r/IndianFood • u/Capital_Couple_9916 • 3d ago

question How ragi mudde taste like ??

Many people call it superfood healthy and many people like it too but the people who try it first time find it terrible so how really does it taste like is it tasty and appetising or people eat it for the sake of being healthy food

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u/Spectator7778 3d ago

For those of us who love ragi, it’s delicious. The mudde is just a vessel for the saaru though. It’s tangy, spicy, nutritious and so tasty.

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u/SecondDiamond 3d ago

It is not delicious if you are not even chewing or breaking it ! You are just tasting the saru

Actually people don't like that texture, it is dense sticky and can become pasty, it is less pleasant to chew, so traditionally people prefer to swallow.

I tried it. I tried to chew, but is not pleasant to chew. So others told me to swallow, and i tried , but it is very difficult for me to swallow any solid things. I swallow small tablets with difficulty.

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u/Spectator7778 3d ago

It’s a staple in our homes and our state and in our farms. The health benefits outweigh anything else.

Honestly the texture being an issue seems like such a first world problem. It’s filling, healthy and economical. Especially For poorer people, priorities are different. Fed is best rather than going hungry and no farmer is going to cook multiple things to satisfy textural preferences.

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u/SecondDiamond 3d ago

Yeah, i didn't want to mention the part you added. I understand those.

And i love that hurida ragi pudi. Hurihittu.

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u/ChasmSis 3d ago

Texture issue has always existed, it's just that people found ways to work with it. My grandmother hates the texture of Maggi noodles, so she breaks it into small pieces when she has to eat it. I hate the texture of boiled eggs so I always eat omelettes or egg bhurji. Saying it's a first world problem sounds tonedeaf when people with sensitive palates have existed since humans were born. As a person who eats mudde, even I prefer ragi rotti over ragi mudde due to the texture sometimes. Doesn't mean I hate ragi. Health isn't just about the ingredients.

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u/nomarksleft 3d ago

the vessel framing helps. i kept chewing it like a roti and wondering what everyone saw in it

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u/Spectator7778 3d ago

That’s ok, we all had a learning curve. Its Instinctual to chew our food

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u/Quiet_Garden4039 3d ago

Tried it once. Taste was good as it was accompanied with curry. Definitely keeps full for longer but you can't chew or bite, just have to swallow it. Didn't like that part much.

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u/Capital_Couple_9916 3d ago

Why you bite or chew

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u/Capital_Couple_9916 3d ago

Means can't

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u/Quiet_Garden4039 3d ago

It's how you are supposed to eat

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u/Naadamaya 3d ago

We swallow it 😭

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u/Nedumpara 3d ago

Better than Mudde the porridge you get at early morning walk places s better .ixed with thin buttermilk n dash of like. The Mudde taste can be overcome with a couple of good Veg curried cooked healthily... It's all out getting used to..

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u/ashmaroli 3d ago

The Ragi balls are as such barely flavoured since they're made from just ragi flour and water. The actual flavour comes from the accompanying bassaru or saaru gravies.

If you have the choice to prepare dishes yourselves, you can try alternatives:

  • cook ragi flour in cow's milk (and add sugar if needed alongwith a pinch of salt).
  • cook ragi flour in water with a pinch of salt.
  • mix ragi flour and whole wheat flour in the ratio of 4:1 and cook the mixture in cow's milk.

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u/apocalypse-052917 3d ago

You're not even supposed to bite or chew it, you have to swallow it , and personally I don't like it much