Sprouted Ragi Flour for Babies
Homemade Sprouted Ragi Powder makes a great first food for babies. Sprouted ragi powder is also known as baby ragi powder recipe which is made using sprouted ragi. I have shared recipe for ragi powder without sprouting. Learn How to Make Ragi Flour at Home for babies and how to make porridge out of it with step by step pictures.
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Servings: 1 kg
Ingredients
For Making Sprouted Ragi powder
- 1 kg Ragi (organic)
For Making Ragi Porridge
- 1 tbsp Sprouted Ragi powder
- ½ cup water
- 1 tbsp karupatti (palm jaggery)
Instructions
For Making Sprouted Ragi powder
- To make fresh ragi porridge. Start by washing fresh ragi by rubbing with your hands in lots and lots of water to get rid of dirt and other ucky stuff. Do this step at least 4 to 5 times to make sure that your ragi is absolutely clean.
- Now soak them in fresh clean water overnight. Next morning drain it. Now take a colander and line it with a clean white cheese cloth or muslin cloth. Transfer the ragi in the cloth and tie it up.
- Now place in a cold and dark place and leave it undisturbed for 12 to 15 hours. I leave it for a whole day.
- Next day morning, you can see small sprouts coming out from ragi. Now spread the ragi in a clean cloth or plate and dry it under fan or sunlight for 5 to 6 hours till it is completely dry.
- Now heat a large kadai. Add the dried ragi in it and roast on a very low flame till it is lightly toasted. Remove it to another big plate and allow it to cool down.
- Now give this to mill and powder it finely. If you have a powerful blender you can powder it at home, do it in small batches. It will take long time to powder the ragi. After you powder it pass it through a fine sieve. Allow it to cool down and store in a air tight container.
- You can store the ragi powder in cupboard. But for safety purpose i store it in fridge.
For Making Ragi Porridge
- Take a saucepan, add in 2 tbsp of karupatti. Now pour in ¾ cup of clean water. Heat this up and cook until the karupatti is melted. Cool this down completely. Take a bowl and a fine mesh strainer. Sieve the liquid through this.
- Now add a tbsp of homemade ragi powder in the liquid and mix well so no lumps are formed. Now pour this liquid again through the sieve in the saucepan.
- Heat this on a low flame stirring continuously. Cook this for around 4 to 5 mins till the ragi is cooked and thicken.Take it off the heat, allow it to cool down and transfer it to feeding bowl or feeding bottle and feed your baby.
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Notes
Sprouting - Ragi doesn't sprout much. Sprouting depends on climatic conditions as well. So if your ragi doesn't sprout, it is not an issue. You can proceed with the roasting. Allow it to sprout longer will make it mould and smell bad.
Roasting - make sure ragi is completely dry before dry roasting for easy roasting.
Consistency of porridge- 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. Sweetener to Use in porridge - I use panakarkandu or karupatti as sweetner. This is how i do. Take a small piece of karupatti or a piece of panakarkandu in a saucepan, add some water in it and heat it up till it is melted. Then i strain that and add ragi powder in it, strain again and cook them together. Karupatti strengthens your baby bones. Panakarkandu helps prevending cold for your babies. You can even mix up a small piece of both.
it little thicker and feed your baby using a spoon. Sweetener to Use in porridge - I use panakarkandu or karupatti as sweetner. This is how i do. Take a small piece of karupatti or a piece of panakarkandu in a saucepan, add some water in it and heat it up till it is melted. Then i strain that and add ragi powder in it, strain again and cook them together. Karupatti strengthens your baby bones. Panakarkandu helps prevending cold for your babies. You can even mix up a small piece of both.
How to Make Ragi Powder without Sprouting
You can skip the soaking and sprouting part completely in this recipe if you want regular ragi powder. Wash ragi and strain it in a fine mesh strainer. Dry it completely under sun. Roast ragi till lightly toasted. Grind them in mill to fine powder. Tried this recipe?Mention @yummytummyaarthi or tag #yummytummyaarthi!
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