Preparing Baby Food at home is the best thing you can do. That is especially essential when you start thinking of introducing solid food to your baby. Wholesome homemade baby food is always advised. I still remember Amma making those Ragi Kanji, Rice Kanji apart from trying out with Dalia, and other lentils.
I get many emails asking for baby food ideas, especially wholesome baby food for infants. By the time I realized that many new mothers have a lot of questions on how to make baby food, my twins crossed that stage. I prepared some of those best baby food based on the Indian diet again just for the requests.
Dal Tadka is one of the basic food used as introducing lentils to babies 7 months and older. Then there were few other variations that we used to follow, each time introducing an ingredient at a time. It has always been a challenge, hitting on the correct menu and getting the babies to eat without making a fuss.
We recently visited my 14 months old niece who was so adorable and very sweet. For all I was told about her throwing tantrums for eating, she was so much better than my boys I felt. Or maybe she wanted to show her best behavior in front of us or she was entertained by our company. Or so I want to think.
When I saw my Aunt preparing the baby food, I immediately asked if I can take pictures of the food and also take notes on what she was preparing. I knew this diet coming from my Aunt who is a doctor, is most surely very balanced and nutritious. She gladly shared her recipe and halfway after feeding my niece she gave it to me for taking pictures, while baby looked at us very keenly trying to understand what we were doing.
This food made with Rice, Lentils, Vegetables can be introduced when the baby is 7 months old. More complex lentils like Kidney Beans, Soya Bean can be introduced after 12 months.
Sanyukta Gour(Bayes) says
hey good info abt baby food..i did make so mnay recipes to try for my baby..now is 18mnths and very naughty..i used to give him sooji kheer,sago kheer,rice with all the veggies,veggies boiled onc @ a time over a week and baked apple,peach purees...wheat chapatis with veggies like carrot/peas/beet/spinach...and dal soups with veggies...
anyways the list goes on and on..
this recipe looks perfect for the 7-12 mnth baby packed with nutrition...
i hv send u my 1st entry for kids delight and sending one now...
Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal says
Dear, this is a very useful post for me as I have an 8 month old. Thank you very much and I will surely be preparing the porridge you mentioned. My son likes to eat roti more than rice or so I felt. And, then I also cook and puree veggies/fruits for him 🙂
The next thing in my list to try is to soak soft roti in milk and give him 🙂
Kiran says
Nice and healthy baby foods.
Rach says
Thanks for stopping by 🙂 You too have a nice space here. This post was very informative...
Pravs says
This post will be very helpful for new moms. It's true we have to introduce a veggie and continue to give the same for a week to see if the child is not allergic to that particular veggie then introduce another and so on.
narrow kitchen table says
Thanks for this one! I would love to make my own food for my baby.
Indian Food Buff says
Some babies are really picky when it comes to foods. But I think our baby would love this one. I'm thinking of introducing it to her.
GayathriRaj says
Hey thats really very useful stuff i feel....really very nicely presented...detailed enuf to....
Nowadays its been very used with ppl to get it frm stores for kids food... but now this is really good and very useful things i feel.... Liked irt alot...
First timr to ur blog and lovely evnt....will surely try to participate in ur event....
Andy says
Good recipe. Thanks for sharing it.
Anonymous says
Seems like a great recipe. I have heard though that salt is not good for babies?
Srivalli says
Thank you everybody
AnonI don't think that's true, still anything in moderation is good for health. Also since salt adds taste, it is essential as kids would love to eat a tasty food and not something bland. Another assurance will be, my aunt who prepared this for my niece is a doctor, so she must know what she is doing, do go ahead if you are planning to make this.
Roma says
Srivalli, thanks so much for writing such an informative post for us. Although your kids are grown up you remember so much about whats good for babies.
Thanks for sending this across to the 'Baby's Favourite Food' event.
Roma says
nice to see a menu for babies above 12 months. This is most helpful as sometimes we are confused about what to give a baby (and when). Thanks for sharing this information with us and also for sending it to the event.
kamini says
nice recipe for babies i have tried this for my baby. can we add nuts to this menu,please help me (my baby is underweight)
Srivalli says
Kamini Thanks for dropping by, with regards to nuts, it's not advisable to include so early. You can surely consult your doctor regarding this. Doctors normally say if the baby is active and eats, then we need not worry about being underweight. So don't worry much. If you still want to include, it will be best if you act on doctor's advice.
Anonymous says
Mee also tried for my LO,he eats,and enjoys.m so happy for having these recipees