Here comes the next variety of infant malt, again prepared by mom.
This is a combination of ragi (finger millet), wheat, rice and green
gram. All the grains are sprouted, dried, and then ground. We did not
sieve it, as we wanted some texture to remain, making Adu go one step
further from very smooth porridge. However it is fine enough to feed
a 6 month old.
I introduced this to him after 3 weeks of starting on solids,
after the first plain ragi malt was finished. He did take moderately
well to this, though not as much as the former one. I realised it was
probably because of the weird flavour that green gram added to the
malt. I tried by cooking it for longer, and the green gram flavour
subsided considerably. He then started enjoying it.
Now, after he is 8 months old, I've been giving him a lot of semi
solids and a few soft dosas and other stuff, but this ragi malt also
features in his diet quite regularly, which he enjoys. Having a tin
of home made malt comes in really handy at times, when the kiddo is
bored of other stuff, or you want to mix and match and experiment
(More about the experiments later)
Ragi Sari / Nutritious Multi-grain Malt
Ingredients:
Ragi - 1 kg
Wheat - 200 g
Green gram - 200 g
Rice - 200 g
Method:
- Soak ragi, wheat and green gram separately for 6 - 8 hours.
- Drain the grains and tie them separately in a clean muslin cloth for germination.
- Green gram will germinate in 8-10 hours while wheat and ragi will take 48 hours to germinate.
- Wash rice and drain
- Cover the sprouted grains and rice loosely with a thin cloth and Sun dry separately
- Once dry, roast the grains till it gives a nice aroma and mix together
- Cool completely and grind it to a fine powder. I got it done in the flour mill. A powerful mixie would also do the job
- Store in an airtight container and use for the porridge.
Great recipe, I wonder and it will be liked by my kid too. I will try this out the coming weekend. Keep posting. In the mean time, have a look at my blogs also: http://compoundwisdom.com/
ReplyDeletethanks for the beautiful recipe. could u also suggest the shelf life of the recipe. Assuming I give it 1-2 times a day, its gonna last for months.,does it require refrigeration? Also does roasting the powder after powdering it , make it last longer??
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