Homemade Sprouted Ragi Powder Recipe | Ragi Porridge for Babies
Ragi porridge is one of the first semi-solid food most of us start for the babies. Such a protein rich healthy porridge. We can prepare this Homemade Sprouted Ragi powder and store it and use whenever we need to make porridge. Learn here how to make Homemade Sprouted Ragi Powder with step by step pictures, video and instructions.
Servings: 200 gms
Calories: 92kcal
Equipment
- Mixing Bowl
- Mixer Grinder
- Sauce Pan
Ingredients
For Ragi Powder
- 1 Cup Ragi (Finger Millet) 1 Cup - 250ml
For Porridge
- 1 tablespoon Homemade Sprouted Ragi Powder
- 2 tablespoon Palm Jaggery We can use Panam kalkandu
- ¼ Cup Milk Optional. Adjust as needed
Instructions
Making Sprouted Ragi Powder
- Wash the ragi thoroughly. Add water to soak the ragi and keep it soaked overnight.
- The next morning, drain the water from soaked ragi. In a clean white cloth, add drained ragi in the cloth and bring all the edges of towel together and tie it like a potli.
- Keep this potli aside in a cool place till the ragi is sprouted. Generally if the weather is hot or warm, then it will take approximately 12 hours. Since the weather in my place is cold, it took nearly 28 hours for the ragi to get sprouted. So patiently wait and leave the tied up towel aside in a cool place till the ragi gets sprouted.
- Once the ragi is sprouted, heat a pan and dry roast the sprouted ragi till it is hot. If you have a sunny weather, then you can spread the sprouted ragi in a towel and keep it in a sunny place for 4-5 hours
- Take the hot sprouted ragi in a mixer jar and grind it to a smooth powder. If you have access to rice mill, then grind the sprouted ragi in mill then the flour will be very very smooth. But if you don’t have access to mill, then use your mixer jar and grind it in intervals to get a smooth powder and make sure you are not overloading the mixer and also not making the motor hot.
- Once ragi powder is ready, sieve the powder to get a smooth powder without any fibers
- Store the Sprouted Ragi Powder in an air-tight container to retain the freshness
Making Porridge
- First in a sauce pan, add water and palm sugar and bring it to boil till it gets completely dissolved. Keep this juice aside
- In another sauce pan, add water and ragi flour and stir well to break the lumps. Heat this mixture and stir continuously in medium flame till the porridge gets thicker.
- Strain the palm sugar juice to the thick porridge and keep stirring till it is thicker
- Switch off the flame. Allow the porridge to cool off completely. Milk is optional. Before servin make sure its not too hot for the babies.
Video
Nutrition
Serving: 25g | Calories: 92kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 0.25g