Many babies begin their semi-solids with barley. There are many ways barley can be included in baby food. They make excellent filler for toddlers too. Barley can be mainly used in soups.
We have 5 best barley recipes here particularly fit for babies and toddlers.
1. First Food for Babies (6 months)
Ingredients:
- 2 spoon of pearl barley.
- 1 cup of water.
Method of preparation:
- Wash the pearl barley under running water.
- Soak the barley in water for half an hour.
- Drain the water used for soaking. Add fresh water and blend. Make a smooth paste.
- In a different vessel, heat one glass of water.
- When the water begins to boil, add the blended barley paste and keep stirring.
- You cannot stop stirring as it will create lumps if you stop.
- It begins to thicken. Add water if needed to adjust the consistency.
- Boil for 10 to 15 minutes.
- Making a lump-free barley baby food is your responsibility. Serve when it is warm.
2. Barley with Yogurt
Prepare a barley smooth pap by boiling it in water as in the above recipe. Add little salt. Allow it to cool and then add little yogurt. This is a very tasty and healthy food for babies.
3. Spinach, Corn and Barley Soup for Toddlers
Recipe Ingredients:
- 2 spoon of pearl barley.
- Sliced onion (half bowl)
- Blended spinach (half bowl)
- Little sweet corn.
- One small garlic piece.
- Salt for taste.
- cumin seeds and coriander powder for additional flavor.
Prepare the spinach puree:
- Wash and clean fresh spinach leaves under running water.
- Heat a pan, add little butter or ghee and sauté the spinach leaves and garlic for few minutes.
- Transfer both spinach and garlic into a blending jar. Add some water and make a fine paste.
- Keep this aside now for the time being.
Prepare the barley:
- Now, in a bowl soak pearl barley in warm water for about 15 minutes.
- Drain the water used for soaking right before blending the barley.
- Add fresh water and blend barley into a fine paste.
- Keep the blended barley aside too. We will use this later. Read the full recipe here
4. Broccoli & Barley Soup Recipe For Babies/Toddlers
You will need: Broccoli, pearl barley, a small piece of garlic, few drops of soya sauce, salt and water to boil.
Method of preparing Broccoli & Barley Soup for Babies/Toddlers:
- Soak about a fistful of pearl barley in water for half an hour. Keep aside.
- Now, chop and clean broccoli under clean running water (this is a obvious step everyone does :-P)
- Heat water in a thick bottom pot vessel. When the water boils, add the tiny pieces of broccoli and let it boil.
- Now, drain the water in which barley was soaked.
- Add fresh water to the barley and make fine paste of the same. Also add a tiny piece of garlic while blending.
- Add the barley and garlic paste to the vessel in which broccoli is being boiled.
- Keep stirring without stopping.
- Boil for at least 10 minutes. Add water if needed to adjust the consistency.
- Add few drops of soya sauce. And also salt as per the taste.
- Boil for a couple of more minutes and switch the flame off.
5. Fried Capsicum in Toddler’s Soup Recipe:
Method of preparation:
- First of all soak pearl barley in a bowl of warm water and keep aside.
- Now, heat a spoon of cooking oil or butter in a pan.
- Add jeera seeds (this step is optional)
- Add garlic pieces and sauté for a minute.
- Then add capsicum pieces and tomato pieces.
- Sauté them well.
- Add coriander and cumin powder and heat for few more minutes.
- Transfer into a different bowl and set aside until the barley is ready.
By now you know how to cook barley. Yet, I will repeat here.
- Now bring back the soaked barley.
- Drain the water and wash the barley well.
- Add water or milk and blend to make a fine paste.
- Now heat a cup of water.
- When the water boils, add the barley paste you just made.
- Stir well without any intervals. Else you will see barley forming lumps in hot water.
- Boil for at least 10 minutes. Adjust the consistency by adding more water if needed.
- Add salt and the sauted capsicum and tomato to the barley.
- Let everything boil together for another one minute so that they blend well together.
Have you tried barley recipes for your baby?
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