Finger millet or ragi is one of the popular minor cereals cultivated for food in several parts of South-East Asia and Africa. In India it is cultivated in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Chattisgarh and Uttaranchal. Karnataka has the distinction of producing nearly 40% of the millet harvested in the country. Ragi is a small seeded grain with brick red to dark colored fibrous seed coat. The millet is considered as ‘nutri-cereal’ because of its good nutritional qualities, especially with respect high level of calcium, micronutrient contents and sulphur amino acids rich proteins
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