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A type of grain, Eleusine coracana, cultivated as a cereal in arid areas of Africa and Asia; finger millet. examples
(cooking, brewing) A type of yeast traditionally used in winemaking, baking, and brewing, now identified as Saccharomyces cerevisiae. quotations examples
Pound 5 kg of round ragi (yeast) and 5 pieces of thinly sliced ragi into powder. Mix ragi into cooled rice.
2005, Malaysia at Random, Didier Millet, page 30
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.
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
Finely ground and sifted round ragi yeast 3⁄4 tsp
2014, Florence Tan, Florence Tan: Best Nyonya Recipes, page 108