This is my maiden attempt in preparing porridge for my girl. My SIL handed me a packet of baby grains during my last visit to her place after my course sometime in March 2015. I first introduced her to puree when she was in her 7th month. And, she had her first taste on porridge at 9th month old (May 2015). After much research and read ups, I finally feel motivated and decided to start her on plain porridge before introducing meats or other vege in her diet. This is how I cooked her porridge (after asking around/ doing researches from the Internet on how to cook porridge in a small portion):
Baby grains containing
organic calrose white rice, organic pearl black rice, organic Thailand brown rice, organic long grain rice and sweet millets.
The recommended consistency is 1:5 (rice : water) ratio. Thus, I
measured a half of a 2/3 cup with 5 halves of water of the same cup.
Rinse the grains and soak
them with filtered drinking water, best for an hour before cooking. But I skipped this
stage after 10 minutes or so due to time constraint.
Since I didn’t soak the
grains long enough, I used boiling water to soften as well as to accelerate cooking
process.
Once cooked, I pureed them
with my Ladyship essence extractor, which to me was a gem. It is not only
sturdy but safe to blend even when the porridge is still piping hot.
Verdict: I didn’t
expect my girl to take the plain porridge so well. I am a happy mommy! I will make it a point to restock after this :)
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