Oats Porridge - healthy porridge recipe made with homemade oatmeal cereal. As promised, here are the detailed steps to make simple porridge using oatmeal cereal. This oats porridge recipe can be given to babies from 8 months. This porridge tastes good even plain without adding any additional sweetener or salt. But you can add any fruit puree, dates syrup or raisins paste to enhance the taste. For babies above one year, you can make this oats porridge with cow's milk (instead of water) and sugar/jaggery syrup! Tastes delicious! Check oats banana porridge recipe here to get an idea to add how to add fruit puree as a sweetener. Also, check my Porridge recipe collections for six month plus Babies
Here is how to make healthy oats porridge recipe for babies and toddlers.
Oats Porridge Recipe for Babies, Toddlers, and Kids
Oats Porridge - healthy porridge recipe with homemade oatmeal cereal
Ingredients
- Homemade oatmeal Cereal - 1/4 cup
- Water - 3/4 cup
- Breastmilk/ Formula milk/ Cows milk - 1/4 cup
- Dates syrup/any sweetener - 1-2 tbsp optional
Instructions
- Take 2 tbsp of oatmeal cereal mix in a saucepan. Add 3/4 cup of water and mix well with a whisk. Make sure there are no lumps remained. Add sweetener at this stage. Give a quick stir.
- Cook the porridge for 5 minutes until it becomes slightly thick. Then add cow's milk if using. Cook it further for 2 minutes and switch off the flame. Cool it down and serve warm. If using breastmilk/formula, add it once the porridge is cooled down.
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Method:
1. Take 2 tbsp of oatmeal cereal mix in a saucepan. Add 3/4 cup of water and mix well with a whisk. Make sure there are no lumps remained. Add sweetener at this stage if using. Give a quick stir.
2. Cook the porridge for 5 minutes until it becomes slightly thick. Then add cow's milk if using. Cook it further for 2 minutes and switch off the flame. Cool it down and serve warm. If using breastmilk/formula, add it once the porridge is cooled down.
The delicious oats porridge is ready!
Notes :
- If the porridge becomes too thick, add boiled water/formula or breast-milk to adjust the consistency while feeding your baby.
- You could also use 3/4 cup of boiled cows milk instead of water for babies above one year.
- Skip sweetener for babies below one year. Use fruit puree, dates syrup or raisins paste (soak raisins overnight and make a paste with little water using a blender and add it)
- Always check with your doctor before giving any new food to your baby.
Amy
Can this be made in bulk and stored?
gkfooddiary
You can make the oats powder in bulk and store. oats porridge should be consumed fresh or with in 3-4 hours from the preparation
Rose
While traveling,it's not possible to heat it Na...So can it be given just by adding some hot water to cereal...It is given in https://gkfooddiary.com/oatmeal-cereal-powder-babies-toddlers-oats-powder-baby/
Kalyani
yes if you used quick cooking oats type
Oviya
Hey hi.. may I know Which brand oats do you use? I use Quaker and not sure if it's good for the babies.
Kalyani
I use different brands each time. Check out whether oats don't have preservatives or any extra ingredients added before buying. Check out more details about selecting oats here: https://gkfooddiary.com/oats-baby-food-recipes-can-give-my-baby-oats/
Neelam Sakhrani
If we use rolled oats powder for porridge, what will be Cooking time
Kalyani
it takes at least 10-15 mins for rolled oats to cook
Neelam Sakhrani
Even if we have roasted n powdered rolled oats ,still cooking time 15 mins?
Kalyani
yes maybe 3-5 mins less than the actual cooking time
Neelam Sakhrani
How may whitsle to cook rolled oats in pressure cooker
Kalyani
maybe 1 whistle
PD
Can i Use Oats flour instead of this? IF yes, how much time it may take to cook?
Kalyani
yes, you can use oats flour. may take 5-7 mins