Banana And Ragi Porridge Recipe For Babies And Toddlers

A beautiful combination of ragi porridge and mashed bananas that is so delicious that your baby or toddler will lap it up completely in one shot.

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Banana And Ragi Porridge Recipe For Babies And Toddlers
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Banana and Ragi Porridge is a wholesome meal consisting of ragi porridge or ragi kanji along with mashed bananas. The meal is so simple to make and delicious to eat as mashed banana is used as a sweetener to the ragi porridge. 

Ragi or Nachni as its called is one of the most popular baby weaning foods in India and especially in Southern India. Ragi is a storehouse of Iron and calcium - these nutrients being one of the major nutrients required during the growing years for a child. Ragi keeps the stomachs of the babies full for a longer time ang giving them immense energy for their play activities. '

Serve this delicious porridge of Ragi and Mashed banana to your babies/toddlers who are over the age of 6 months. 

If you like this recipe of Banana and Ragi porridge, here are a few more porridge recipes

  1. Ragi Kanji / Porridge (Baby Food - 6 months onwards)
  2. Homemade Multigrain Baby Cereal Recipe (Baby Porridge)
  3. Homemade Rice Cereal Recipe (Babies-4 months onward)

Cuisine: Indian
Course: Lunch
Diet: Vegetarian
Prep in

2 M

Cooks in

10 M

Total in

12 M

Makes:

2 Servings

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon Ragi Flour (Finger Millet/ Nagli)
  • 1 Ripe Bananas , Small Banana preferably yelakki

How to make Banana And Ragi Porridge Recipe For Babies And Toddlers

  1. To begin making the Banana And Ragi Porridge, we need to first make sure we have home made ragi powder.

  2. You can learn How to Make Ragi Powder at home in this link. In a pan, add 1/4 cup water and bring it to a boil. 

  3. Reduce the heat and add the ragi powder. Keep stirring while you add the ragi powder. 

  4. Ragi usually quickly thickens up so make sure to keep stirring until the porridge is a bit slightly thick. 

  5. Turn off the heat at this stage and allow it to cool a bit. 

  6. Meanwhile, on a plate, mash a banana using the back of a fork. Make sure there are no lumps

  7. Add this banana mash to the ragi porridge and mix well. Your Banana and Ragi porridge is ready to be served. 

  8. Serve this delicious porridge of Ragi and Mashed Banana to your babies/toddlers who are over the age of 6 months.