Red Rice Cereal for Babies and Toddlers

Red Rice Cereal is made up of simple and wholesome ingredients and is homemade with care and love for your little one. It can be given to babies from 6 months. If you want to add dry fruits, you can give this to 8 months+ babies. If you are planning to introduce red rice cereal early, then you need to consider skipping dried nuts and follow the rest of the procedure.

Red Rice is a highly recommended first grain for babies and it is easy to digest. Unlike polished White Rice, it is rich in vitamins and other essential nutrients. Fried Bengal Gram, another key ingredient of this cereal mix, is nutritious and makes this cereal protein-rich. Do not worry about constipation or gas as it is used in a decent ratio.

By having this cereal ready, baby food can be prepared in a jiffy. You can also make this cereal interesting by adding flavors to it like dry fruits powder, pureed fruits, or mashed vegetables. Thus ensuring you offer varieties to your baby and also increase the nutritional value.

Benefits of Red Rice for babies:

• A good form of carbohydrates – helps in weight gain.

• Various essential Vitamins – Improves the overall health of your baby.

• Contains antioxidants – Improves Heart health and reduces inflammation.

• Rich in Iron – Improves blood circulation.

• Facilitates Bowel movements – Red rice is rich in fiber, helps treat constipation.

We have other baby-friendly Cereals mix in our blog like :

• Urad Dal Cereal
• Barley Cereal

Recommendations for Travel-Friendly Cereal mix :

• Instant Oats Cereal mix
• Instant Porridge Cereal mix

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Red Rice Cereal for Babies and Toddlers

Red Rice Cereal for Babies and Toddlers

Red Rice is a highly recommended first grain for babies and it is easy to digest. Unlike polished White Rice, it is rich in vitamins and other essential nutrients. Fried Bengal Gram, another key ingredient of this cereal mix, is nutritious and makes this cereal protein-rich. Do not worry about constipation or gas as it used in a decent ratio.

Author:Kavitha Prashanth
Recipe Type: Porridge / Cereal Mix
Cuisine:Indian

Ingredients

1. Red Rice - 1 Cup
2. Friedbengalgram - ¼ Cup
3. Almonds - 10
4. Cashew - 5
5. Pista - 5

Method

1. Take a wide thick bottom pan, add Red Rice, and dry roast until the color changes for about 10-15 minutes or depending on the texture of the rice.
2. Transfer to a plate and allow it to cool. To the same pan, add fried Bengal gram or roasted gram and dry roast for a few minutes.
3. Transfer to a plate and allow it to cool. In the same pan dry roast the dry fruits and add them to cool along.
4. Once the mixture is cooled completely then transfer it to a blender jar and grind it to a fine powder. This is a Wonderchef blender jar, I use it for most of my recipes, and is highly convenient.
5. Once well blended, you can store it in an airtight container for future use whenever required. Sieve if it is necessary.

For making Porridge :

1. To a thick bottom pan, add the required amount of powder and add Palm sugar/Dry Dates Powder/ Organic Jaggery Powder.
2. To this, add Ghee followed by a required amount of water. Adding ghee for babies while making porridge increases the nutritional value and makes it a wholesome meal.
3. Mix all the ingredients with the required amount of water, so that no lumps are found. Switch on the flame and cook by continuously stirring it until the porridge consistency is reached.
4. Consistency should neither be too thick nor runny. Transfer it to a serving bowl.
5. Red rice Cereal porridge is ready to be served.

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Red Rice Cereal for Babies and Toddlers

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Method of making Red Rice Cereal

1. Take a wide thick bottom pan, add Red Rice, and dry roast until the color changes for about 10-15 minutes or depending on the texture of the rice.

2. Transfer to a plate and allow it to cool. To the same pan, add fried Bengal gram or roasted gram and dry roast for a few minutes.

3. Transfer to a plate and allow it to cool. In the same pan dry roast the dry fruits and add them to cool along.

4. Once the mixture is cooled completely then transfer it to a blender jar and grind it to a fine powder. This is a Wonderchef blender jar, I use it for most of my recipes, and is highly convenient.

5. Once well blended, you can store it in an airtight container for future use whenever required. Sieve if it is necessary.

For making Porridge :

1. To a thick bottom pan, add the required amount of powder and add Palm sugar/Dry Dates Powder/ Organic Jaggery Powder.

2. To this, add Ghee followed by a required amount of water. Adding ghee for babies while making porridge increases the nutritional value and makes it a wholesome meal.

3. Mix all the ingredients with the required amount of water, so that no lumps are found. Switch on the flame and cook by continuously stirring it until the porridge consistency is reached.

4. Consistency should neither be too thick nor runny. Transfer it to a serving bowl.

5. Red rice Cereal porridge is ready to be served.

Red Rice Cereal for Babies and Toddlers

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