago Soup (RSS). We all know about raagi (finger millet). Raagi is a kind of millet. It contains high proteins and has advantages of slow digestibility and high calcium content. So many traditional recipes are made by raagi like idly, dosa, laddu and etc.This raagi soup is very helpful to cool the body in summer and also it gives instant energy due to raagi flour and sago rice. Actually I don't prefer to use sago in recipes due to low nutritional values but it gives cooling effect to the body in summer so I prefer in summer only that too in  small amounts. With out sago rice also we can make soup with raagi only.

100 gms  of sago rice would contain 351 kcal, 87 gms carbohydrate, 0.2 gm of fat and protein each. It's nutrient value is actually poor, and it provides just a large quantity of starch, with little or no minerals and vitamins.Sabudana(sago) is full of starch or carbohydrates and is great for a quick boost of energy, and hence often served in India for breaking fasts during religious festivals. Sago gruel is also great when you're sick because it gives you quick energy and is easy to digest. According to Indian medicine, sago and rice have a cooling effect on the system, hence sago gruel is given if you have excess bile (caused by excess body heat).

Health benefits of raagi (finger millet) :

Pediatricians recommend Ragi food for infants till the age of 6 in many parts of India. It is also gluten free food.Ragi is rich in minerals like thiamine, calcium and iron.Ragi is also rich in carbohydrates, and low in fat, and hence helps in reducing obesity.Ragi is a boon for people suffering from diabetes.Ragi is a good laxative for people suffering from constipation.Ragi can be used as a substitute for people allergic to milk.Ragi is good for obese people because its digestion is slow and glucose is released very slowly into the blood.Eating roasted green ragi is a tonic for the people suffering from high blood pressure, liver diseases, heart weakness, asthma and lack of milk production in lactating women.Regular use of ragi protects from malnutrition, degenerative diseases and premature aging.

I hope you follow my recipe...........happy cooking......

Ingredients:

Ragi flour - 2 tbsp

Sago rice - 1 tbsp

Gren chilli paste - 1/2 tsp

Ginger paste - 1/4 tsp

Jeera - 1/4 tsp

Coriander, finely chopped - 1 tbsp

Salt to taste

Method of preparation:

1. Soak sago rice in 1/2 cup water for 1 hour.
2. Dilute the raagi flour with 1/4cup water and keep it aside.
3. Take a heavy bottomed pan add sago rice along with water and let it boil for 5 minutes.
4. Add ginger, green chilli paste and jeera and mix well.
5. Add diluted raagi flour and stir continuously until done.This is some what thick soup so,you can add more water to get liquid consistency.
6. Add salt and coriander leaves and mix well.
7. Now yummy and healthy raagi sago soup is ready to eat.