First time am giving out recipes for Babies and Toddlers.
After 8 months can start little rice for babies. Always start with 1 to 2 spoons at one time and then slowly increase as weeks pass. We have to introduce all kinds of food while young so when they grow big their tastebuds are used to all food and flavours. Since many kids are picky eaters and some dont eat vegetables and some fruits. Since teething process starts its good give them fully mashed or paste. Food should not be too solid or too liquid just they can easily swallow.
Am sharing few recipes here for toddlers between 7 months to 2 years.
After 8 months can start little rice for babies. Always start with 1 to 2 spoons at one time and then slowly increase as weeks pass. We have to introduce all kinds of food while young so when they grow big their tastebuds are used to all food and flavours. Since many kids are picky eaters and some dont eat vegetables and some fruits. Since teething process starts its good give them fully mashed or paste. Food should not be too solid or too liquid just they can easily swallow.
Am sharing few recipes here for toddlers between 7 months to 2 years.
0-6 formula milk and other foods are not recommended by Doctors until unless working women.
Recipe 1 - Ragi Seri
Clean Ragi and take the powder seive it.
Boil 1 cup of water, add ragi to it with little salt or sugar. stir slowly until it cooks and becomes a fine paste.
This can be given to babies after 6months.
While giving this just check whether it suits baby as for some it may cause diarohea.
Usually there is saying Girl babies can digest better than boy babies so girls are first persons to try new food.
Recipe 2 - Rava Kanji after 6 months
Rava/Semolina is good for babies. I learnt from my aunt who made this for my son.
Take 2 tspns rava and dry roast it till you get the aroma.
Then add 1 cup of milk and sugar and mix well until rava is cooked.
Serve when its warm.
Recipe 1 - Ragi Seri
Clean Ragi and take the powder seive it.
Boil 1 cup of water, add ragi to it with little salt or sugar. stir slowly until it cooks and becomes a fine paste.
This can be given to babies after 6months.
While giving this just check whether it suits baby as for some it may cause diarohea.
Usually there is saying Girl babies can digest better than boy babies so girls are first persons to try new food.
Recipe 2 - Rava Kanji after 6 months
Rava/Semolina is good for babies. I learnt from my aunt who made this for my son.
Take 2 tspns rava and dry roast it till you get the aroma.
Then add 1 cup of milk and sugar and mix well until rava is cooked.
Serve when its warm.
Recipe 3- Paruppu Sadam after 7 months
Since Dal contains proteins they also require vitamins, calcuim, carbohydrates its good for babies. Cooked rice 2 tspns, a drop of ghee and 1 tspn cooked toor dal.
Grind all in mixie to a fine paste with little water or rasam.
Recipe 4 - Vegetable rice after 9 months
In a mixie put cooked rice , 2 tspns cooked tour dal, 1 cup cooked veggie (beans,carrot and potato) ghee
1/2 cup non spicy rasam.
Grind all these to a fine paste and feed the baby when its cool.
Recipe 4 - Thayir Sadam/Curd Rice
This is very good for children curds should not be sour. So prepare the curds in the morning so by afternoon its perfect for lunch. This is very cooling to the body.
In a mixie add cooked rice - 1/2 cup, salt and 1/2 cup curds. Grind to a fine paste transfer it to a bowl and feed. Optional can also add cooked toor dal or cooked vegetables.
Recipe 5 - Beetroot Rice
All vegetables are good for kids beetroot is good for haemoglobin.
Always cook wash, cut and cook vegetables. Its always good to cook vegetables in pressure cooker.
Take 2 cups cooked rice, 1/2 cooked beetroot, a little salt and 1/2 cup curds.
Grind all in mixie to a fine paste and feed the baby.
Recipe 6 - Mixed Rice
In a mixie add 1 cup rice, 1/2 cup vegetables in sambar or kootu, 1/2 cup rasam and 1/4 cup curds a pinch of salt.
Grind all to a fine paste and serve the baby when cool.
Recipe 7 - Rice with Spinach/Palak
Cook Palak with or without salt. (Salt or sugar neednot be added while cooking since sugar makes them hyperactive)
In a mixie add cooked rice, palak, ghee and dal grind to a fine paste.
Recipe 8 - Tiffin You can also give them Upma, Pongal, idli, Dosa and Ragi Dosa which is healthy.
Recipe 9 - Cooked fruits thats Apple or Banana. Wash and remove skin of an apple and cook in boiling water or in pressure cooker. Mash and feed baby so it doesnot choke.
Recipe 10 - Fresh fruit juices/Plain Yogurt. Always its good to expose baby to new food like juices or yogurt which is very refreshing and healthy.
Apart from these you can also give follow up milk, baby products juices or bottle food. After 2 years when almost all tooth has come you can start feeding normal food without grinding. Its also good to make baby sit when parents are having lunch/dinner and encourage self eating. Spoon feeding is recommended.
Last but not least have lots of patience and serve with lots of love.
Tips - While feeding baby its good you intereact with them and feed. Keep warm water, spoon, towel ready before you start serving. Can also watch TV and listen music.
These recipes are going for Food for 7 stages of life 0-3 years event by Radhika and Sudeshna.
Note : When adding curds do not add ghee.
Since Dal contains proteins they also require vitamins, calcuim, carbohydrates its good for babies. Cooked rice 2 tspns, a drop of ghee and 1 tspn cooked toor dal.
Grind all in mixie to a fine paste with little water or rasam.
Recipe 4 - Vegetable rice after 9 months
In a mixie put cooked rice , 2 tspns cooked tour dal, 1 cup cooked veggie (beans,carrot and potato) ghee
1/2 cup non spicy rasam.
Grind all these to a fine paste and feed the baby when its cool.
Recipe 4 - Thayir Sadam/Curd Rice
This is very good for children curds should not be sour. So prepare the curds in the morning so by afternoon its perfect for lunch. This is very cooling to the body.
In a mixie add cooked rice - 1/2 cup, salt and 1/2 cup curds. Grind to a fine paste transfer it to a bowl and feed. Optional can also add cooked toor dal or cooked vegetables.
Recipe 5 - Beetroot Rice
All vegetables are good for kids beetroot is good for haemoglobin.
Always cook wash, cut and cook vegetables. Its always good to cook vegetables in pressure cooker.
Take 2 cups cooked rice, 1/2 cooked beetroot, a little salt and 1/2 cup curds.
Grind all in mixie to a fine paste and feed the baby.
Recipe 6 - Mixed Rice
In a mixie add 1 cup rice, 1/2 cup vegetables in sambar or kootu, 1/2 cup rasam and 1/4 cup curds a pinch of salt.
Grind all to a fine paste and serve the baby when cool.
Recipe 7 - Rice with Spinach/Palak
Cook Palak with or without salt. (Salt or sugar neednot be added while cooking since sugar makes them hyperactive)
In a mixie add cooked rice, palak, ghee and dal grind to a fine paste.
Recipe 8 - Tiffin You can also give them Upma, Pongal, idli, Dosa and Ragi Dosa which is healthy.
Recipe 10 - Fresh fruit juices/Plain Yogurt. Always its good to expose baby to new food like juices or yogurt which is very refreshing and healthy.
Apart from these you can also give follow up milk, baby products juices or bottle food. After 2 years when almost all tooth has come you can start feeding normal food without grinding. Its also good to make baby sit when parents are having lunch/dinner and encourage self eating. Spoon feeding is recommended.
Last but not least have lots of patience and serve with lots of love.
Tips - While feeding baby its good you intereact with them and feed. Keep warm water, spoon, towel ready before you start serving. Can also watch TV and listen music.
These recipes are going for Food for 7 stages of life 0-3 years event by Radhika and Sudeshna.
Note : When adding curds do not add ghee.
