Cook Porridge Pot, Cook!

I've been meaning to do a post like this since baby no. 5 started eating porridge. I want to show you how I cook my baby porridge! Why? Not because my porridge yummier than others. It's because I LOVE the vacuum pot I've been using and it's soooo great and I NEED to share it with everyone.

Even if I'm not getting any commission for it. Blah. :P Well, I'm not selling any brand in particular, but cooking porridge for baby, daily, in this kind of pot is fantastic.

So, this kind of pot basically is an inner pot which can be placed on the fire, and an outer holder which holds a vacuum, exactly like a hot water flask.

It was kinda hard balancing the camera while getting a nice pic of rice grains falling. :)

So, I scoop 2 tablespoons of special porridge rice into the pot. This is for baby's lunch and dinner.  

 

So I wash the rice, changing the water twice. I save the water to water the plants. 

So I fill the water level to about this much. Less water than conventional boiling cooking. 

So, I put this inner pot on the flame and start bringing the water to a boil while I prepare the other ingredients.

 

Today's porridge has Japanese sweet potato in it.

 

I peel and cut it up like this. Cut it cross ways so that the aren't any long strands. Same with fish, cut against the grain so that there aren't long strands that will choke the baby.

My 10 mth old only has 6 cutie little teeth so most of the "chewing" she does with her tongue against her hard palate. :)

 

I look in my freezer and found I had run out of the usual frozen cod that I use, the ones that are in smaller chunks. Those are handy. So I pulled out these which I had meant for the family. :)

 

So everything goes into the pot at once and bring it to a rolling, steamy boil. (about 4-5 mins.)

 

And here's the beautiful part. After 4 mins on the fire, it comes to a rolling boil, you simply close the lid, place the inner pot into the vacuum pot and put that lid on, turn off the fire and THAT'S IT! It will continue cooking like that!

The idea behind this is that this pot looses heat very very slowly, that it can cook a porridge in about half an hour. For me, I do this in the morning, sit it on the table and at around noon, the baby has her lunch to eat.

If you're like me, busy around the house with no time to sit around in the kitchen to watch a boiling pot of porridge, (who does???) I tell you, this technology is a god-send! No boiling over, no charring (or in our lingo, chao tah.)

So, lunch time rolls along, and I sashay into the kitchen.

Get the feed-ee ready! I'm ready!!

 

So this is how it looks when I open the pot. Everything is mashable and soft.

I take half the portion and close the lid. It will keep warm till 6 pm! (another BIG plus point.)

 

Ok, so I felt that the porridge was a teeny bit drier than I would have liked. So I add hot water to it. No problem. I begin mashing it for baby while she waits.

This is the reason why I don't chop everything into very very fine bits. It's easier to mash one bigger piece than many. You may miss a few if they're too small.

 

Meet our Mickey Mouse bowl we've been using for every baby since no. 1, 10 years ago! :)

Anyway, the porridge is now nicely smooshed and ready to be fed!

Nonono, baby, you're supposed to SMILE and make it look like you LOVE this yummy porridge mummy made for you!

LOL

It was a little too hot, hence the frown.

But, yup, that's the porridge pot I highly recommend for other mommies who have to cook porridge daily.

You want one more very good reason why you should use this pot? Not only does it save electricity and/ or gas, and you can walk away from it while it cooks...

... you can actually bring it with you while it cooks!! Tell me, which other appliance can do that??

This pot didn't come with this bag. We happened to find one that fits so snugly. :) 

This is how I can feed baby porridge on a Sunday at church without having to get up at some weird hour to cook it.

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Comments

[Tay Hwee Ling]

double thumbs up! I've got three of these (in various sizes) and early in the morning, I settle lunch and dinner's soup in them so that I can do school without worrying about putting food on the table.

[Suwei]

Yae, Hwee Ling! Wow, I never even thought of having two or three pots going simultaneous like that! heehee. :p

I also have the medium sized one for the family. Tonight, I used it to keep the food warm while we went to the park.
Besides soup, I think it's really great for curry as well. And of course, stews! :)
(But you know that already. ;) )

blessings,
Suwei

[Suwei]

Hi Sammi,
that's wonderful. doing tea!

[Felicia]

woo, sis suwei, where did u get this mini pot? wanna get one too! the ones i see outside are usually so huge :(

[Suwei]

Hi Sis Felicia,
:) This one we're using is Thermos brand. We bought it at Tangs. It's good to wait for sales.

blessings,
Suwei