The sorghum or jowar porridge can be given after 8 months to babies. It is also an ideal travel food for babies.
Other Names of Sorghum
1. Egyptian Millet in English.
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2. Cholam in Tamil.
3. Jwari in Marathi.
4. Jola in Kannada.
5. Jonnalu in Telegu.
How to make Sorghum / Jowar Porridge at home?
Ingredients :
Roasted Jowar Flour 45 g.
Roasted Bengal gram Powder 20 g.
Roasted Groundnut 10 g.
Method of preparation:
1. Mix all the ingredients thoroughly
2. Store in air tight container.
When needed add hot water to a tablespoon of powder, mix well and serve.
Updated on 1.02.2015
One of the readers had tried this porridge without Besan powder (as her baby didn’t like the taste) and had turned out very tasty.
Nutritive value per 100 gms:
Calories 388
Protein 11 .80 g.
Iron 4 .06 mg.
Carotene 43 .75 μg.
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Is 1 tbsp enough for 11 months baby?
Hi,
You can add the quantity or reduce as per your baby’s need dear.
How much qty is preferred for a 9-month baby?
Hi Arpita,
It depends dear. You can feed until your baby denies to eat
Hi mam, do we need to soak jowar , dry roast and then powder it??
Hi Dear,
Not to soak jowar, just dry roast and then powder it.
Hi Hema, Thank you for the service you are giving to mothers. Its beyond words. I have a doubt. Jowar can be sprouted as I read in your website. So Jowar flour means grinding the sprouted jowar after dry roasting. Am I right?
Hi Jyoti, glad to know that you find our resources useful. This recipe involves dry roasting the jowar without sprouting it and grinding it to a powder.
Hi, I have a doubt to make health mix powdee for babies do we need to wash all the grains and dry. Or can we just clean the grains and roast and powder. Because my mother used to say if we wash the grains in bulk then if we didn’t dry it well it may spoil easily so better not to wash in water just clean using muram and roast and grind.. Is this good way? …
Hi,
It’s better if you can wash, sun dry well and then dry roast and grind it for your baby.
can i add milk or baby powder milk to make like kheer.
Hi hema.. do v need to boil the powder with water until it’s cooked or just add hot water for are all d porridge powder u have mentioned.
Hi Sathiya,
Just ad piping hot water and leave for 5 mins and it is done
Yes hema… my son enjoyed the combn of salt n jeera powder without besan. Thankyou so much for replying on time n for good taste
Hi can we give this jowar to 6 months baby
Hi Manimalar,
It’s better if you can introduce jowar porridge between 7 to 8 months dear.