Visakhapatnam: Ragi malt stalls are present outside every walking park's gate here. These provide breakfast at a low cost. Most of these stalls are run by rural women. They earn a good monthly income ...

Relying on sugar substitute tablets for morning coffee or tea will soon be passe for thousands of diabetics in the city. Replacing the glucose-rich morning drinks, the University of Agricultural ...

Ragi Amballi is a porridge-like dish, prepared with ragi or finger millet. It is a savoury dish that finds roots in a Karnataka kitchen. Read Time: 3 min We are in the New Year 2023 and it's time to ...

Maida has a high glycaemic index. Diabetes is slowly becoming one of the most rampant causes of concerns around the world. What was now seen to be as a metabolic disorder affecting only a select few, ...

Mysuru: With the idea of addressing the malnutrition problem among schoolchildren, state govt is all set to serve ragi malt (finger millet malt) thrice a week in govt and govt-aided schools. Speaking ...

The State government has chalked out plans to supply ragi malt to schoolchildren in the State with a view to addressing the iron and calcium deficiency problem. The issue came up for discussion at a ...

Ragi or finger millet is a highly nutritious millet grown as a cereal crop. Its scientific name is ‘Eleusine coracana’ and belongs to the ‘poaceae’ grass family. In India, this millet is known as ...

Chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has added ragi malt drink to Jagananna Goru Muddha, the government's midday meal programme, for students in government and aided schools. Launching the programme ...

The process will be done by universities with assistance from the state’s agriculture department The spurt in the number of diabetics has led to an increase in consumption of ragi (finger millet).

My first encounter with ragi was at a yoga ashram in my teens. I had grown up on white rice, white bread and chapatis, and had never had this dark grain. Seated on the floor, and eagerly waiting to be ...