Infant Food Recipes-Made in home

Ragi Cereal/Malt:

Ingredients:

Ragi-1cup

Method:

1.Dry roast the ragi in kadai for 5 to 10 mins.
2.Let them cool.
3.Using a mixer make the roasted ragi into fine powder.
4. Sieve the powder and store it in air tight cotainer.

Tips:
1.U can use this ragi cereal to make ready made ragi porridge.

 

Ragi-Green Gram Mix:

Ingredients:

Ragi - 1 cup
Green Gram- 1/2 cup

Method :Ragi-Green gram mix

1.Dry roast the ragi and green gram for 10 mins.
2.Let it cool.
3.Using a mixer grinder make it as fine powder.
4.Sieve the powder & store it in container for future use.

Method: For porridge

1.Take a 2 tsp of Ragi-green gram mix in bowl with 1 cup of water.
2.Take a sauce pan pour the mix and cook it.
3.Until it comes to porridge consistency.
4.Mix sugar and boiled milk for taste.

General Tip for all cereal:

1. U should sieve powder and then store in a container.
2. U must mix the powder in a bowl with a water and then cook.

 

You can prepare milkshake or fruit pudding with any fruit.
Eg.

Mango Milkshake:

Ingredients:
1 cup-Mango pulp
2 cup-Chilled milk
Sugar

Method:
1.Blend the mango pulp and sugar in a mixer to smooth paste.
2.Add chilled milk.
3.Blend it again.

Tips:
1. You can use any fruit(strawberry,Banana,Papaya,etc) the procedure is same.
2. You can combine two fruits to make combine milk shake. It taste g00d.
3.Fruit pudding recipe is given by valli in this thread u can check it.

 

Carrot PureeAfter 6 months baby recipe)

Ingredients:

Carrot-1
Water -11/2 cup

Method:

1.Peel the skin of the carrot.
2.Cut the carrot into small pieces.
3.Take a sauce pan pour the water in it.
4.Let it boil then add the carrot in it.
5.Let it cook until carrots are cooked.
6.Take out the carrot,using a mixer grind it to make it as puree.
7.Don't waste the water, you can use it to make puree.

Tip:
1.Avoid using of more water.you can use a steamer to cook carrots.
2.Peel the skin thinly otherwise there will be nutrition loss

 

MALTED Wheat-GreenGram MIX[ for above 6 months infant]

Ingredients :
Dried sprouted wheat -1 cup
Dried sprouted Green Gram -1/2 cup

Method of preparation :
1. Roast sprouted wheat & green gram on slow fire
separately.
2. Grind wheat & green gram to a fine powder
separately.
3. Mix and store in dry air tight container.

Method for porridge:

1.Take a bowl ,mix the 2 Tbsp of malt in water
2.Take a sauce pan.Pour the mix in it.
3.Cook until the malt is well cooked and it comes to porridge consistency.
4.Serve as lukewarm to your infant.


Tip:

1. For Combination you can try sprouted ragi, Chana dal.
2. You can add few Almonds,cashew nuts for 1 year old.
3.You can give this malt for 6 months above Infants

 

Vegetable Soup:(Can be Given for above 6 months infant)

Ingredients:

1/4th of Carrot.
1/4th of Beans,
few peas.
cummin seeds-few
salt
Coriander leaves - few
water

Method:

1.Put all the ingredients and pressure cook it for 3-4 whistles.
2.let it cool.
3.Strain the water and feed the water for infants of 6-8 months.


Tip:

1. For infants above 8 months You can blend and feed your infant as lukewarm.
2.You can add cabbage,brocolli,cauliflower,potato for 8 months above infant.