Soft -Crunchy Ragi Cookies

Prep Time: 20 min

Cook Time: 40 min

Serves for: 2-3 persons (12-14 cookies)

Ingredients: 

1 cup - Ragi flour

1 tbsp - cornflour powder

1 tbsp - All purpose flour (maida)

1 tbsp - cocoa powder

1/2 cup - sugar

1/2 cup – butter

1 tsp – cardamom powder

1 tsp - baking powder

1 tsp - curd

Chocolate chips 

Direction for Preparation:

1. Dry fry the Ragi flour for a few minutes in kadai, untill the raw smell disappear.

2. Take a large vessel and add Ragi flour, cornflour, all purpose flour, baking powder and cardamom powder into it. Mix all the dry ingredients.

3. Heat butter bit say about 30 – 60 seconds or until it starts melting.

4. Take another vessel and add melted butter, sugar and the curd into it. Mix the wet ingredients till the sugar melts.

5. To the above wet mixture add the dry flour mix slowly (1 tbsp at a time).

6. Once done just mix the mixture with hand to avoid if any lumps are left out.

7. Grease the baking tray with butter.

8. Heat oven to 190°C for 10 minutes.

9. Make small balls from the dough in hand by applying butter to your hand

10. Arrange them on the baking tray. Do not flatten the balls too much.

11. Add the chocolate chips on each cookie.

12. Bake the cookies at 190 °C for 12-15 minutes or till done.

13. Remove from oven, let it cool down for about 10 min. Ragi cookies are very soft so handle them with care. They taste wonderful with a cup of hot Coffee.