Steamed Ragi Chocolate Katori Cake Recipe

25 Feb Steamed Ragi Chocolate Katori Cake Recipe

Last Updated on February 25, 2026 by blessmyfoodbypayal

Steamed Ragi Chocolate Katori Cake Recipe with step wise pictorial and video method.

Gluten-free 

The title of the post itself suggests that it a kind of unique cake recipe in itself which incorporates no whole wheat flour, all purpose flour and refined sugar. 

What to say of ingredients, but it doesn’t call for any specific baking utensils but made in steel katoris available in every Indian kitchen.

Surprises doesn’t stop here. This cake calls for no oven in any form but only a steamer. So this is a steamed ragi chocolate katori cake without oven.

Wait a minute. There’s another surprise as well.

Cakes usually call for eggs to become soft and moist but it is a steamed ragi chocolate cake without eggs and without oven.

When you are getting all the wonders at one place, you have no reason to say no to this eggless steamed ragi cake in steel katoris.

We all know that ragi/finger millet is a super grain loaded with lots of health benefits like it is beneficial for weight loss, helps in show downing skin ageing, supports hair growth & digestion, blood sugar management and overall keeps us relaxed with its cooling effects during hot summers.

And when something is so effective, we should make every possible effort to incorrect it in our diet.

Children may be fussy about eating ragi in savory items but when you make them eat this healthy finger millet chocolate cake, they are definitely going to attack on these steamed chocolate ragi mini cakes made by steaming method.

This soft and moist ragi chocolate cake recipe is so different in many ways. As already mentioned, it calls for no glutenous flour, no refined sugar, no eggs, no baking friendly moulds and no oven. Isn’t it a miraculous recipe? And these are the things which are making this easy steamed finger millet chocolate cake in katori moulds, so viral all over the internet.

So do try this healthy ragi chocolate cake recipe no refined sugar from bless my food by payal.

STEP WISE PICTORIAL RECIPE OF STEAMED RAGI CHOCOLATE KATORI CAKE RECIPE

Put a sieve on a bowl and add ragi flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, salt and walnuts. Sift them.

Then add powdered brown sugar, oil and vanilla essence. Mix them. Lastly add milk but little at a time and keep mixing. The batter should come to a ribbon consistency.

Add walnuts and mix. Divide the batter in greased steel katoris. Top with a piece of chocolate.

Steam cook for 20 minutes. Check by inserting a toothpick. If it comes out clean, its a sign that cake is thoroughly cooked.

Enjoy hot or wait until it is cool.

NOTES

1. If you have whole ragi grains, then first powder them, then measure.
2. Brown sugar should be measured only after powdering.
3. Walnuts are added while shifting so that they get coated with flour. This way they don’t sink in the batter.
4. If you don’t have steel katoris, use any utensils which can be put to steamer.
5. Instead of small portions, this batter can be made as a complete 1 big cake.

STEAMED RAGI CHOCOLATE KATORI CAKE RECIPE – RECIPE CARD

Steamed Ragi Chocolate Katori Cake Recipe

blessmyfoodbypayal

Soft, wholesome steamed ragi chocolate katori cake recipe made without oven, refined sugar, or fancy tools—perfect for quick healthy treats.

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 20 minutes mins

Course Cake

Cuisine Indian

Servings 4

Equipment

• Steamer

Ingredients

  

1 cup = 250 ml

• 1/2 cup/ 85 gram Ragi flour
• 1/2 cup /90 gram powdered brown sugar
• 3 tbsp/9 grams Cocoa powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• Pinch of salt
• 1/4 cup milk at room temperature
• 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
• 3 tbsp oil
• 3 tbsp walnuts
• Chocolate pieces

Instructions

 

• Put a sieve on a bowl and add ragi flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, salt and walnuts.
• Sift them.
• Then add powdered brown sugar, oil and vanilla essence.
• Mix them.
• Lastly add milk but little at a time and keep mixing.
• The batter should come to a ribbon consistency.
• Add walnuts and mix.
• Divide the batter in greased steel katoris.
• Top with a piece of chocolate.
• Steam cook for 20 minutes.
• Check by inserting a toothpick. If it comes out clean, its a sign that cake is thoroughly cooked.
• Enjoy hot or wait until it is cool.

Notes

1. If you have whole ragi grains, then first powder them, then measure.
2. Brown sugar should be measured only after powdering.
3. Walnuts are added while shifting so that they get coated with flour. This way they don't sink in the batter.
4. If you don't have steel katoris, use any utensils which can be put to steamer.
5. Instead of small portions, this batter can be made as a complete 1 big cake.

Keyword steamed ragi cake, steamed ragi katori cake