Barley water is an excellent weaning food for your baby next to this rice gruel for a healthy start. You can give barley water to babies from 6 months once a week. Also, you can offer this barley water to your baby as an energy booster when they are sick down with an illness. Barley water works well for treating fever and diarrhea in babies and kids. It is applied to adults as well.
Please check the notes section on the points more to consider before making barley water to your baby.
Here is how to make barley water recipe for babies.
Barley water Recipe for Babies | Baby food
Barley Water - protein-rich barley water, which makes a great weaning food & energy booster for babies.
Ingredients
- Barley - 1 tbsp
- Organic Powdered Jaggery - 1 tbsp optional
- Water - 1 cup
Instructions
Preparation
- Sterilize the bowls and spoons used for feeding your baby in a vessel with hot water for five minutes and keep it immersed in the same container until use.
Method
- Take barley & Jaggery. Wash the barley well in running water and add the washed barley to a pressure cooker and add 2.5 cups of water. Cook the barley along with jaggery in very low flame for 10 to 15 minutes or until three whistles in low flame.
- Open the pressure cooker once pressure released, cool it down a bit. When it's warm, add the cooked barley to the blender and liquidize it.
- Then mash the barley a bit with a spoon and strain through a filter to get the barley water. Mix well and serve lukewarm.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g
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Here is the video of how to make barley water for baby
Preparation :
1. Sterilize the bowls and spoons used for feeding your baby in a vessel with hot water for five minutes and keep it immersed in the same container until use.
Method :
1. Take barley & Jaggery. Wash the barley well in running water and add the washed barley to a pressure cooker and add 2.5 cups of water. Cook the barley along with jaggery in very low flame for 10 to 15 minutes or until three whistles in low flame.
2. Open the pressure cooker once pressure released, cool it down a bit. When it’s warm, add the cooked barley to the blender and liquidize it.
3. Then mash the barley a bit with a spoon and strain through a filter to get the barley water. Mix well and serve lukewarm.
Fresh barley water is ready to feed your baby.
Notes :
- When you introduce barley water, make it with 1 tbsp of barley and 1.5 cups of water. Gradually reduce the water and make it thick once the baby grows.
- You can also add lemon juice to this barley water if you’re serving this barley water for older babies & adults.
- Some barley types take a longer time to cook and need soaking.
- Generally, barley doesn’t cause any allergies, but check for symptoms and stop feeding your baby if you find any. If your family has a history of hypersensitivity to gluten foods, avoid barley to your baby until one year.
- Always check with your pediatrician before introducing any new food.
- You can even cook the barley in a saucepan instead of pressure cooking.
- Always consume barley in moderation as it has excess fiber.
Vickey Hunter
I appreciate this recipe. However, there is a recipe in a Grace Livingston Hill book referred to as ‘Twice Boiled Flour Porridge’. The girl was fixing this for someone who was ill. Do you have any idea where I might find the actual recipe?
Kalyani
I am not sure. Sorry, couldn’t help.