When your baby gets bored to the usual ragi porridge, raw banana porridge and wheat porridge, then this sooji porridge comes as a life saver. It is so easy to prepare and so healthy for babies too. There are certain things you have to read must before making this.
Things to remember before making this:
1) Roast sooji well in the ghee this makes it easy to digest in babies.
2) You can roast sooji in bulk and store in a air tight container in fridge and use it accordingly.
3)If you want a finer and smooth kheer, powder the roasted sooji in a blender, this will make more smoother kheer and your baby will find it easy to swallow. I make it that way only. The texture depends upon your babies interest.
4)For babies above 1 year old you can make this kheer with cow's milk, for babies below 1 year cow's milk is not advisable.
5) Dont add formula milk to hot kheer, since formula milk should not be cooked, let the kheer comes to a warm temp in which you feed your baby, then add the prepared formula milk.
6)I use panakarkandu or
karupatti as sweetner. Karupatti
strengthens your baby bones. Panakarkandu helps prevending cold for
your babies.You can even mix up a small piece of both.
7)If you feed a good bowl of this for your baby. Your baby will sleep peacefully for a good 2 to 3 hours. It is that filling.
8)Sooji doesn't cause constipation in babies.
9)Sooji is easy to digest and non allergenic food.
10)The
consistency of the porridge which you make totally depends on you. You
can make it too runnier and pour it bottles and feed your baby or make
it little thicker and feed your baby using a spoon.
How to introduce solid food to your baby:
How to sterilize baby feeding bowls:
Start
by sterilizing the bowls and spoons which you are going to feed your
baby. Take the bowl and spoon in a large saucepan, cover it with water
and bring them to a boil. Boil it rapidly for 5 mins. Now you can turn
the heat off and leave them stay in the hot water till use.
How to make Sooji Kheer for Babies & Infants :
Ingredients:
Sooji / Semolina / Suji / Rava - 2 tblspn
Jaggery /Sarkarai / Vellam / Palmsugar - 2 tblspn
Clean Water - 1 cup
Ghee - 1 tsp
Formula Milk - ¼ cup (Use cow's milk for babies above 1 year)
(I use lactogen for my baby)
Method:
Take a clean sauce pan and add in a tsp of ghee. Add in sooji and roast it on a low flame till it turns light golden.Now remove that to a bowl.
In the same sauce pan add in jaggery and some water. Heat it till jaggery melts. Now strain this mix and pour it into a sauce pan.
Add in roasted sooji and mix well. Cook till the sooji is well cooked, it will take around 10 mins.
Now remove the sauce pan from heat and let it cool a bit. Mean while make formula milk. Pour this milk to the warm sooji kheer and mix well.
Pour into sterlized bowls and feed your baby.
Pictorial:
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| Heat a tsp of ghee in a sauce pan |
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| Add couple spoonful of sooji |
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| start roasting |
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| till it turns golden. |
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| Remove them to a bowl |
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| Now take jaggery in the same sauce pan |
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| add water |
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| heat it up |
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| melt it down |
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| strain it |
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| clear jaggery liquid |
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| Pour it into the sauce pan, wash it before pouring |
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| add roasted sooji in it |
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| mix well |
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| cook till the sooji is cooked |
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| Cooked, now let it cool a bit |
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| Mean while make some formula milk |
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| pour the milk into the kheer |
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| mix well |
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| feed your baby.. |
priya s
Wow arthi.. I'm a new viewer.. Can I give these all purees , porridges, pomogranite juice 4 my baby now.. She just completed 6 months..
priya s
Can I use panangkarkandu instead of jaggery 4 tis suji kheer..
Anonymous
Hi,can i give wheat rava instead of white rava
Hamaree Rasoi
Kheer looks so comforting and delicious to taste. Excellent preparation.
Deepa
Aarthi
@priya syes u can give
Aarthi
@priya syes u can add panangkarkandu
Aarthi
@Anonymousyes u can use wheat rava
niro
Excellent arthi.good work.keep going.step wise photos makes this excellent.
sathu
Nice one aarthi. What is palmsugar? Is it the usual jaggery or a different kind? My hubby brought palmsugar from a store but it does not look like the one in your pic. It is black in colour, smells like mehendi powder and not too sweet. Is it the right one?
sathu
Nice one arthi. What is palmsugar? Is it different from normal jaggery? My hubby bought something called thati / nalla bellam. Its not like the one in ur pic. It is black in color and smells like mehendi n not so sweet. Is it the palmsugar?
Aarthi
@sathuI think that is karuppati. You can use that.
jaspreet sahiwal
Hi Arti
I am from Punjab .Is jaggery same as gur of punjab
Aarthi
@jaspreet sahiwalyes it is same
Lathi L
hi aarthi,
if i use wheat rava should i roast in ghee as we do for normal rava?
Aarthi
@Lathi LYes u can roast it a little
Abeer
Wow it's wonderful recepie helpful for dr mummies like me who are not good in cooking lol ... arthi wonderful job plz can u help me to give khichdi or dalya recepie
Abeer
How can I see other recepies ? Can I use sugar instead of jaggery
Aarthi
@Abeeryes u can use. but jaggery is healthy
meenal verma
Aarthi can u help me.. my baby is nw completing 7 mths but I m not able to give her khichdi.. tried thrice n she likes it too but every time it ends up giving her constipation. . Also which top feed formula milk do u suggest as I have tried nan pro and similac advance but they both caused constipation. . Pls suggest what to do as I Feel rice gives her constipation
Aarthi
@meenal verma Rice is good for babies, i use the rice which we eat daily. And in many babies the motion will get thick when u feed solid foods like rice, and it is not constipation. It is normal in babies. And i feed lactogen for my baby
izamma
arti i really loved ur blog,,spcly for ma lil champ :)and am tensed bcoz all ur recipies its jaggery used and i used panamkalkandu till now..am sad about it..now am switching to jaggery 🙂
Sumi Azhagiri
Hi aarti, i really wanna thanku for all ur baby recipes...hope my son wil like this kheer..gonna start give him from tomorrow 🙂
kalyani
Which brand of suji u used for your baby? I am.going to start this for my baby. Thanks in advance.
Aarthi
@kalyaniI buy any good brand sooji..each time it varies
Zehra A
This recipe is very easy to make and something much different than the ragi porridge I make for my baby regularly. My baby too loved this new porridge when I gave her during her meal time.Your pictorials are really helpful.Good work.
Payal Sunder
Hi arti wht is karuppati
Aarthi
@Payal SunderKarupatti is palm sugar
shahistha sheikh
Hi arthi. .what is panakarkandu?
Aarthi
@shahistha sheikhit is rock candy
Anonymous
Can I give this when they have cold and cough
Aarthi
@Anonymousyes u can
Shruti Kukreja
Hi Aarthi thanks for your easy receipe ... can I feed Suji to my daughter without adding milk ...she is on breast milk and I have not started with formula milk she is 7 months + .. And can u suggest some foods for runny nose please I m alone here in USA .. Your reply will highly appreciated thank you.
Aarthi
@Shruti KukrejaYes u can feed this without adding milk. there is no special recipe for runny nose, u can give idli, dosa
madhavi
From wat age can v start giving suji porridge ?my son is already taking ragi porridge.can he take this
Aarthi
@madhaviYou can start giving this from 6 month. U can feed this along with ragi too
priya
Hey aarthi can I give this for my six months old baby
Aarthi
@priyayes u can give
Aarthi
@Disha Rana4 month is too early for solids, wait for 1 more month and start solids
Anonymous
hi aarathi..bensi rava or normal rava?
Aarthi
@Anonymousnormal rava
Anonymous
Can we use semolina intead of sooji? as it is said there is difference in the two.
Aarthi
@Anonymousyes u can use semolina
Anonymous
Can i replace rock candy instead of jaggery?
Why you choose jaggery?...
Aarthi
@Anonymousyes u can use, jaggery is full of iron
sumera saleem
Hello,
Pelase advise, can I use sugar instead if Jagreey ? And, Can I give Nestle yogurt to my child ? She is now 7 Months old.
Aarthi
@sumera saleemyes u can use sugar. Give homemade yogurt.
Manasa
Aarthi you have a lovely blog with great recipes for babies.I fed my 6 month old baby Sooji kheer and he loved it. He slept straight for 3 hours after the feed. He loves all fruits and most of the food with sweet flavors. I also want to feed him with food without any sweet taste.
Which recipe would be a good try with a pinch of salt in it?
Tamizh G
Hi, please share me more food item which can feed for 1 year old baby
Aarthi
@Manasacheck out my porridge recipes here,
https://www.yummytummyaarthi.com/2014/08/homemade-baby-food-recipes-weaning.html
Aarthi
@Tamizh Gcheck these links
https://www.yummytummyaarthi.com/2014/08/homemade-baby-food-recipes-weaning.html
http://yummytummyrecipeindex.blogspot.com/2010/02/baby-food-recipes.html
Tania
Hi aarthi,
I am following u r blog for a long times. U r hard work is very much appreciable ...I have a year old baby can u please advise me on some iron rich foods ( he is having iron deficiency and fed only breast milk and no other milk)... I have not started egg yet.. and he is a very fuzzy baby I am too worried on his health.
Aarthi
@Taniawill share soon
gayatri ladge
Can I give this for 4 months baby.
Aarthi
@gayatri ladgestart after your baby is 6 months
janhavi309
Lovely recipes! Can I add banana to this kheer?
Aarthi
@janhavi309yes u can add
Prabhakar c.s
I tried it today and it came out very well... Thanks for the wonderful recipe mam...
Anonymous
Can we use Samba wheat rava?
Aarthi
@Anonymousyes u can
Anonymous
Thank u aarthi.. but a question arrise..Is jaggery safe for baby?? Some websites advised that advised that jaggery is too sweet and baby may be much addicted by it and it can also cause stomach problems. .Is it true?? I am just loving your baby food recipes.. Please provide some suggestions on jaggery!!!
Aarthi
@Anonymousjaggery is good for babies. You can even give palm sugar or panankarkandu for babies.
Anonymous
If it is samba wheat rava should I pressure cook or same as this way?
Aarthi
@Anonymousu have to pressure cook else it will take long time to cook
payal
i too used to give my baby suji kheer but i give butter instead of ghee and the whole preparation complete then i pour or add a dates(khajur)in that hot kheer to make the kheer sweetner.i specially avoid sugar,instead of that i give dates.Is this ok????i have a 15mnths old baby girl.
Aarthi
@payalyes u can add dates
Jasmin Fullfair
Can I use simple sugar instead of jaggery? My baby is five months old and doctor has suggested us to start solids..
Aarthi
@Jasmin Fullfairno jaggery is best for babies
Pooja Nair
Hi...my son is not on formula milk..only b/f..can i add water?
Aarthi
@Pooja Nairyes u can
Anitha Anbazhagan
Can I feed this porridge as dinner menu for 7 month completed baby?
Aarthi
@Anitha Anbazhaganyes u can
Annu
Can you use butter instead of ghee?
Aarthi
yes u can use butter
Anonymous
Can i roast suji (rava)without ghee?
Aarthi
yes u can roast sooji in a dry pan as well
Surya Unniraja
Is it safe to give ghee to six months old baby
Aarthi
yes u can give ghee to 6 month baby
Unknown
Hi ...can we give this suji kheer to 12 month old daily??
Aarthi
yes u can give
Vasudha Misri
My baby is 8months old...he is allergic to similac, curd and milk...wat should i do.he is on breastfred and ok with that.but whenever i gave outside milk product whereever it touches...it shows redness
Aarthi
You can add some breast milk to this after the mix is cooled
Diya
What is difference between Bombay rawa , bansi rawa , chiroti rawa, organic rawa ?
Which to use for baby ?
I have asked a lot of queries on several posts in your blog.. hope you do reply.. Eagerly waiting
Aarthi
you can use bombay rawa
Anonymous
is it ok to give food s sweet in regular intervals..i mean.. i heard that salt and sugar should be avoided till 1...but.. is it ok to give sugar or jaggery or palm jagerry or panagarkandu..
Aarthi
yes u can give.
Unknown
Hi Arthi,
My daughter is 1yr old n I am feeding her suji kheer everyday in thebreakfast.. Is it safe to feed her suji every day??
eswari
Helooo arathi! Jus tell me..how to preapare home made gheee
Devendra Tripathi
Nice Post on it.. i hope everyone will like your post.. keep it up Sir...
Cakes to indore
Anonymous
Thanks aarthi u r a Sevier
Meena
Hi
Can we give sooji made from idali rava to baby as it seems thick and baby finds difficult to swallow.
Please advise
Thanks
Aarthi
yes u can