The important things to be noted or kept in mind before introducing your babies to new food- 1.Introduce him to new food slowly and gradually. 2.What suits one child may not suit another, so there are no general set of rules. 5.Do not over feed your baby. Baby knows best when he has had enough. 6.Consult your pediatrician before you start giving him these porridge or any solid food. Porridge recipes for babies/infants above 120 days Porridge I Ingredients needed Par boiled rice –1/4 kg (250 grams )(par boiled rice used for regular cooking also called sapadu pulungal arisi in tamil) Do not use idly rice. Fried gram (pottu kadalai) -1/4 kg Samba Wheat (samba gothumai)-1/4 kg or Punjab wheat -1/4 kg Cumin seeds – 1 tsp (jeera) Omam or bishop weeds or ajwain – 1 tsp Preparation Buy good quality ingredients. Clean all the ingredients well.( removing of stones, foreign particles and other impurities if any) Dry roast each one separately except fried gram. Add fried gram in the end and dry roast it in the heat of the pan itself. Dry roast cumin seeds and omam separately. Mix everything together and give it in the flour mill and powder it nicely. This is the porridge powder. How to prepare porridge Take 3/4 – 1 cup of water, add 1 ½ tsp of this porridge powder, cook until it thickens in low flame, stirring continuously. Then add 100 ml (1/2 cup) of milk and sugar (or jaggery) to taste. Porridge II Ingredients needed Par boiled rice -1/4 kg ( pulungal arisi used for cooking – do not buy idly rice) Punjab Wheat – 1/4 kg Fried gram -1/4 kg Peanuts (cleaned) -100 grams Sago (javarisi )- 150 grams Barley – 50 grams Sukku /dry ginger – 1 small bit Cumin seeds – 1 tsp Omam – 1 tsp Method Dry roast each ingredient separately except fried gram. Add fried gram in the end and dry roast it in the heat of the pan itself. Dry roast cumin seeds, bishop weeds and sukku separately. Mix everything together and give it in the flour mill and get it powdered finely. Preparation of porridge is same as above. Porridge III Ragi porridge (finger millet porridge) Ingredients needed Ragi – 1/4 kg or 250 grams Method Clean, wash ragi well and dry it well in the shade spreading it on a clean cloth. Then dry roast it till you get a nice aroma. Leave it to cool. Give it in the flour mill and and get it powdered finely. Preparation of porridge is the same as mentioned in the first recipe. Ragi takes time to digest and is not suitable for all babies. Kindly read the post fully before asking any questions. If you like thispost, then please take a moment to like us on Facebook or follow me on Twitter or join me on Google Plus to keep up to date with Padhuskitchen. Read More
