Ragi cookies recipe – Easy, delicious and quick to make coconut ragi cookies without baking powder or baking soda. These ragi cookies turn out to be crunchy, delicious and perfect for toddlers, kids and for anyone not on a low fat diet. This recipe uses egg, to make without egg you can check this Eggless Ragi biscuits recipe.
The cookie dough can be made ahead and refrigerated. They can be baked whenever you wish to have some warm cookies. Isn’t it amazing? During the Christmas vacations, I had baked many kinds of cookies, Chocolate cake and Nankhatai.
One of the easiest ones were these ragi cookies, which took not much of time and yet they tasted great. My kids enjoyed munching on these with their milk.
The recipe yields 24 cookies, if you do not have a large oven, you can divide it to 2 batches and bake them. Keep the dough refrigerated till you use.
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Ragi cookies recipe | How to make coconut ragi cookies
Ingredients (1 cup = 240ml )
- ¾ cup desiccated coconut or dried coconut
- ¾ cup ragi flour or finger millet flour (can use even ragi puttu podi for the best crust)
- ½ cup wheat flour or plain flour/ maida (if possible use unbleached flour)
- 150 grams butter – soft but still cold
- 150 grams fine sugar or roughly powdered
- 1 tbsp Coarse sugar optional
- ¾ tbsp Vanilla extract
- 1 egg , small
How to make the recipe
- Beat the butter and sugar till fluffy. Add egg and vanilla. Beat till well incorporated.
- Add coconut, millet flour and plain flour. Mix well. You will end up with a moist dough. Sprinkle the coarse sugar all over evenly and just mix it once.
- Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 180 C for at least 15 mins.
- Make balls and flatten them slightly on the baking sheet.
- Bake these till done. Takes around 10 mins for me. When done the cookies top is dry.
- You can make ragi cookies in batches till you use up the entire dough.
- Store ragi cookies in a air tight jar.
NUTRITION (estimation only)
If you are a beginner or new to Indian cooking, I highly suggest you to check the supporting step by step photos for best results. Step by step photos with description available below after the recipe card.
How to make ragi cookies at home
1. These are the ingredients to use. Butter has to be soft but cold.
2. Begin with beating the butter and sugar till light and fluffy. There is not much of butter to beat. But beat it till creamy.
3. Add egg and vanilla. Beat till well incorporated.
4. Next add coconut, flour. Mix well. You will end up with a moist dough. Sprinkle the coarse sugar all over evenly and just mix it once.
5. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. I do not have the pictures of the rest of the recipe as I got busy with the kids.
6. Preheat the oven to 180 C for at least 15 mins.
7. Make balls and flatten them slightly on the baking sheet.
8. Bake these till done. Takes around 10 mins for me.
9. You can make these in batches till you use up the entire dough
Cool the ragi cookies on a wire rack. Store in an airtight container and use up within 2 weeks.
Jhansi Guraja says
Hi, finally I have got this desicated coconut. I know this product from you only. Can you suggest how to store this. I got the organic one in a packet.
swasthi says
Hi Jhansi
You can store it in freezer for upto an year or in fridge for 6 months or more. I usually do not store this at room temperature. Hope this helps
Sreedevi says
Can I substitute butter with ghee?
swasthi says
I guess it works with ghee. Powder the sugar & mix with melted ghee. Beat well until creamy and then use.
Madhu says
Hi! Your recipes are amazing and the instructions so clear! I want to make the Ragi cookies ( the ones with egg). Someone has asked about substituting coconut with nut powder. Can i just substitude it with more wheat and ragi flour in the right proportions to make up the 3/4 cup of coconut.? Will it need a change in all the other ingredients like sugar etc too? And- do you have a recipe for baked ragi namakpara? I tried two from other sites but they came out too hard or (in less oven time) not fully cooked.
Thanks
Madhu
swasthi says
Hi Madhu
Thank you.
Regarding namakpare or any other deep fried savory snacks , they do not turn out well in oven. I have tried out tons of recipes over the years and have not liked them and i also feel they are very tedious.
Regarding the cookies, I am not sure how it is going to turn out as I have not experimented. I guess the flavor will not be that good. But the recipe as it is , is a very very good one. Do give it a try without changes.
Hope these help
Anu says
Hi…..do v need to bring the dough that was refrigerated for 1hr to room temperature before baking in the oven
swasthi says
Hi Anu
No we dont need to bring it to room temp
Grace says
Can i use nuts in it
swasthi says
yes you can use. chopped nuts. A little less than half cup or 1/4 cup should be fine
Ruthika says
Hi, how can i bake this cookie without oven?
swasthi says
Hi Ruthika,
Add crystal salt to a wide cast iron or iron pan. Cover it with a tight plate and then place these cookies on them. Cover with a lid and bake. You will have to keep checking, not sure about the time it takes. Hope this helps
Rashmi says
Hi Swasthi, this recipe looks simple and Is so loaded with healthy ragi, I have to try this! But can I bake it in a microwave? Could you please help me with the settings for that?
Thanks 🙂
swasthi says
Hi Rashmi,
Same with these too i haven’t tried. But these come out very good in a stove top cake pan, aluminum ones that are available in India. I wonder if the cookies turn out crisp in microwave. These cookies turn out extra ordinary, very nice and crunchy if baked in oven, that may miss if made in microwave.
urvi says
hi,
is there any other way to bake them other than oven? Can i do it on a non stick pan or microwave?
swasthi says
Hi Urvi, Iam so sorry. I somehow missed your comment. sorry for the delay. these can be baked in a pressure cooker. Fill sand at the bottom, cover with a foil, so that the sand doesn’t come on to the cookies. Place the cookies on a plate, then the plate over the foil. Bake them on a medium high flame, the flame should reach the diameter of the cooker. how long to bake? no idea, since i have seen my sil doing this, i havent’ done it. You can keep checking after 10 to 12 minutes. Hope this helps
nidhi says
Can i replace egg with any thing else as i am vegeterian?
swasthi says
Nidhi,
There is no substitute for eggs since this recipe uses no baking powder, we have to use egg.
check this similar but eggless ragi biscuits recipe
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Madhu says
Hi, why to refrigerate the dough?
swasthi says
Hi Madhu,
Refrigerating the dough allows the flour to absorb the egg and the texture of cookie is better and flavorful
tina Mohankumar says
Very nice and yummy recipe.
swasthi says
Thank you tina
Ruchika says
What does plain flour stands for in this recipe?? Wheat flour or maida? ?
swasthi says
plain flour means maida. i have updated the post.
Ruchika says
Can i use wheat flour instead??
Ruchika says
Also can i replace coconut powder with nut powder as i dont like coconut much
swasthi says
yes you can use wheat flour, nut powder should work, I suggest using only half a cup nut powder, use the rest only if needed, The dough should bind well and not be loose or too hard. Adjust the nut powder as needed.
Ruchika says
Wen do u add the butter sugar vanilla?? D recipe looks incomplete
swasthi says
Thanks for the mention, it was only written with the step by step pics. i updated it in the recipe box now.
Poornima Molri says
delicious and healthy, baked to perfection
Nisa Homey says
Biscuits looks so crunchy and yum…pinned!
PrathibhaSreejith says
Delicious n healthy cookies!!
priya satheesh says
yummy n healthy cookies
Rafeeda AR says
this is healthy and crunchy… great…
Suja Manoj says
Chewy and yummy cookies,love it
Madhavi K says
Amazing cookies Swasthi. Looks incredible.
Navaneetham Krishnan says
Healthy on one side and delicious with the crunchy burst on the other.
Ana says
tried out the recipe. . It came out really well .Thank you very much for sharing
swasthi says
Welcome. Happy to know they turned out good