Homemade Ragi Milk Powder For Baby - Ragi milk powder made with ragi milk. Ragi is the best food for babies as its rich in calcium and iron, which is necessary for baby's growth and development. I have already shared ragi milk porridge prepared with extracted ragi milk.
This ragi milk powder is prepared by soaking ragi, extracting ragi milk, drying, grinding then roasting to a fine powder. It comes handy, and you can make instant ragi milk porridge with this ragi milk powder. This ragi milk porridge cna be given to babies from 6 months.
Here is how to make homemade ragi milk powder and ragi porridge recipe for babies.
Ragi Milk Porridge for Babies | How to Make Ragi Porridge for Baby with Homemade Ragi Milk Powder
Ragi Milk Powder - Ragi powder and porridge made with extracted ragi milk, which makes excellent food for babies.
Ingredients
- Whole Ragi seeds- 1 Cup
- For Ragi Milk Porridge:
- Homemade Ragi Milk Powder - 2 tbsp
- Water - 3/4 Cup
- Ghee - 1/4 tsp
Instructions
- How to make Ragi Milk Powder For Baby
- Take ragi in a vessel and wash it by rubbing well with your hands. It has lots of mud so repeat the process 2 to 3 times unless it is clean and get rid of all dirt.
- Then soak the ragi in clean water for 12 hours. Keep it covered (with provision to some air to enter) while soaking. After 12 hours, open it. The color of the ragi will be slightly changed after soaking.
- Then drain the water completely. Transfer the drained ragi to a blender. Add 1/4 cup of water to it and blend for 2 minutes.
- Again add 1/4 cup of water and grind it till smooth.
- Now extract the ragi milk by straining using a cheesecloth. Squeeze out the milk entirely by stirring with your hand. Discard the ragi and collect the milk in a saucepan. Repeat the process if necessary. You can also use a strainer and press with a spoon to extract the milk.
- Transfer the extracted ragi milk to a container. Close it with a lid and keep it undisturbed for 30 mins. After 30 mins, water flows on the top.
- Drain the water alone and transfer the remaining thick ragi milk to a tray.
- Dry it under the sun for 2-3 until it dried completely and begin to split. Cover it with a thin cloth to avoid dust. Then transfer the dried pieces to a blender.
- Grind it to a smooth powder
- Sift the ground ragi milk powder using a sieve. Then dry roast the ragi milk powder in the pan for 3-5 minutes or until it is hot to touch. Switch off the flame once done, cool it down and store in an airtight container.
- How to make Ragi Porridge For Baby with Homemade Ragi Milk Powder
- Take 2 tbsp of homemade ragi milk powder in a pan and add 3/4 cup of water to it.
- Add in few drops of ghee. Mix well with a whisk. Make sure that no lumps are formed.
- Cook the ragi in low flame for 5 to 7 minutes or until it is thoroughly cooked. Once the ragi is cooked, it will be thick and glossy. Let it cool down and feed your baby warm.
- Healthy ragi milk porridge is ready to feed your baby.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g
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Method :
How to make Ragi Milk Powder For Baby
1. Take ragi in a vessel and wash it by rubbing well with your hands. It has lots of mud so repeat the process 2 to 3 times unless it is clean and get rid of all dirt.
2. Then soak the ragi in freshwater for 12 hours. Keep it covered (with provision to some air to enter) while soaking. After 12 hours, open it. The color of the ragi will be slightly changed after soaking.
3. Then drain the water completely. Transfer the drained ragi to a blender. Add 1/4 cup of water to it and blend for 2 minutes.
4. Again add 1/4 cup of water and grind it till smooth.
5. Now extract the ragi milk by straining using a cheesecloth. Squeeze out the milk entirely by stirring with your hand. Discard the ragi and collect the milk in a saucepan. Repeat the process if necessary. You can also use a strianer and press with a spoon to extract the milk.
6. Transfer the extracted ragi milk to a container. Close it with a lid and keep it undisturbed for 30 mins. After 30 mins, water flows on the top.
7. Drain the water alone and transfer the remaining thick ragi milk to a tray.
8. Dry it under the sun for 2-3 until it dried completely and begin to split. Cover it with a thin cloth to avoid dust. Then transfer the dried pieces to a blender.
7. Drain the water alone and transfer the remaining thick ragi milk to a tray.
8. Dry it under the sun for 2-3 until it dried completely and begin to split. Cover it with a thin cloth to avoid dust. Then transfer the dried pieces to a blender.
9. Grind it to a smooth powder
10. Sift the ground ragi milk powder using a sieve. Then dry roast the ragi milk powder in a pan for 3-5 minutes or until it is hot to touch. Switch off the flame once done, cool it down and store in an airtight container.
How to make Ragi Porridge For Baby with Homemade Ragi Milk Powder
1. Take 2 tbsp of homemade ragi milk powder in a pan and add 3/4 cup of water to it.
2. Add in few drops of ghee. Mix well with a whisk. Make sure that no lumps are formed.
3. Cook the ragi in low flame for 5 to 7 minutes or until it is thoroughly cooked. Once the ragi is cooked, it will be thick and glossy. Let it cool down and feed your baby warm.
2. Add in few drops of ghee. Mix well with a whisk. Make sure that no lumps are formed.
3. Cook the ragi in low flame for 5 to 7 minutes or until it is thoroughly cooked. Once the ragi is cooked, it will be thick and glossy. Let it cool down and feed your baby warm.
Healthy ragi milk porridge is ready to feed your baby.
Notes :
- Store the Ragi milk powder in an airtight container. It keeps well for 1-2 months in the room temperature or in the refrigerator.
- Squeeze out and extract the milk slowly so that you get the milk entirely and no husk.
- If you forgot to soak the ragi overnight, soak it in hot water for 3 to 4 hours & continue with the remaining steps.
- Make sure the ragi gets cooked thoroughly.
- Consistency is purely your choice. Add boiled water to adjust consistency.
- This porridge becomes thick after cooling down, so add boiled water to adjust the consistency if needed.
- Adding sweetener is your preference. It tastes good even without that.
- For toddlers, you can add a pinch of salt. It tastes yum.
- Always check with your pediatrician before introducing any new food.
- Offer this porridge plain when you start. Try to avoid jaggery/ palm sugar/ palm jaggery or any sweetener at least till one year, Add minimal amount than mentioned or prefer sweet-tasting fruits/vegetables like apple, banana, carrot, etc. or dry fruits like dates or raisins.
Schywlaker
Hi, Thanks a lot for the recipes. Quite helpful as we are about to start solid food for our baby. Do you have any suggestion on blender that can be used for making rice/ragi powders as well as other powders/purees
Kalyani
for powders, I would suggest powerful blenders like Preeti or Vitamix . for purees I used magic bullet and Philips avent
Parveen
Any other way to dry the ragi milk? Am in cold country, no sunlight to dry the milk
Kalyani
you can fan dry it or keep it in the oven with just lights on
Ramyatha
Hi.. thank you for recipes.. it is really helpful for new mom's.
How many days can we store these powders? And can we keep them in refrigerator?
Kalyani
Ragi milk powder stays good for a month or two if appropriately handled. And yes, you can keep it in the refrigerator.
Aishwarya
Hello . I made this recipe as per ur instructions . First I made porridge by extracting milk freshly . I also tried making instant ragi milk powder . But in ragi milk powder I feel it tastes little sour when compared to the fresh one . Can u please suggest some remedy ?
Kalyani
If the ragi is dried for too long or weather is humid, it may turn sour. if it tastes too sour, better not to give it to baby
Hema
Hi done the same following al the steps .. But on first day wen it was dried completely , there was a smell comin from t the next day .. how to avoid that ?
Kalyani
The slight sour smell from ragi is typical. If it is dried completely, you can grind it now.