question on cereals

vidya, quick cooking oats isnt an allergen, just that its highly processed as compared to steel cut and regular white oats.i only got to know this from baby food sites...so we jus use the regular oats for Z.

sharing recipes, i have read these recipes here and there,and modified as per wat suits me and her.

oats with apple
boil 2 spoons oats in enough water, simmer for few mins. then add chopped peeled apple.... cook for few more mins.
run it through blender, add little milk.

khichdi with veggies
1 spoon khichdi, 2 spoons rice....2 cups water
few peas,half carrot, pumpkin,bottlegourd, whatever is available.
a pinch jeera pwd,a pinch turmeric.

pressure cook. mash with spoon/blender/potato masher....serve

Dalia with dates
soak dalia in advance,

2 spoons dalia,2 dates.... 1 cup water. pressure cook

liquidise in blender,add 1/4 cup milk ,cook for a min.
serve

dalia khichdi
dalia 1 spoon,moong dal 1 spoon, veggies.
process is similar to khichdi

tried curd with Z,and she HATES it

 

tikka, but ragi milk isnt milk right? ), i could never quite figure out the whole ragi funda, infact ragi as a prime baby food, i only got to know while my stay in cbe.

ramya- ramya that recipe, is from tarla dalal, and it is mentioned under 5-6 month old cereal recipes... now we didnt want to use dalia that early , so i have been giving this to baby since a week or so, and so far she LOVES it and no allergies.only difference is i dont use too much milk, less than 1/4 cup. in stores here, it is refered to as broken wheat or wheat rava... do not mistaken it for suji rava.

BULGUR WHEAT PORRIDGE Recipe - by Tarla Dalal see?

infact, almost all recipes listed by the ILite here under baby foods.. for 4-6 months, 6-9 months etc etc are from tarla dalal's book on baby food, and a few from babycenter india.

vidya, i am really no expert, but this is what i came across on almost all sites, asking not to use quick cooking oats...

from wholesomebabyfood :
Can I use “quick cook” grains?

Instant and Quick cooking cereals</B> are oftentimes processed, precooked and (as with Instant) then dehydrated. This processing has in the past included the addition of enzymes. Additionally, Instant Oatmeal may contain other flavorings as well as salt. Many manufacturers maintain higher standards, use only whole grains and do not steam or further cut and process their Quick Cook oat products. Indeed, many manufacturers do not even produce Instant grains due to the nutritional inferiority

Quick cook oats tend to be less nutritious as they tend to be rolled, cut and then steamed. Some producers will additionally further "cut" or flake the oats. Unless one researches the producer of the grain, one cannot be certain that the Quick Cook oats they are eating have simply been rolled and finely cut. We like to purchase our Grain products from Bob's Red Mill or Hodgson Mills here in the U.S. Their websites are very informative and contain a plethora of information concerning all types of grains.


basically vidya, the quick cooking ones are not harmful, just that the regular are more nutritious. if ur baby isnt doing well on quick cooking, its not becoz the type of oats it is, probably you would have to reintroduce it to her later. at 4 months, oats i feel could be a bit heavy.we started cereals with zoey only nearing 6 months, till then she was only on purees.

 

ramya i dunno what samba rava is, but this is what dalia is