A fitness enthusiast's go-to food as an alternative to rice and wheat, finger millets are popularly known as Ragi. With the highest calcium content of any millet, finger millets are rich in proteins and amino acids, as well as iron and other minerals. A gluten-free variant of millet, Ragi brings good roughage and fibre to the food we eat. This helps in easy digestion, thus keeping a check on constipation as well. Finger millets are known by many names such as Ragi (in Kannada, Telugu and Hindi), also Mandua/Mangal in Hindi, Kodra (Himachal Pradesh), Mandia (Oriya), Taidalu (in Telangana region), Kezhvaragu in Tamil.