Ingredients
Method
Rice Cereal Preparation
- Soak the rice and dal for 30 mins (optional only if you have the time). Rinse it well and drain the water
- spread it on a clean kitchen towel or plate and air dry it for 30-40 mins. You can also sun dry it for 15 mins.
- roast the rice, dal, and ajwain in low flame for 10 mins until the rice and dal are completely dry.
- leave the mixture to cool done.
- transfer it to a blender (spice grinder or small jar blender) and blend it to a fine powder.
- sieve the powder if you see any grains or if the powder is coarse
- store it in an airtight container
Rice Porridge Preparation
- take 1 tsp of rice cereal and 3/4th cup water in a saucepan and mix it thoroughly making sure they are no lumps.
- put the saucepan on medium heat and stir continuously to avoid lumps.
- cook it for 12-15 mins until the mixture thickens to a porridge consistency.
- once cool, serve it to the baby. You can either spoon-feed them or load the spoon and offer the spoon to the baby if you are following baby-led weaning.
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Notes
Start with this simple rice cereal, as the baby gets used to it, you can make it multi-grain with urad dal, moong dal, ragi, barley, etc.
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