Choco chotoos

Hi everyone. 

Welcome back. Seeing  the post title you guys may feel chocolate a , this kutties summave athu than always eating ,(Ennama nee ipd panriye ma nu) No no tension..

Yes that  iruku aana illa moment than 😎it don't have anything related to chocolate, but it's sweeter. Just the name came because of its colour. And the colour is because of ragi. This one is very healthy small bites made with ragi and fried peanut powder and it's baked. You don't need oven to do this. That's much better right?!. Just to make it kids friendly I put this as small ones. So is the name #choco chotos#. ( Namma recipe ellathukume karana peyar than) And kids may feel like chocos😜( Nallathu nu niraya ragi mavu  vangi vachutu  enna panrathu nu theriama irupavarku dedicated🤗😃) This is gluten free one.

Katha solliyachu so recipe following.

Ingredients:

• Ragi flour- 2tbsp
• Jaggery powder - 2tsp
• Dry Roasted peanut powder - 1tbsp
• Coconut oil - as needed
• Water - as needed
  

Method

1. Keep all the ingredients ready.
2. Take the ragi flour in a bowl
3. Now mix jaggery powder thoroughly . Check for the sweet.if needed you can add more.
4. Mix the peanut powder to it. 
5. Now pour some water and make into a dough like chapathi dough consistency. You can add some coconut oil too.

   

   Just for  easy rolling of dough I prepared small amount and showed here.
6. Place the prepared dough in freezer by closing it with a lid. Else u can cover it using plastic or aluminium foil sheet.
7. After 10 mins, remove it from the fridge.
8. Roll it like a chapathi and cut in small shapes. 
   
   
   
9. In the meantime place a idli pot on stove top covered with sand upto half mark, close the lid and keep for about 5-7 mins on high flame.
   
10. Once you cut into shapes take  the pieces and you can make a design using fork like this or you can leave it as such.
    
11. Place it on the idli plate like this.
    
12. After 7 minutes simmer  the stove and  remove lid carefully. check if you can feel heat above the sand.
13. Now place the arranged idli plate on the pot and close the lid.
14. Put the flame on  mid level for 5 minutes and full sim for another 5 minutes.
15. Now switch off stove and carefully touch the pieces it should be soft but not brittle.
    
16. Take the idli plate out of pot and let it get cooled.
17. After it's good enough to touch take and break a piece, if it is baked well it will be broken well without much effort.  If not bake again for 5 minutes in slow flame.
    
18. Choco chotos is ready,😋😋.
    
19. Now you can have it as such or like Kellogg's you can take it as a morning cereal.

    

    To show you I took small amount of milk and put 3 or 4 pieces.

    
    
20. This bites can be stored at room temperature and it won't get spoiled for at least a month. Since it doesn't contain any ingredient that will turn bad soon like milk or coconut.
21. While grinding roasted  peanut don't grind too much. Use pulse mode and just 2-3 seconds is enough. If you grind too much it may end up as a paste.
22. The prescribed measures yield 20 pieces of bite sized.
23. Don't worry on seeing this much steps. Whole process will take approximately 45 mins. That too while baking you can do another work.  Worth try.

Note: pls don't eat with the feel of eating ordinary maida biscuits.  It will be bit hard and different taste.
Enjoy the healthy snack.. will come back as soon as possible.. Byee..