I have started giving ricecereal for my 5 month old daughter. I would like to give her ragi kanji...could someone please give me hoe to make it. Do i have to use ragi flour for that? thanks saraga replied. Ragi is very healthy diet for kids. I have a home made receipe with ragi along with other pulses. Is very rich in fibre, protiens, carbohydrates, iron, calcium. Also kids like this.
this is easy for the moms who stay in India. but find all the ingredients in indian stores.
Ingredients;

section 1;
1.moong dal
2.ragi
3.wheat
4.barley

All in equal quantites. soak all the pulses separatly dry in shadow and fry them till brown in low flame.

section2:

1.saagu
2.badaam
3.fried gram
all in eqal quantities
as sec1
fry 1 & 2.

Now grid all the ingredients in sec 1 &sec 2 to coarse powder. just like semolina.

This is certainly a long process, but you can store it for 3 to 4 months once made and can give as breakfast or at snack time or even as lunch for younger kids.

cook the powder in water (it takes a couple of min) , add milk and jaggery (jaggery is best as it is rich in iron) ofcourse u can use sugar.
This tastes just like kheer.

Just a day work but can use every day for 3 months.

hope this helps you

this is a traditional food which we give to babies from 6/7 mon. Reply replied. Hi Ekta,

If you are an Indian living abroad, please walk in to an indian store and ask them for Ragi. They will have it. If not any provosion store in India would have it. It looks like mustard seeds except that it is brown in color. Ekta replied. Hi All,

Can i ask what is Ragi?, what is the english translation for this?
It sounds interesting and if i knew what it is maybe i can prepare for my 8 1/2 month old son.

Thanks
Ekta Minka replied. My son is around 8 months old and loves ragi kanji made by cooking with water and added curd, salt and pepper in it Reply replied. Well it's best if you can preparing it yourself instead of getting the readymade Ragi Flour.

Get Ragi which is avalilable in the market. Soak it overnight and then grind it to a fine paste. Sieve this so that you get a fine paste. Let this settle down. Once it does drain off the water which you get on the top.

Then to prepare the porridge, take this mixture, add sufficient water, a bit of formula milk powder and for sweetness add sugar or jaggery or kalkandam. Keep in the fire and keep stiring till this mixture thickens. If it thickens too much then loosen it by adding a bit of hot water. Cool it and then feed your baby.

Remember always prepare the porridge fresh.

Happy feeding.....