Ragi Banana Muffins | Finger Millet Chocolate Banana Muffins | Nachini Chocolate Banana Muffins

Ragi Banana Muffins | Finger Millet Chocolate Banana Muffins | Nachini Chocolate Banana Muffins - In this post, we will see how to make a tasty and healthy ragi banana chocolate muffins. 

Ingredients 

• Mashed bananas - 1.5 cups 
• Egg - 1 
• Oil - 1/3 cup 
• Jaggery - 1 cup 
• Milk - 1/4 cup 
• Ragi flour - 1.5 cups 
• Cocoa powder - 1/4 cup 
• Baking soda - 1 tsp 
• Baking powder - 1/4 tsp 
• Mini chocolate chips / Chopped walnuts - 1/2 cup 
• Salt - 1/4 tsp 
• Vanilla extract - 1 tsp
• Instant coffee powder - 1/4 tsp

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Method

1. Pre heat the oven to 180 degrees C for 15 mins.

2. Take 1.5 cups of mashed banana in a bowl. You can mash the bananas with a fork. If there are few chunks of banana left out, it's ok.

3. Transfer the mashed banana into a large bowl. Add the jaggery and beat the banana and jaggery for 2 mins.

4. Then add the oil and beat again. Then add the egg and vanilla and beat for another minute.

5. For the dry ingredients, place a sieve over the bowl and add the ragi flour, baking soda, baking powder, cocoa powder, salt and coffee powder. Mix well and sieve it into the bowl.

6. Combine the wet and the dry ingredients, be gentle don't overmix the batter.

7. Add the chocolate chips and mix in.

8. Line a muffin tray with paper liners. Fill the liners about 1/2 with the batter. Tap the tray on the counter to remove air bubbles.

9. Bake in the pre heated oven for 16-18 mins or until a skewer comes out clean. 

10. Once done, remove the muffins and bake the next batch.

Notes

1.Do not overmix the batter. If you overbeat the batter, your muffins will not be soft.

2. You can leave out the chocolate chips and use walnuts instead.

3. Use very ripe bananas for tasty muffins.

4. Adding coffee powder is optional.

5. You can use any healthy sugar.

6. You can use up to 400 gms of mashed banana.

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