This Instant Porridge Food Recipe for babies and infants is the first post of the Travel Series. The main concern of many moms while travelling is
” How to feed their babies quality homemade food?”
Here are some ideas which will help you to carry food for your baby without hassle of carrying too many containers of food items.
Although almost all the recipes look similar, they aren’t so, please carefully read the measurements and make the powders, as a slight difference may affect the taste and shelf life of the powders.
Proportion of the contents
The proportion of cereal and pulse can range from 2:1 to 3:1.
Roasted groundnuts or gingelly seeds could also be added in the proportion 4:1 or 5:1.
How to prepare the Instant Porridge ?
- Take about 4 Table spoons (according to your requirement, this is a sample measurement) of mix.
- Add 100 ml of boiled hot water to get a thick consistency.
- Add a tea spoon of oil or ghee to increase the energy content.
- Feed the infant with the spoon.
- The instant porridge can also be fed to the child after reconstituting with dal, water, gravy, milk etc.
- Mashed fruit (Banana, Chiku, Papaya, Mango, etc.could also be added to the food).
The powders have a shelf life of 6 months if preserved in an airtight container.
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Instant Food Mix Recipes
[riview id=341 num=2000 orderby=title order=asc showtitle=always lightbox=0]I know you would be having lots of doubts and queries, quote them as comments below each recipe so that the answers will be useful for all the readers.
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Recipe Source – Food and Nutrition Board, Ministry of Women and Child Development.
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Hi mam,
My daughter is 4 years old, she eat only chapathi, puri and curd rice and not interested to take sambar rice and variety rices…..and a very poor eater.please let me know how to make my kid to eat properly.
Some kids are rather picky eaters. Please give her dry fruits powder and other fruits to keep nutrition in place. You could try some of these foods dear https://www.mylittlemoppet.com/20-super-healthy-weight-gain-foods-babies-kids/
Hello Mam,
I have a 6+ months old baby and we are travelling to tirupathi for 3 days and i wont have access to cook for him, so for 6+ months old which is the best instant mix i can give. I started solids for him after he completed 6 months, till now i gave him rice, dal , apple banana, carrot.
So pls let me know which is the best for him. Also can we add salt, sugar or jaggery to his food? I am adding banana or carrot to his rice porridge till now but i am not sure if its a gud practice to mix fruit and rice.
Subhashini, check the travel packs here. https://shop.mylittlemoppet.com/shop/travel-basket-for-babies/
Hi Dr.Hema,
im a mother of 14 months old baby..My doubt is can i give rice and rasam at night. and can i give curd at night…
Thanks.
If you are giving curd at room temperature, ideally it is not a problem atall. And similarly giving rasam is also fine. Always give small portions for the first few days to ensure that baby is comfortable.
Hello my baby boy was born on 23 Jan this year so he will complete his 5month this month 23,and then I will have to start giving him food I’m breastfeeding him can u tell me what should I start first and when should I start giving him food? I’m very confused
HI Aarau, After 5 months you can give your little one soups like dal soup and rice soup. Once he completes 6 months you can give purees and porridges. You can refer to the article on How to start solids for more information
Hello doctor!
My daughter is 14 months old and we will be traveling to hardwar for 4 days, for meals I can carry instant porridges but what about milk as I am giving her dairy cow milk.
Very much tensed about her milk and milk product meals as I give her milk including milk products 3 times a day.
Please suggest
You can carry milk in tetra pack that is available in the market, it does not require boiling. You sould open it needed and use it toprevent it from spoiling.
Why all instant mixes have chana dal in it… Can the same be prepared instantly widout it or jst d single ingredient (say for eg only Ragi, can jst instantbRagi porridge be prepared by jst adding Ragi powder and hot water?
Lil confused about just adding hot water an cooking on stove… Powders used r same then how to distinguish
To make instant porridges you need to add pulses and cereal in the given ratio. For Instant ragi porridge powder roasted ragi and roasted Bengal gram powder in the ratio of 2:1 should be ground together.
My baby is 7 months now and I bought wheat Dalia and moongdal instant mix . When I gave her just pouring hot water she refused to eat . How can I enhance the taste.
When at home , can we cook instant porridge for 5 mins ..
Hi,
Instant porridge can also be cooked if required. To enhance the taste you can add ghee/vegetable or fruit purees to it dear.
it does not matter if the rice and dal are cooked by boiling or cooke3d by roasting, the heat changes the food to be cooked, adding water to the powder only allows it to become moist, not to cook it, boiling water does not have the temperature to cook rice or dal in such a short time, it is just that boiling water will absorb more quickly into the powder than cold water. thank you for these recipes they were exactly what i was looking for, i am in ireland! so not accostomed to all the ingredients but cant wait to try them.
Hi doc – my son is 9 months now. Still giving him only idly and home made puzhungal arisi kanji. Will this be impacting his growth milestones
Naveena, my suggestion is to follow a food chart and give various veggies and fruits according to baby’s age. https://www.mylittlemoppet.com/10-months-baby-food-chart/
Hi hema, I am visiting your site for the 1st time. I am a maharashtrian living abroad. I will be travelling with my lo for the first time from kuwait in June . After reaching india will be going on a 6 days trip . My lo will be 10 months by then. Can you suggest me few recipes so I can feed him
You can check these instant porridge recipes. Our instant food products that you can give your baby are available on the online store, they come in handy while travelling.
My little one is 8 month old, is it fine to give homemade rice cereal since u have mentioned pepper. Please advise.
Dear Anu,
Yes you can give
Dr hema
Hi .. My daughter is 10mth , I liked your recipes . I like introduce this to my baby but I m worried cuz she has cough nd cold and wheezing problems .. When ever I try to give ragi porridge easily she will get cold cough fever all at Tim e so I stop giving know she fine . I dono it cuz of ragi r any other health issues . but pead doco suggest give ragi .. What shal I do ?shal I give ragi porridge r not ? Are should I introduce any other porridge expect ragi , which should given . thanks in advance
My ddaughter is six months old .i wanna know is it nnecessary to roast whole wheat in hot sand to make any of wheat pporridge?
From wat age can u start with the instant powder recipes
Hi, you can start after 6 months after introducing all the basic foods like rice and dal
My doctor advised me to give porridge made with rice,sooji and wheat from 6 months. U have advised from 8th month so when should I start this.
I need a receipe for sooji porridge. Can I add all the pulses for my kid. Does it get digested.
Thanks in advance.
Hi sathya,
You can give sooji porridge , here is the recipe Sooji Porridge You can give this health mix with all the pulses in it
Hi Hema,
I am big fan of your blog.I have one query..my lo just completed 7 month today .his weight is 8.3 kg n height only 64.5 cm wh is below avg for this age. We , me and my hubby is not very much shrt. We r of avg height. Can you pls advice wh type of food I can offer to him so that his height would be atleast increase a lit bit….TIA
Hi Ananmika,
Height is mostly genetically determined, so don’t worry about his height, give healthy food, that will help him reach the height he is destined to 🙂
Hi Dr. Hema,
I am a new mother and new to this website as well. I found lots of useful suggestions and variety of foods.
My L’ll one is 11 mnths old. And usually we give him everything to eat what we eat. But after mashing and with little spices. And he enjoys eating everything.
My worry is, incoming August me and my l’ll one will be going to Vaishno Devi (withe some knowns). This trip will be of 4 days and 4 nights. What should I keep ready for him and what should I can give him to eat. So that also in new environment, he will eat that easily and keep his tummy full.
All the time I will have to carry him, so my hands will also be not free. By single hand, what are the homemade ready made items I can offer him to eat, which are easily digestive.
Because when we are in resort or in train I can use Electric cooker or Electric kettle, but while climbing the hills( 1 and half day journey), what i can prepare and keep with me to give him.
Please suggest.
Thanks
Hi Sheetal,
Carrying your baby and feeding in another hand is very difficult, here are few suggestions
1. Carry fruits like banana, apple
2. Homemade Cereal Snack bars or Granola bars https://www.mylittlemoppet.com/fruit-and-nut-granola-recipe-for-kids/
3. Carry Wholewheat frankie roll with veggies for the first meal of the journey
4. Purang Poli, can stay good for 2 or 3 days, it can serve as a heavy meal too (but yes it is a little high on sugar)
5. You can carry thin poha
Hai,
My lo is 6 months old, is it better to feed instant porridge while traveling. Please suggest me
Hi keerthi,
If you have introduced rice and dal you can go ahead and introduce it by 3 day rule
Hi Doctor,
I have been giving formula milk to my LO since she was born! Now she is 3 mnths. When can i start with semi solids! Plz let me knw! Thank u
Hi carol, please wait till 6 months to start weaning
Hello Dr,
My lo is 9 months old…. He wakes up at 4 in d morning and refuses to breastfeed… I haven’t introduced him to cows milk or tinned food… Wat do I give him at that hour? Pls help.
Hi Kokila,
have you tried Formula?
No. I haven’t introduced him formula yet
Maybe you can formula, as it is not possible to give him meal at that time
Hi Dr , thanks for these recipes. Which of these can be served as dinner to a 15 month old child?
Everything can be serves as dinner
Hi… upto what age can these porridge recipes be given to babies/toddlers? My 22month old is still fussy about breakfast
Hi Sumeet, this porridge can be given to children of all ages from 8 months
Hi Hema,
Nice to see your website and its contents …they are very helpful.Can you suggest some easy travel recipes for my 15yr old as she is a very fussy eater.She eats food when she is really hungry,But she becomes cranky all the times for not eating properly.She drinks lactogen still at nights.It will be helpful if you give your suggestion…
Thank you Meena, You can check this link for snacks to carry for travel, https://www.mylittlemoppet.com/category/travel-with-kids/home-made-food-for-travel/ Since your baby is over year old, try giving her cows milk in th enight
Thanks Hema for your reply.You have said to give cow’s milk at night,but my daughter is getting up by 3 or 4 am,So how to give Cow’s milk at that time?Help me out…
Thanks for this travel recipe with aval(porridge).She didn’t eat anything outside when we were travelling,other than porridge.That was easy,healthy and she liked the taste!
Hi Meena, good that your little one liked it 🙂 Prepare milk around 12 am and you can give her that milk at 3 to 4 am
Dear Hema,
Are you definitely sure that we needn’t cook these porridges? Have you tried them. Should the water be boiling hot when we add it?
I’m lil skeptical as we always used to make kanji by boiling in stove..
Please advise as I will be travelling with my baby after a month when she will be 10 months old.
Hi Preethi, I always try all my recipes and then post in the blog, infact these recipes are from the Ministry of Health and family welfare of India, they had published this as pamphlets long ago to give to parents visiting Primary Health centers. Try the wheat ones first as my daughter liked them more than the others, yes the water should be hot when u add it and stir leave for few minutes for the porridge to cook, try one recipe at home first before you take it for travelling
Thank you Hema,
Will try and let u know how it worked for me!
Yeah, sure let me know, I would to hear from you 🙂
Hi Hema, a similar doubt on the cooking.
Even in the sathhu maavu porridge powder, we roast all the pulses and cereals. Can that be just mixed with boiling water on the go, like these instant porridge recipes?
What makes these instant and different from the usual sathhu maavu kanji powder? Y does that have to be boiled with water, and these would be good with direct hot water mixing. I prefer the instant ones, hence seeking the difference
Thanks
Lalitha
Dear Lalitha,
In sathumaavu mix there are more than 10 ingredients and all may not cook equally with just hot water, that is the reason we cook it over stove. In instant porridges, the ingredients are 2-3 and we have choosen them because they cook equally 🙂
No need to cook rice or dal, will they digest…. need suggestion on which is the best in travel and good for tummy as my LO(~12 months) tend to pass hard stools.
Since we are roasting and grinding the rice and dal will be half cooked, when you add hot water, it will be fully cooked
I am confused since we never eat roasted rice n dal as such then how could a baby can eat n digest such food.
Why dal is mixed to sweet receipes ?
Since I am a southindian and our staple diet is rice, I have included it, you can use the wheat based recipes for your little one