I love to treasure traditional recipes and this is one of my favorite. Ragi simili is a good source of calcium and an excellent source of iron. Those suffering from anemia and low hemoglobin levels can take 2-3 ragi simili balls everyday as it might help improve the condition. It also helps to boost lactation. Today we will learn how to make ragi laddu or ragi peanut simili following this easy recipe with step wise pictures.
Simili Urundai-Ragi Peanut Sesame Seed Balls
Prep Time : 15 mins
Cook Time : 20 mins
Yields: 22 Balls
Recipe Category: Millets-Ragi
Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
Author:Padhu Sankar
Yields: 22 Balls
Recipe Category: Millets-Ragi
Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
Author:Padhu Sankar
Ingredients needed
Finger millet flour/ragi flour – 1 1/2 cup
Salt – a pinch
Peanuts – 3/4 cup
Jaggery – 3/4 cup (powdered)
Sesame seeds – 2 tbsp
Sesame seed oil or ghee for cooking ragi roti
Preparations
Roast peanuts until light brown. Leave it to cool. Then rub the skin and puff it off. Keep the peanuts aside.
Dry roast sesame seeds until it splutters. Leave it to cool.
Dry roast ragi flour on low heat stirring continuously until you get an aroma of roasted flour.
Add salt and hot water (not boiling water) to the ragi flour little at a time and make a soft dough.
Divide the dough into 3 or 4 equal parts and make balls out of it.
Method
Grease a tawa with oil, place a ragi ball on it. Wet your hands and flatten the ball to a thin roti and switch on the heat.
Apply oil or ghee on the surface and cook both sides on low heat. Once cooked remove from tawa and leave it to cool. Repeat the same process for the other balls.
Now tear the cooked ragi roti roughly into small pieces.
Grind ragi roti bits in a mixie. Then add the roasted peanuts and grind until it gets blended well with the ragi.
Then add powdered jaggery (use clean jaggery- I used organic jaggery powder) and blend everything together.
Add roasted sesame seeds and blend just for 2-3 seconds. Remove the mixture on a plate and make balls out of the mixture and enjoy.
I kept aside some roasted sesame seeds and rolled the ball on it.
Note – If you want fine balls, powder the peanuts separately and ragi adai separately and then grind both together.
Shelf life and Storage – Store it in an airtight container. Stays good for 5-6 days in the refrigerator.
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Healthy and yummy balls..perfect to munch
Yummy delicious healthy
Going to try this.. Thanks Padhu..looks healthy n delicious!!
Hi padu my mom told about this recipe which was prepared often by my grandma. How traditional this recipe is…..
I too love traditional receipes which are much needed in this era of junk food. I was looking some ragi receipe. Thanks keep posting
Very nutritious..i am going to try for my project
Thank you for sharing Padhu. All your posts are very useful. I always refer your recipes to learn anything new.
Thank you for sharing this lovely dish. I love this so much Padhu.. My Periyamma used to prepare this special Chimli urundai for me… Miss you Periyamma…
Thank you. It comes well. Kids love it
Why was my simili gritty…breaks easily but the crumbs are hard to chew…
This is our traditional grandma recipe and now she s no more to ask the measurements, your blog helped me to make a yummy healthy ladoo for Diwali.
Family and friends loved this unique lade