Karama Village, Masizi Cell

Lesson of the Day: Consistency of Food

CHW leading the Nutrition Week lesson

Pounding small fish into paste to add to the meal

Showing consistency of the thick porridge-
the porridge should be able to stick to the spoon

Mother actively feeding her child thick porridge

Why is proper consistency of porridge important?

• Porridge is good for babies to eat (not to drink!), but it needs to be thick for them to get all the nutrition that they need.
• Eating thicker porridge will help them to fill their small stomachs with nutrient dense food. This will help the child to stay healthy and free from disease.
• If the porridge is too thin, the child will not receive enough nutrients as their stomach will get full on water and flour. 

Recipe used for making thicker porridge:

v  Mix the flour for making local SOSOMA Ex: 10 Spoons of Sorghum flours, 10 Spoons of Maize flours and 4 Spoons of Soya flours is appropriate for 10 children

v  Heat the water until it boils.

v  Mix  the flour (SOSOMA) well  in cold water until the mixture becomes thicker.

v  Put the thicker SOSOMA in boiled water

v  Let it begin to boil and add 2 spoons of Palm oil

v  Continue until the porridge is at least twice as thick

v  Let it cool it and serve the porridge to the children with small spoons