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.
Oman and sukku are added to aid digestion.
Ragi takes time to digest and is not suitable for all babies.
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An impressive post
Very useful tips dear..cute little baby pic ..i started giving ragi porridge after 6 months..
Excellent and definitely useful for future moms and moms with new born babies.
thank you so much for this lovely post. i just mailed this to my sister who has a toddler, am sure he will be very happy to see new food in his bowl. love baby recipes.
Lovely post.. Healthy dish for kids. This should help all the mums(to make sure her kids get best nutritious food)
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Thanks for sharing.Useful post.
Very helpful post for new and would be Moms!
Is there any health mix powder we can prepare at home .i need it especially for travel where we can mix with water and feed . No need for cooking. Pls post such receipe .
very useful post ..shared it with my niece..
Thank you for sharing these recipes.I have a 7 months old.can we give her animal's milk or any dairy milk now,since you have mentioned it as an ingredient in the porridge preparations.