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Ragi Or Finger Millet Powder/ Malt Recipe for Babies 6 Months & Above

February 16, 2018

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Ragi Or Finger Millet Powder/ Malt Recipe for Babies 6 Months & Above  - Recipe image with step-by-step cooking instructions
Time:Prep: 14h 0m|Cook: 10 M|Total: 14h 10min
Makes:10 Servings
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Cuisine:Indian

A simple and healthy ragi malt /powder that is a perfect baby and toddler beginners food. Ragi is great source of iron, protein and calcium and helps build the baby's bones. Ragi or finger millet is extremely nutritious - it is gluten-free, low in fat, and the food prepared from it is easily absorbable and digestible by baby/toddler bodies. Ragi porridge is one of the best baby weaning foods and is best introduced after 6 months of age. 

Ragi also known as finger millet or nachni is one of the many grains that has made a come back in the recent years and regarded as the most healthiest form of whole grain. A whole grain is a grain that contains the bran, germ and endosperm while refined grains are processed and only the endosperm remains. Ragi is a crop that can be grown in the harshest of weathers and therefore a perfect grain for the Indian subcontinent. 

Note: One serving is 2 tablespoons of Ragi Powder. To make one cup of porridge for your baby, 2 tablespoons of Ragi Powder would be the suggested quantity.

With this Ragi flour, you can make Ragi Porridge/Kanji or even use it for Ragi Dosa or Ragi & Oats Rava Idli Recipe

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Ingredients

    1 cup Sprouted Ragi

Instructions for Ragi Or Finger Millet Powder/ Malt Recipe for Babies 6 Months & Above

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    To begin making Ragi Powder/malt, you have to sprout the Ragi seeds first. Here's How you sprout Ragi Seeds

    2

    Once the process of sprouting is completed, transfer the sprouted Ragi to a plate and dry it in shade. This process of drying the Ragi seeds will take at least 4-5 hours.

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    Once the ragi has dried, roast the ragi seeds on a pan on low flame for 5 minutes. Roasting helps bring out the nutritive value of Ragi. 

    4

    Let the roasted ragi sprouts cool. Once cooled grind to make a fine powder in a mixer grinder. 

    5

    Take the powder out of mixer jar and pass it through a sieve so that only fine grain passes through. 

    6

    Store this Ragi powder in an airtight container and use for up to 3 months. 

    7

    With this Ragi flour, you can make Ragi Porridge/Kanji or even use it for Ragi Dosa or Ragi & Oats Rava Idli Recipe



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