Broken Wheat Porridge

Broken Wheat Porridge is a tasty, healthy baby food made by cooking broken wheat and blending it with nuts. Broken Wheat Porridge is a good for 8+ months babies and is filling too.

Broken Wheat Porridge Recipe for babies a filling food for babies.Broken wheat or cracked wheat or dalia is rich is calcium and is much needed for babies.You can start this porridge for babies from 8 months.

This porridge takes some time to prepare as broken wheat needs to be soaked and cooked.I didn’t get the fine broken wheat variety which needs no soaking.But this porridge is not only healthy but filling for babies and keep their little tummy full for long hours.

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Broken Wheat Porridge

Broken Wheat Porridge is a tasty, healthy baby food made by cooking broken wheat and blending it with nuts. Broken Wheat Porridge is a good for 8+ months babies and is filling too.

Prep Time30 minutes mins

Cook Time10 minutes mins

Total Time40 minutes mins

Servings1 feed

AuthorSharmilee J

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Ingredients

• 1/8 cup broken wheat
• 1 cup water
• 3 nos almonds
• 5 nos raisins
• 1 tsp ghee

For babies after 1 year:

• 2 tbsp milk boiled
• 2 tsp jaggery syrup

Instructions

• Soak almonds in hot water for 30 mins, then peel of the skin.
• Measure broken wheat and take in a bowl, add water. Rinse it well.
• Soak in water for at least 30mins. Rinse again, drain water.
• In a pressure cooker add broken wheat along with almonds and raisins.
• Add water, pressure cook for 5 whistles in low flame. Let the pressure release by itself. Cool down completely.
• Transfer to mixer jar along with the water and grind to a puree. Broken Wheat Porridge ready! You can feed this for babies below 1 year as such.

For babies after 1 year :

• Take this puree in a sauce pan. Add milk to it. Cook for 2 mins.
• Then add jaggery syrup, ghee cook for a minute and switch off. Broken Wheat Porridge ready!

Notes

• For babies below 1 year, you can feed the porridge as such it tastes mild sweet.
• You can replace raisins with dates too. You can 3 dates for this, deseed and add it along with broken while pressure cooking.
• If you want, you can add 1/2 tsp ghee while serving
• Keep changing the texture as the baby grows. I blended it a bit coarse as gugu likes it that way as he is already crossed the baby mode :).
• You can mix breast milk if the baby is below 1 year. If your baby is used to formula milk then you can add it.If its cows milk then its recommended to add only after the baby turns 1 year.
• I used jaggery syrup as sweetener, you can replace it with palm jaggery or pam sugar candy etc. Or you can also add natural fruit purees like banana apple etc as sweeteners.

Nutrition Facts

Broken Wheat Porridge

Amount Per Serving (125 g)

Calories 213 Calories from Fat 72

% Daily Value*

Fat 8g12%

Saturated Fat 4g25%

Polyunsaturated Fat 1g

Monounsaturated Fat 3g

Cholesterol 16mg5%

Sodium 25mg1%

Potassium 108mg3%

Carbohydrates 32g11%

Fiber 4g17%

Sugar 10g11%

Protein 5g10%

Vitamin A 49IU1%

Vitamin C 0.3mg0%

Calcium 67mg7%

Iron 1mg6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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How to make Broken Wheat Porridge Recipe

1. 1. Soak almonds in hot water for 30 mins, then peel of the skin.Measure broken wheat.
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   2. Measure and take broken wheat in a bowl, add water.Rinse it well.
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   3. Soak in water for atleast 30mins.Rinse again, drain water.In a pressure cooker add broekn wheat along with almonds and raisins.
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   4. Add water, pressure cook for 5 whistles in low flame.Let the pressure release by itself.Cool down completely.
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1. Transfer to mixer jar along with the water and grind to a smooth puree.I blended it a bit coarse as gugu likes it that way as he has already crossed the baby mode 🙂 You can feed this for babies below 1 year as such.
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2. For babies after 1 year : Take this puree in a sauce pan.Add milk to it.Cook for 2 mins.
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3. Then add jaggery syrup,ghee cook for a minute and switch off.
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Serve hot!

Yummy broken wheat porridge for babies ready to feed!

Expert Tips

• For babies below 1 year, you can feed the porridge as such it tastes mild sweet.
• You can replace raisins with dates too. You can 3 dates for this, deseed and add it along with broken while pressure cooking.
• If you want, you can add 1/2 tsp ghee while serving
• Keep changing the texture as the baby grows. I blended it a bit coarse as gugu likes it that way as he is already crossed the baby mode :).
• You can mix breast milk if the baby is below 1 year. If your baby is used to formula milk then you can add it.If its cows milk then its recommended to add only after the baby turns 1 year.
• I used jaggery syrup as sweetener, you can replace it with palm jaggery or pam sugar candy etc. Or you can also add natural fruit purees like banana apple etc as sweeteners.

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