Shastalu – Ragi vermicelli dessert
Shastalu – Ragi vermicelli dessert Ingredients: Finger millet/ Ragi flour – 2 cups Water – 3 glasses Jaggery powder – 1 ½ cup Cardamom powder – ¼ tsp Fried gram powder – ¾ cup Grated coconut – ¼ tsp (optional) Ghee - ½ tbsp Muruku maker – 1 Wooden stick – 1 Instructions: Take a small pan and add jaggery powder into it. Pour a glass of water and switch ON the flame. Keep stirring continuously until the jaggery melts. Add cardamom powder and mix well. When the jaggery syrup starts to thicken, switch OFF the flame and set it aside. Take a large thick bottomed bowl with wide mouth. I am using a pressure cooker container. Pour 3 glasses of fresh water into it. Switch ON the flame. Add ½ tbsp of ghee, 1 tbsp of finger millet/ragi flour into the water and mix well. Make sure that there are no lumps and allow it to boil. When the foam starts to build up on the surface lower the flame. Add finger millet flour slowly into the boiling water. Keep stirring continuously until all the f...