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Ragi porridge for babies

Ragi porridge recipe for babies is a baby food made by extracting sprouted ragi powder milk and thickening it by heating.How to make Sprouted ragi porridge for babies at home featured in this recipe. Ideal for 6-9 months babies.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Total Time25 minutes
Servings2 feeds
AuthorSharmilee J

Ingredients

For Ragi Porridge

For Ragi Milk Porridge

  • 2 tablespoon ragi / fingermillet
  • water as needed
  • 1 teaspoon jaggery syrup for babies over 1 year

Instructions

Ragi Porridge Method

  • Add 3/4 to 1 cup of water in a pan.Add sprouted ragi powder(I used homemade)to the pan.
  • It should be very watery like this.Whisk well so that there are no lumps.Add ghee to it and start cooking.
  • Let it cook in low flame,It will start to thicken , at this stage add your sweetner.I used palm sugar candy powder.
  • Keep cooking until it starts to coat the laddle as shown.At this stage switch off.The whole process will take 5-7mins in low flame.
  • Feed warm along with few drops of ghee or as such.

Ragi Milk Porridge 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 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.

Notes

  • Ragi is heat generating food so add few drops 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 sweetener and feed it as such too.
Nutrition Facts
Ragi porridge for babies
Amount Per Serving (75 g)
Calories 63 Calories from Fat 9
% Daily Value*
Fat 1g2%
Saturated Fat 0.4g3%
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.1g
Monounsaturated Fat 0.3g
Cholesterol 2mg1%
Sodium 6mg0%
Potassium 60mg2%
Carbohydrates 13g4%
Sugar 2g2%
Protein 1g2%
Calcium 54mg5%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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