How to fry soya beans to make powder for baby’s pap/ogi/akamu. There are different methods of making soybeans good for baby’s consumption. There is a post on the blog by Peach, where she made the complete Nigerian soya bean cereal for weaning babies and it got great reviews as many mums are still using it after years of the post.
In her post, Peach included dried plantain, crayfish, groundnut and other safe ingredients to make the powder for infants. On this
post, I’m only going to make plain Soya beans powder the Nigerian way.
The plain one is not fed to kids like a meal on it’s own, but added to pap also called ogi/akamu. It adds flavour to their pap. Most babies reject plain tasteless pap but eat when these roasted soya beans powder is added.
The title of the post should have been SOYA BEANS POWDER FOR 6 MONTH OLD BABY’S PAP but I don’t want to say 6 months because I fed these to all my babies at three months, except my first ofcourse… that one enjoyed exclusive breastfeeding and still prefers liquid foods, drinks to solids even as an 18 year old.
I would never have had the courage to say we can feed pap to three months babies, it was just supposed to be my personal ,method of raising/feeding my kids and I didn’t want anyone coming to tell me that it’s wrong to feed cereals to a 3 month old that’s why I never shared my method on this blog.
Anyways, Outside the blog, I remember suggesting it to a few of my neighbours in the past who needed to resume work at 3 months and their babies reacted negatively to the formula and foods introduced. They tried and were grateful.
So, aside those, I never told anyone outside my family that my kids ate pap at three months. It worked for me maybe because they weren’t given baby formula. I saw it done in my local village, the kids ate and grew strong and well, so I tried and there was no regret.
Until I saw a 2018 article where Doctors advised moms to give solids to 3 months old babies stating that it helps them sleep longer. I shared that post here on the blog some days back and there and then, made up my mind to share my baby feeding method because some mom might be interested.
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WHO CAN TAKE SOYA BEAN POWDER?
The soybean I bought and used some for my baby when he was three months old, the excess soybeans is still looking fresh in the cupboard four years later and I’m thinking ‘doesn’t soya bean have expiry dates or what?
‘These grains are so affordable yet so valuable. The four year old soybeans look like they were harvested this year, not a single insect.
Watch this video showing how to make this soya beans powder from scratch. If you don’t like videos, then scroll down to read the steps. Subscribe on my YouTube channel to get more videos like this one.
SEE STEPS BELOW ON HOW TO FRY SOYA BEANS TO MAKE POWDER FOR BABY PAP
HOW TO ROAST/FRY/TOAST SOYA BEANS AT HOME WITHOUT OVEN:
- This is the Nigerian method: Place a sprinkle of garri under the pot or frying pan.
- Add the cleaned soya beans after removing dirt and immediately start to stir.
- When soybeans is ready, you’ll know because the colour changes, the skin breaks and it begins to give some nice aroma. Even the garri turns brown and begins to burn.
- Turn off the heat and empty into a colander/sieve to sieve your the garri, then leave to cool a bit.
- Using a food processor, a blender pulse button, you break the seeds so the skin is easily blown out with a tray. You can rob soybeans between your palms to remove the skin or use a mortar and pestle. When I make the powder for myself, there’s no need for removing the roasted skin because fiber is very very important.
- Blend or mill the cleaned roasted soybeans into smooth powder and store in airtight containers. Once this powder is ready, I use it to make nutritious pap for my 3-month-old baby.
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DO I NEED TO REMOVE ALL THE SKIN FROM THE FRIED (ROASTED) SOYA BEANS?
No, you don’t have to remove all the skin after roasting the soya beans. Why/ because the little remaining skin is bulk. It acts as a roughage during digestion and helps the baby have an easy bowel movement.
Soya beans skin when boiled or raw is not edible. However, after frying your soya beans like what I did in that video above. The skin is completely dry and roasted, no form of moisture in there and that skin has no nutritional value anymore. The only reason I don’t bother with the few beans still having skin is just for toileting.
Well, if you can completely clean the skin off the fried soya beans, then go ahead. But, if after watching my video above, you have questions like… Didn’t you peel off all the soya beans skin before grinding? My answer is no, I can’t remember being able to peel off all the soybean skin before grinding. The only time I ensure that soya bean skin is completely removed is when I use it to make soybean milk.
Try your best to peel off the skin after frying the soya beans for baby food but don’t bother if there’s still some beans here and there uncleaned. It’s nothing to worry about.
IF I DON’T HAVE GARRI, WHAT ELSE CAN BE USED TO FRY SOYA BEANS?
Without garri, use salt, I won’t advise you to use sand. You can line the pan or pot with salt before roasting the soya beans.
HOW TO PRESERVE SOYA BEANS POWDER
The way that I preserve my fried soybean powder is by storing it in airtight containers. For all my five kids that are already grown now, I cannot remember making roasted soya beans powder twice per child. Once my baby clocks two months and I’m making preparations to feed them with cereals (Pap), I buy like 2 mudus (That’s about a dozen cups) os soya beans from the market and process into powder. Watch the video posted above to see how I process my soya beans into powder for baby food.
Once it’s cleaned and fried like shown on this post. With my dry grinder of the food blender, I complete the job if processing into powder and pack all the smooth nutritious powder into airtight containers. They remain good and fresh until the baby gets introduced to other solids at six months or so and eventually drops pap for family cooked meals. Lol.
Soya beans powder preserved in airtight containers and kept in a dry place can last you for so long. You do not need to shop for soya beans every month and go through that work. Once is enough to last you till the baby graduates from pap to correct cooked meals.
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If I blend it like that without removing the coat is it okay and hope it won't cause constipation in baby?
Remove the skin and use just the roasted bean please.
Thanks for this information but I'll like to ask can a preterm baby take this? He is already 3 months plus I need to resume work, was born at 8 months plus.
You are welcome. Babies are different and I like myself for wanting to try things out and see for myself as long as it's not poison. You can try your baby with a little quantity and from his stool tell if his stomach was upset or next.
My baby is already six months old and we're still observing exclusive breastfeeding. But what I'm observing now is that he's loosen so much weight already. is it right to start with soya flour and pap?
Can i still add milk to the pap even after adding soya beans powder to it?
Can i still adding milk after the soya milk
Beautiful. Weldone. Does the soya beans powder have the same shelf life as the soya beans seed cos you mentioned that the seed could last for as long as four years. Thanks
Can the soya powdered be added while the pap is on the fire or added with the pap in the cup
Is it preferable to grind the maize or millet to powder form before giving to 3 month old .
Pls can I grind this recipes together in a powder form nd it will last for hw many month soya beans, corn, millet, dry fish, Cray fish.
Thanks for sharing this lovely ideas.
Can one add this same processed soya beans to custard? Or just pap alone?
You are welcome. I only add them to pap since I never tried feeding my babies custard.
After blending my soya bean and prawn together with my blender at home it is smooth but not very smooth. I can feel little particles on my fingers. Is it ok to give it with pap to my 3 months baby, almost 4 months.
Can I add groundnut and date to my Soya beans?
Soyabean made with plantain how do i prepare it for 3 and 5 years old child With pap or just like that.thanks
Great job. Please can I add groundnut and dates to my soyabean powder for my three months old baby
I haven’t tried that.
Must I boil the soyabeans before frying
No