Ragi

Quick meaning: Ragi is a noun meaning A grain, of species Eleusine coracana, cultivated as a cereal in arid areas of Africa and Asia; finger millet.

Meaning

A grain, of species Eleusine coracana, cultivated as a cereal in arid areas of Africa and Asia; finger millet.

More Meanings

1. (cooking, brewing) A type of yeast traditionally used in winemaking, baking, and brewing, now identified as Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Example Sentences

Finely ground and sifted round ragi yeast 3⁄4 tsp

Pound 5 kg of round ragi (yeast) and 5 pieces of thinly sliced ragi into powder. Mix ragi into cooled rice.

2010, M.J. Robert Nout, Kofi E. Aidoo, 2: Asian Fungal Fermented Food, Martin Hofrichter (volume editor), Karl Esser (editor), The Mycota, Volume X: Industrial Applications, page 49, It is made from cooked gelatinised rice and red pulverised ragi (yeast cake or jui-piang) and fermented for up to 30 days at 25°C.

Word Forms

• ragee
• raggee
• raggy
• ragy

Synonyms for ragi

Depending on context, synonyms include coracan, koracan, kurakkan, ragee.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include coracan, ragee, kurakkan, marua, eleusine, rajgira.

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