Sprouted Ragi Porridge-Baby food
From 7 month onwards
Ingredients :
Ragi - 2 cups
Fried Channa Dal - 1/2 cup
Jaggery - little
Water
Milk- 3 tsp(optional)
For Sprouting :
1 . Soak Ragi for 12 hours.Wash and drain water,rinse again until dust particles are fully removed .
2. To sprout ragi, are moistened,at room temparature.You need of wide vessel with a piece of cloth(cheese cloth) for sprouting .
3. Keep ragi in vessel and cover with cloth for 8 hours.Make sure it should be in moist.Preferably
germination process good in night when compared from day.
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4. After 8 or 10 hrs, a new growth from germinating seed.Little white sprouts comes from millet .
5. Dry ragi in sunlight. Add fried channa dal.Grind through mixie or food mill (use small jar of mixie for fine powder) to fine powder.
6. Sieve flour .Store it in air tight container.Now its ready to preparing porridge.
7. Take 2 and half spoons of this powder ,dilute with water . Make sure it for free of lumps. Add a pinch of jaggery (In separate pan,boil in little water and filter it for removing dust particles) for iron content and for taste too. keep stirring continously unless doesnot stick in bottom of the pan.Cook for 5 mins and serve it in semi solid consistency with warm .
8. If you want to make enrich the taste ,add 3 or 4 tsp of milk as optional.
Note :
Ragi or finger millet should be sprouted while for preparing baby food for easy digestion otherwise baby gets constipated .
Always feed ragi porridge in breakfast time upto 10 months .
