Puffed rice is nutritious and can be easily made into tasty recipes. It is nutritive with good amounts of vitamin D, calcium, iron, and fiber. The most important point is that it easily gets digested and also helps in aiding tremendous energy to babies. Puffed rice can be made into different snack recipes like puffed rice balls, After 8 months puffed rice can also be given as an energy giving finger foods for babies. We have added the weight gaining ingredient bengal gram to the puffed rice and made into instant porridge powder. Hence this recipe helps in gaining healthy weight in babies. The Puffed Rice porridge can be given to babies from 7 months. It is also an ideal travel food for tiny tummies.
How to make Instant Puffed Rice Porridge at Home?
Ingredients:
- Puffed Rice – 100 grams.
- Bengal Gram – 30 grams.
- (Roasted & de-husked)
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Method:
1. Heat a pan.
2. Add puffed rice and saute.
3. Add Roasted gram and saute.
4. Let the mixture cool.
5. Add the mixture in a grinding jar.
6. Grind well.
7. Puffed rice powder is ready.
8. You can store it in an airtight container for 3-4 Months.
How to Make Puffed Rice Porridge?
1. Take 2 tbsp. of Puffed rice porridge powder.
2. Add piping hot water to the mixture.
3. Stir without lumps.
4. Travel friendly Porridge is ready.
For babies above one year, the same porridge can also be made with cow’s milk instead of water. This recipe is a instant nutritious handy meal which is so convenient to carry around during travels.
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Nutritive value per 100 gms :
Calories 335
Protein 10 .96 g.
Iron 7 .26 mg.
Carotene 26 μg
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- Puffed Rice - 100 grams.
- Bengal Gram - 30 grams.
- (Roasted & de-husked)
- Heat a pan.
- Add puffed rice and saute
- Add Roasted gram and saute.
- Let the mixture cool.
- Add the mixture in a grinding jar.
- Grind well.
- Puffed rice powder is ready.
- You can store it in an airtight container for 3-4 Months.
- How to Make Puffed Rice Porridge?
- Take 2 tbsp. of Puffed rice porridge powder.
- Add piping hot water to the mixture.
- Stir without lumps.
- Travel friendly Porridge is ready.
This is chana dal or dalia??
Hi Akshata,
We have used the bengal gram which is roasted and de-husked.
The puffed rice I bought from store seems salty….is it safe to use that? My baby is only 8 months old
Hi,
Please don’t add salty ingredients in baby’s food till baby becomes 1 year.
Normally we wash dal before cooking.how can it be okay to use unwashed dal like in your receipe?
Hi Vipra,
We have used roasted and de-husked Bengal gram which can even be consumed as it is 🙂
How do I make puffed rice that I will use for baby cereal at home?
Hi Robina,
It’s a simple process dear. Pour little oil into a pan, heat it and then add rice and fry it for 5 to 10 seconds. Take out the puffed rice and put it in a baking sheet so that the extra oil is removed.
Good Evening. Please advise if the powder needs to be roasted for few minutes before adding water or can we directly just add water to it and cook for few minutes before giving to the baby. My baby is almost 10 months old. Also can i add little dry fruits powder to this dish?
Thank you.
Hi dear, for instant powders you can directly add hot boiling water to the powder, stir well and leave it covered for 5 minutes. Yes you can add dry fruits powder for your 10 month old.
2 years old my little baby girl is a fussy eater can I give her this porridge.
Dr Hemapriya
Please advice me your recepie “Instant Puffed Rice Porridge” with cup measurement if i take 1 cup puffed rice how much gram dal i should take. And also clarify 1 cup = 250 gms right?
Dr Hemapriya,
i would like to ask instead of roasted bengal gram can we add roasted moong dal? i heard bengal gram dal is little gassy…. please advice me………….
Hi dr.Hema! My kid is 10 months old, presently I’m giving him moong daal n rice khichri ,moong daal n rice kheer(cooked in water) Makhana kheer,parle G biscuits,banana …..I use palm sugar and jaggery ,rock salt for his food ….is it ok? M I giving enough food to him,plz.let me know what shud I feed him fm.morning till night which is healthy I’m really confused, how much water do babies need for entire day ?….thnx.in adv ..
Dear Madhu, You can check our food chart of 10 months. And avoid any salt and sugar of any sorts till the baby turns 1 year. You can also refer to the article on weight gain on the site.
Hi hema mam,
Thanks a lot for ur precious and delicious menu for babies.. it is very very useful for me.. i m mom for 9 months girl baby. By following ur blog i am giving solids for my baby..
I am really in love with ur blog…..it’s the most wonderful form of social service anyone can do which even excels medical profession… Hats off to u doctor mommy…:)
Dear Ayesha,
Thank you soo much for your appreciation and feedback, it means a lot to me 🙂
Cheers
Hema
Your website is really amazing and is a great guide for new moms like me.Thank you so much for the awesome recipes and guidance.
in this recipe is roasted bengal gram same as putani..or do you mean the dry chana dal which has to be roasted and then powdered.
Hi Shrin,
It is dry chana dal roasted and powdered
Good One!!
hi,
This site is really helpful to mothers like me. great work.
I wanted to ask that if adding hot water is enough to these instant porridge powder than isn’t it the same method we are using to prepare satthu maavu or the cerelac powder which you have asked to cook for 10 min.
so will these instant porridge powder get cooked just by adding hot water? what the difference between two?
Hi Srija,
In health mix there are many ingredients so they need to be cooked, for these instant porridges there are maximum 3 ingredients and since they are roasted nicely, they can be easily cooked with hot water
hi Dr. Hema
bengal gram is not avail in our place….so can i add roasted chana dal instead of bengal gram ??? 🙂
Hi devi,
yes you can add roasted chana dal
Hi, This website is very good and informative . Receipies in this forum are so tasty. I have one question that can i use Mong dal instead of bengal gram in all porridges.
Hi Dhanashri, Yes you can substitute with moong dal
Hi my daughter is currently on sixth month. Can i give this porridge with salt, as puffed rice is salty
Hi, please wait atleast till 7 months to give this porridge
Hi
I don’t want to make sweet this puffed rice porridge can I add salt to it.
Thanks
How old is your baby?
He is 9month.
Hi,
I have a question. what is the need to add roasted gram dal to make this porridge?
I mean, roasted gram is heavy and gassy in nature.
Is this good for baby?
Thanks.
Hi Priya, It is to add flavor to otherwise bland puffed rice porridge, you will be adding just a tablespoon to the porridge, so you can definitely give the baby