Monday, November 28, 2011

Natural baby food -3 months+


HEALTHY SUPPLEMENT FOR KIDS(3MONTHS+)

Ingredients:
Ragi                                                        4cups
Saffron                                                 ½ Teaspoon
Peeled Almond                                 15 nos
Procedure:
Wash and soak the ragi for 8hours.
Grind with 2 cups of water very fine.
Strain the extract and get the ragi milk ,keep it aside.
Add 2cups of water to the filtered sediment and grind for 15 minutes.
Strain the ground ragi and extract the milk and add it to the previous collection.
Allow it to settle for 4 hours.
After 4 hours you will find transparent water at the top
Slowly drain the water alone in the sink.
Transfer the fine paste seen in the bottom to a thick cloth-1meter length
Hang the cloth in a hook to enable any water content drained completely.
Spread the paste in the cloth and dry in the Sunlight till moisture is completely dried.
In case Sunlight is not available put the paste in a tray and keep it in the oven at   minimum heat.
Put the dried Ragi in the mixie with saffron and almond and grind well to avoid small lumps.
Store in a airtight container.
Application:
For Babies 3 months and  older. This can be used as Breakfast
Add 1 Table spoon of Ragi powder with ½ cup of water and boil for 5 minutes. Keep stirring to avoid lump formation.
Add Sugar and ¼ cup of Milk and feed as Porridge.
If the baby like thin consistency add ¾ cup of   little more sugar. Feed it through feeding bottle.
Increase  the Ragi powder as the child grow older.

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