Buckwheat porridge for babies

Baby food has strict requirements, so cooking should begin with the preparation of cereals. We sort out buckwheat, remove dark, unpeeled grains, husks and other debris.

Wash the buckwheat to clear water, put it in a bowl of a slow cooker and fry for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. We do not close the lid.

After roasting, fill the cereal with water, close the lid and cook for 40 minutes. Periodically open the slow cooker and check the condition of buckwheat, depending on the power, it may be ready a little earlier. The ideal state of the cereal will be boiled porridge with a small amount of water.

After disabling the program or when the buckwheat is ready, we transfer it to a sieve and drain the remaining water. We shift the buckwheat from the blender bowl, fill it with water, boiled cow's or breast milk. If a mixture is used, dilute the required amount with water and add the ready-made one to the porridge. Grind the porridge with the selected liquid to a completely homogeneous puree-like state. When there are no undiluted grains left, we check the ready temperature of the finished porridge and give it to the baby in a warm state.

Ready-made porridge does not have a pronounced taste, but this is exactly the menu that a child needs up to a year old. You can diversify the taste, add nutrients and vitamins with the help of fruit or vegetable purees, quail yolk or other products that the child is already familiar with. By the time of the introduction of cereal porridges, the baby most often happily eats mashed zucchini, cauliflower, pumpkin, apple, pear and banana. All these products will complement the menu and help the child decide to try a new, previously unfamiliar taste of buckwheat porridge.

Bon appetit!