Wheat is a healthy food for baby and should be introduced after 8 months. When I started wheat for my baby, I have given plain wheat porridge with Apple or jaggery as a sweetener and checked whether she is allergic to wheat. She doesn’t show any symptoms. Later I want to make the wheat porridge more healthy and I have prepared wheat flour mix powder with wheat flour moong dal and almonds. This powder can be stored in a air tight container and stays well for a month. After my baby turned one, I have started adding cow’s milk to this porridge.Please also check my Porridge recipe collections for 6 month plus Babies
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Wheat Porridge Recipe for Babies | Baby Food
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Healthy wheat porridge for babies with wheat flour, moong dal and almonds.
Author: Kalyani
Recipe type: Baby Food
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
- Wheat flour mix powder - 2 tbsp
- Powdered jaggery - 1.5 tbsp (optional)
- Water - ¼ cup + ¼ cup
- Cows milk - ¾ cup ( don't add for babies under one year )
For making wheat flour mix powder
- Wheat flour - 1 cup
- Moong dal - ½ cup
- Almonds - ¼ cup
Instructions
Preparation
- Sterilise 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 vessel until use.
- Boil cows milk (if using) in a sauce pan and keep it ready.
Method
- Firstly, we need to prepare the wheat mix powder to make the porridge. Measure wheat flour, moong dal and almonds in a measuring cup and keep everything ready. Then heat a pan and dry roast the almonds for five minutes in low medium flame or until it changes its colour here and there. Remove roasted almonds from the pan and transfer to a blender. Let it cool down for sometime.
- Then wash the moong dal well in running water and dry it under sun for 30 minutes or you can directly start roasting in a pan. Add moong dal in the same pan and dry roast it until it changed to golden brown. It may take five minutes. Remove the roasted moong dal from the pan and add it to the blender.
- Once almonds and moong dal are cooled down, grind it together in the blender to a smooth powder. Then sieve it with a siever and collect the sieved powder in a wide plate.
- Now Dry roast the wheat flour for five minutes in low medium flame for 5 minutes or until nice aroma comes. Then switch off the flame and add the ground moong dal almond powder to the roasted wheat flour and mix it well. Once done, cool it down and store it in a airtight container.
- Next step is to make porridge with the wheat mix powder. Take 2 tbsp of wheat mix powder in a sauce pan. Add ¼ cup of water to the powdered jaggery and boil it in a separate vessel until it melts completely. Then filter out the jaggery water using a strainer in the sauce pan with wheat flour mix added.
- Add ¼ cup of water to the wheat flour with jaggery and mix everything slowly with a whisk. Make sure that there are no lumps formed. Cook the wheat flour in medium flame until everything cooked completely. Stir it continuously while cooking otherwise porridge may stick to the vessel. Add milk now to the cooked porridge. (Skip adding milk if you are preparing this porridge for a baby under one year ). Boil the porridge until it becomes thick. Remove from flame once done and cool it down. The porridge becomes thick after cooling down. So switch off the flame accordingly.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 1
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 vessel until use.
2. Boil cows milk (if using) in a sauce pan and keep it ready.
Procedure :
1. Firstly, we need to prepare the wheat mix powder to make the porridge. Measure wheat flour, moong dal and almonds in a measuring cup and keep everything ready. Then heat a pan and dry roast the almonds for five minutes in low medium flame or until it changes its color here and there. Remove roasted almonds from the pan and transfer to a blender. Let it cool down for sometime.
2. Then wash the moong dal well in running water and dry it under sun for 30 minutes or you can directly start roasting in a pan. Add moong dal in the same pan and dry roast it until it changed to golden brown. It may take five minutes. Remove the roasted moong dal from the pan and add it to the blender.
3. Once almonds and moong dal are cooled down, grind it together in the blender to a smooth powder. Then sieve it with a siever and collect the sieved powder in a wide plate.
4. Now Dry roast the wheat flour for five minutes in low medium flame for 5 minutes or until nice aroma comes. Then switch off the flame and add the ground moong dal almond powder to the roasted wheat flour and mix it well. Once done, cool it down and store it in a airtight container.
5. Next step is to make porridge with the wheat mix powder. Take 2 tbsp of wheat mix powder in a sauce pan. Add 1/4 cup of water to the powdered jaggery and boil it in a separate vessel until it melts completely. Then filter out the jaggery water using a strainer in the sauce pan with wheat flour mix added.
6. Add 1/4 cup of water to the wheat flour with jaggery and mix everything slowly with a whisk. Make sure that there are no lumps formed. Cook the wheat flour in medium flame until everything cooked completely. Stir it continuously while cooking otherwise porridge may stick to the vessel. Add milk now to the cooked porridge. (Skip adding milk if you are preparing this porridge for a baby under one year ). Boil the porridge until it becomes thick. Remove from flame once done and cool it down. The porridge becomes thick after cooling down. So switch off the flame accordingly.
Healthy wheat porridge is ready to feed your baby.
Notes :
- Skip cows milk if your baby is under one year old.
- Check whether your baby is allergic to wheat and stop feeding your baby if you find any symptoms.
- Always check with your pediatrician before introducing any new food.
- I use 24 mantra organic jaggery powder for my baby porridge’s.
- Offer this porridge plain when you start. Try to avoid jaggery/ palm sugar/ palm jaggery or any kind of sweetener at least till one year, Add very little amount than mentioned or prefer sweet tasting fruits/vegetables like apple, banana, carrot etc or even dry fruits like raisins or dates.
Hi kalyani how to make plain wheat porridge to check for allergies?
Same method as mentioned above to make porridge.. Make it with water n add Apples or any other fruit as sweetner if you wish.,similar to this: https://gkfooddiary.com/2015/09/wheat-halwa-for-babies.html
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Can we give this porridge in evening for 15 month old baby.
Yes
Can i give the porridges for my 3 year old daughter?.Thank you for this post very useful.Wish I had known earlier.
Yes you can give along with other family foods
hi ..
I am confused by the name wheat flour . Do you mean the chapati flour we get from shops ?
Thanks in advance.
Yea you can use chapati atta. But make sure its made of whole wheat without multigrains or maida. You could also use homemade wheat flour made from wheat grains !
I meant chapati flour
This blog is really great. The information here will surely be of some help to me. Thanks!. Thai Food Recipes
Kalyani, can this be given to 8+ months old baby at night (dinner). Any risk of constipation? Also, we use homemade whole wheat floor, do we need to sieve it before use? Thanks for the lovely recipes.
Kalyani, is it ok to give this porridge in dinner for 8+months? Any risk of constipation in morning? Also , we use homemade whole wheat floor, do we need to sieve it?
yes this wheat porridge can be given at night, It wont cause constipation and yes you should sieve the homemade wheat flour!
Can we use formula or breast milk to add in this porridge for a 9 months old ?
Yes… You can add
When stored for how long the flour will be good?
Do you mean wheat flour?