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 ...

Finger millet (Eleusine coracana L.), also known as Ragi in India is one of the important cereals which occupies the highest area under cultivation among the small millets. The state of Karnataka is ...

If you are planning to shed some weight, then adding Ragi to your diet can be a great idea. Ragi is a rich source of healthy plant based proteins and it contains an amino acid known as Tryptophan, ...

Ragi paratha is a highly nutritious dish. As the world is waking up to the benefits of traditional foods that our ancestors ate, millets have gained much popularity. The various benefits that these ...

Winter is around the corner and with the change in weather our body calls for some extra nourishment to sustain the harshness of the winters. Interestingly, experts suggest to simply tweak the diet ...

BENGALURU: A collaborative Indo-Swiss ragi genome sequencing project aims to help improve the nutrition value of ragi and thereby help farmers gain better economic benefit from the crop. The project ...

CHENNAI: Ragi, commonly known as finger millet, derives its name from the appearance of the head of the grain comprising five spikes, and thus resembling our five fingers. Scientifically called ...

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Obesity has become a concerning health problem in India, with morbid obesity affecting five per cent of the country's population. Unhealthy foods have captured the food plates of the youth. On the ...

New Delhi: Just like the humble quinoa, which has risen to global prominence as a ‘super food’, ragi or finger millet was once a subsistence crop—a poor man’s staple. For the last four years or so, ...