Rice Porridge: #1 Must-Have Recipe After Birth - ShaktiCare (2024)

It would be best if your husband (or other support person) could put it together in a slow cooker when you leave for the hospital, for it to cook during your labor. Then you can have him bring it to you fresh when you are ready:) I don’t recommend freezing it, if you have another option. Frozen postpartum rice pudding is better than hospital food for sure, but freezing food in general makes it harder on your already sensitive digestion. Fresh is best, but if you are going to freeze it, make sure it’s hot, soupy with extra ghee when served. Blessings on your birth!

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Yes, it is a ton of water and yes, this is correct. Remember you are cooking this rice porridge for a few hours with the lid off. For the first couple weeks after birth, always use more water than you normally would, and cook the food extra long. You can get away with using 10 cups if you cook this same recipe in a pressure cooker for 1 hour. This rice porridge should get to a gelatinous consistency.

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Hi Christina, I know it sounds like a lot! I actually cut the amount of sugar from the traditional recipe that I received with my training. You can always add less at first and see how it feels. Mamas need that extra quick energy in the early days postpartum. Mamas love it!

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I know it sounds like a lot of sugar, but shortly after birth sugars can be very helpful in giving you easily accessible energy and are easy on the body to process. I don’t see any conflict with using bone broth as a replacement instead of sugar in this recipe. Give it a try and please let us know how it works out for you. Would love to hear the feedback.

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Yes.

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Thank you for noticing this. I updated the recipe to include sesame oil.

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Unfortunately not. I know it has become very popular these days. Postpartum mothers should use coconut oil with caution because it is very very cooling. The body after birth grows very cold and that is why it is important to counteract with heat and heating foods and spices. A little coconut oil is fine, but as a staple, no – especially in the first weeks.

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You could if you really want to. A couple of things to know about honey. It is toxic if heated. You would need to add it in at the very end once off the heat. You need to add less honey than sugar, so you would need to experiment with out how much. The other thing is that honey is the only sweetener that has a scraping action in the body, and is an expectorant. During postpartum rejuvenation, you are trying to upbuild bodily tissue… not get rid of it. Therefore, it is not the sweetener of choice for postpartum rejuvenation. The sweeteners of choice would be coconut sugar, date sugar, raw cane sugar and molasses.

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24 hours to receive the most benefit.

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Lid on!

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Try medium.

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It’s best to add crystalized ginger or dates for the first 3 weeks. Then after digestion is strong, you could try adding other fruits.😊

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