Ragi Powder and It's Porridge for Baby
Raagi or ragi or nachini its is a finger millet.It is used in many types of recipes. It is a unpolished one so very healthy for a baby who started feeding solids recently. Note :- Its better to avoid ragi till the baby is 11 months old. Because baby's digestive system is not ready to digest a heavy food like ragi untle 11 months.
Here are the Nutritive value of Ragi per 100
- Protein 7.3 g
- Fat 1.4 g
- Carbohydrate 72 g
- Minerals 2.7 g
- Calcium 344 mg
- Fibre 3.6 g
- Energy 328 kCal
How to Make Ragi Powder for Baby:-
1.Take 1/4 kg of ragi and wash it thoroughly.
2. Drain it and dry in sun or dry it in fan on a cloth till all the moisture is dried up.
3. Now fry it in a pan till it smells sweet. make sure not to burn.
4. Let it cool to room temperature and make it into a fine powder and store in a airtight container.
5.Now baby's ragi powder is ready to make instant porridge
Ragi for the first Introduction to baby:-
1. Take ragi 1/4 th cup and wash it and soak for over night.
2. Now in the morning wash it again and make paste with more milk.
3. Strain that paste. Now you will get a milk like substance.
4. Boil that on low flame, till it is cooked adding a little sugar or jaggery in that.
5. Now ragi is ready to feed the baby.
How to Make Ragi Porridge With Above Powder:-
Ingredients
1 to 2 spoons ragi powder
1 1/2 cup full cream milk
Pinch of ilachi powder (cardamom powder)
1 teaspoon sugar or jaggery
Method
1. Boil 1 cup milk in a pan and in remaining milk add ragi powder and mix it well.
2. Now add milk and ragi paste into boiling milk slowly stirring well.
3. And then add ilachi powder and sugar.
4. Feed it little thicker for big baby and little thin for small baby.
My baby is not a sweet eater so sometimes i used to make it in a different way.
Instead of milk i use to add water and ghee, and instead of sugar i added salt.
My baby now is a toddler and till now she feeds raagi twice a week.
There are many ways to make ragi and feed our babies to fill their little stomach's.
Instead of milk i use to add water and ghee, and instead of sugar i added salt.
My baby now is a toddler and till now she feeds raagi twice a week.
There are many ways to make ragi and feed our babies to fill their little stomach's.
