When your baby gets bored to the usual ragi porridge, raw banana porridge, and wheat porridge, then this sooji porridge comes as a lifesaver. 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 it in an airtight container in the fridge and use it accordingly.
3) If you want a finer and smooth kheer, powder the roasted sooji in a blender, this will make smoother kheer and your baby will find it easy to swallow. I make it that way only. The texture depends upon your baby's 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) Don't 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 a sweetener. Karupatti strengthens your baby bones. Panakarkandu helps to prevent 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 a little thicker and feed your baby using a spoon.
How to make Sooji Kheer for Babies & Infants :
Ingredients:
Sooji / Semolina / Suji / Rava – 2 tablespoon
Jaggery /Sarkarai / Vellam / Palmsugar – 2 tablespoon
Clean Water – 1 cup
Ghee – 1 tsp
Formula Milk – 1/4 cup (Use cow’s milk for babies above 1 year)
(I use lactogen for my baby)
Method:
Take a clean saucepan 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 saucepan add in jaggery and some water. Heat it till jaggery melts. Now strain this mix and pour it into a saucepan.
Add in roasted sooji and mix well. Cook till the sooji is well cooked, it will take around 10 mins.
Now remove the saucepan from heat and let it cool a bit. Meanwhile, make formula milk. Pour this milk to the warm sooji kheer and mix well.
Pour into sterilized bowls and feed your baby.
