Ragi paal koozh for babies is a baby food made by extracting milk from ragi and then cooking it to form a koozh / porridge. How to make Ragi paal koozh for babies is posted here with step by step pictures. Ideal for 5-12 months babies.
This Ragi Koozh can be started once the baby starts 5th month.Traditionally Ragi is the first millet recommended to be introduced to babies.This ragi milk porridge helps developing babies digestive system before the baby starts with proper solids like idli,rice etc.
I usually feed this koozh with karupatti(palm sugar) syrup or sometimes jaggery syrup.I have a separate post coming up for sweetners that can be introduced to babies.
I had many requests to post ragi koozh since the day I started Baby Food Series,I clicked the pictures long back but it took sometime for me to edit the pictures and finally I am here with the post.
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But remember mothers feed is the best and its always good to start with other food only after the baby finishes 6 months.This 4-5 months baby food recipes will help those who are not able to breast feed due to personal / medical conditions.Always consult your paediatrician before introducing any new food.
Ragi Paal Koozh for Babies
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp ragi
- water as needed
- 1/4 tsp ghee
- 1 tsp jaggery syrup optional
*NOTE:Please adjust the quantity as per your baby needs.
Instructions
- Take ragi, rinse it well and soak it overnight. Rinse again and drain water. Take it in a mixer jar.
- First give a quick blend 2-3 times then add water and pulse it again.
- Take a muslin cloth, transfer and extract milk. Squeeze the cloth till milk is extracted well. The milk will be thick.
- You can add little more water and pulse it again ,you will get thin milk. You can even use a strainer if you don’t have cloth. Press it with a spoon and extract milk.
- If you find the milk too thick then add little water and then cook. Transfer the extracted milk to a pan and heat it up. Keep mixing with a ladle else it will form lumps if you leave it unattended. It will slowly get thick as you can see.
- The milk will thicken, at this stage add ghee and cook for few more mins. If you are adding any sweetener add it at this stage.
- Cook for few more mins till its thick as shown. Cook in low flame.
- When it gets thick, it will leave the sides of the pan more like pudding consistency, as shown below, switch off. As it cool down it may bet more thicker.
- Let it cool for few mins, then feed. Feed Ragi Koozh Recipe warm!
Notes
- Ragi is heat generating food so add ghee and feed more water.
- Also ragi might constipate so adding ghee helps to avoid constipation.
- Add more water if the extracted milk is thick.The milk extracted should be watery.
- Cook in low flame, make sure it gets cooked well.
- This porridge gets thick after cooling down so switch off accordingly.
- You can skip jaggery and feed it as such too.
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Method:
- Take ragi, rinse it well and soak it overnight.Rinse again and drain water.Take it in a mixer jar.
- First give a quick blend 2-3 times then add water and pulse it again.
- Take a muslin cloth, transfer and extract milk.Squeeze the cloth till milk is extracted well.The milk will be thick.
- You can add little more water and pulse it again ,you will get thin milk.You can even use a strainer if you don’t have cloth.Press it with a spoon and extract milk.
- If you find the milk too thick then add little water and then cook.Transfer the extracted milk to a pan and heat it up.Keep mixing with a laddle else it will form lumps if you leave it unattended.It will slowly get thick as you can see.
- The milk will thicken,at this stage add ghee and cook for few more mins.If you are adding any sweetner add it at this stage.
- Cook for few more mins till its thick as shown.Cook in low flame.
- When it gets thick, it will leave the sides of the pan more like pudding consistency,as shown below, switch off.As it cool down it may bet more thicker.Let it cool for few mins, then feed.
Feed warm.
Expert Tips
- Ragi is heat generating food so add ghee and feed more water.
- Also ragi might constipate so adding ghee helps to avoid constipation.
- Add more water if the extracted milk is thick.The milk extracted should be watery.
- Cook in low flame, make sure it gets cooked well.
- This porridge gets thick after cooling down so switch off accordingly.
- You can skip jaggery and feed it as such too.
vino
Very very useful and healthy one
Madhu
Haii sharmilee great to see your baby section . My daughter's first food was ragi . We bought ragi powder from stores . She liked it a lot .
Ummaad
Very nice could you guide me what's ragi called in English or its other names is it khashkhaash?
shweta
Dear Sharmi, I have been following ur blog from many days and u have a good collection of recipes, I tried many of them too..
Now that I have a baby n I got to see these food recipes for babies I m very much delighted. I am about to start solids for my baby n this recipe I tried. My son is liking it very much ? Thank u very much for sharing this and plz post some more baby recipes.. God bless..
Diya
Thank you very much for this awesome recipe. I have tried this multiple times but I am yet to get the perfect consistency of the porridge like how you have shown. Either the final product is semi liquid. Or like jelly. Can you share your tip here pl
SHARMILEE J
It is jelly like…
Ashok Rijhwani
Great recipe. Thnx.
Preethiya
Sharmila, would lyk to know. The dried sprouted raaghi milk powder will be sour?? Kindly reply
Sharmilee J
The milk powder will be sour but the porridge will not taste sour
Seetha lakshmi.m
I tried it, got consistency like halwa since it is thick I added water..it cuddles in to small small limps..how can I avoid this? Do I need to add more water..
Sharmilee J
Whisk it well, also while cooking do not leave keep stirring to avoid lumps
Geetha
After extracting milk should we throw the solid or can it be used to prepare something?
Sharmilee J
It is better to discard as it has not taste or even nutrients after extraction.