This Rice Cereal for babies is the perfect first food for baby! All you need to do is to make the powder and making the porridge is super easy!

When it’s time for baby to start solids, it’s natural for us to reach for rice. It’s a good choice too, since it’s easy digestible, has a very low risk of allergy and is neutral enough for baby’s palate.

6 months is the WHO-recommended age to start solids, and we’ve got the perfect recipe to begin with – rice cereal porridge or Arisi Kanji. It’s a single ingredient food, also known as a Stage 1 food. Here, we make our own homemade rice cereal powder and store it, so it’s always available to make your own homemade rice porridge for baby.

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Rice Cereal for Babies Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup Ponni rice

Method to prepare the rice cereal :

1. Wash the rice thoroughly until the water runs clear. Drain and spread it thinly on a cotton cloth to air dry for 2 to 3 hours.

2. Now dry roast the rice in a heated pan for 4-5 minutes on low flame. Allow the rice to cool down .

3. Grind it to powder using a mixer grinder. Our rice cereal is ready. Store it in an airtight, clean glass jar and use as per need. This mix can be stored for 3 – 4 months.

Method to prepare the porridge :

1. Take 2 tablespoon of the homemade rice cereal in a pan. Add 1 cup water to it. Whisk it well.

2. Now transfer the pan to gas top and allow the mix to boil and cook for about 7 minutes or until it thickens a bit.

3. Keep stirring continuously to make sure the porridge does not catch the bottom of the pan.

4. Put off the flame. Transfer the porridge to a sterilized dry bowl and serve to your baby. You may further dilute the porridge with breast-milk if desired.

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Rice Cereal Porridge Recipe

When baby completes 6 months of age, she can be introduced to solid food. Arisi kanji or rice cereal porridge recipe is an ideal food for the baby as it is single cereal food.

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Course: porridge

Cuisine: Indian

Author: Hemapriya

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup Ponni rice

Instructions

• Method to prepare the rice cereal :
• Wash the rice thoroughly until the water runs clear. Drain and spread it thinly on a cotton cloth to air dry.
• Now dry roast the rice in a heated pan for 4-5 minutes on low flame. Allow the rice to cool down .
• Grind it to powder using a mixer grinder. Our rice cereal is ready. Store it in an airtight, clean glass jar and use as per need.
• Method to prepare the porridge :
• Take 2 teaspoon of the homemade rice cereal in a pan. Add 1 cup water to it. Whisk it well.
• Now transfer the pan to gas top and allow the mix to boil and cook for about 7 minutes or until it thickens a bit.
• Keep stirring continuously to make sure the porridge does not catch the bottom of the pan.
• Put off the flame. Transfer the porridge to a sterilized dry bowl and serve to your baby. You may further dilute the porridge with breast-milk if desired.