Simple Khichdi for babies

Simple Khichdi, one of the simple and complete meals for growing babies.It is good one-pot recipe combination of carbohydrates and protein.

Easy, quick, one pot wholesome anytime comforting meal made with the pressure cooker.It is nutritious not only for babies but also when an adult is sick.It is easy for digestion.

We can make a variety of Khichdi by adding many vegetables to it like tomato, green peas, carrot, onion and little spices.

Simple Khichdi for babies

Homemade Simple khichadi is a very healthy option for growing babies with carbohydrates and proteins.

Prep Time:10 minutes

Ingredients

1/2 cup rice

1/4 cup moon dal

1 tsp hing

1 tsp cumin seeds

1 tbsp ghee

1 tsp turmeric powder

1 tsp salt

coriander leaves to garnish

Method

1.Heat a pressure cooker with ghee.

2. Add hing and cumin seeds. Let it crackle.

3.Then add washed rice and washed moong dal. Saute them nicely for few seconds.

4.Add turmeric powder and salt.

5.Add 1 1/2 cup of water and close the lid.

6.Pressure cook this for 3-4 whistles, till everything is well- cooked.

7.Mash khichdi lightly with a spoon.Serve it with a little ghee and coriander leaves on top.

Jowar Porridge

Jowar flour is very nutritious for babies as well as kids.For growing babies , it is good for increasing appetite.

It contains lots of nutrients and fiber and protein.This porridge can be made with jaggery or with dates.

Sorghum or Jowar is very good for baby food.It is rich in carbohydrates, fiber, and iron.It is very good gluten-free flour.

Jowar Porridge For Baby
Jowar Porridge is great food for developing babies.It is sweet in taste and very healthy for baby.


Prep Time:10 minutes

Ingredients

1/4 cup jowar (white millet) flour

1 tsp ghee
1 tbsp jaggery

Method

1.Heat the ghee in a broad non-stick pan, add the jowar flour and cook on a medium flame for 2 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
2.Add 1 cup of water, mix well using a whisk and cook on a medium flame for 1 minute, while stirring continuously.
3.Serve lukewarm.

Simple Dal Chawal

Simple Dal Chawal Recipe, is very common in every home of India. It is not just for kids, but for adults too, is apart of any meal. Plain Dal Chawal means without any spices , just steamed rice with cooked lentils along with salt and ghee. Rice is the main first foods I started to give my children when they come at 6 months age. Rice is very nutritious and good source of carbohydrates to our developing baby. Also, it is very easy to cook and feed to baby. More advantages is, it can go along with any veggies and fruits to make porridges.

 For Dal, I used Tuvar dal , very good source of protein. I cooked dal and rice in pressure cooker upto 4 whistles. If you don't have pressure cooker, you can boil dal with water in pan as well. Cook dal till it becomes mushy. I don't prefer to cook Rice and Tuvar dal together, as their cooking time varies. Tuvar Dal takes little long time than Rice.

Ingredients

1/2 cup Rice

1/4 cup Tuvar Dal

1 tsp. turmeric powder

1 tsp. salt

1 tsp. ghee/butter

Method

1.Wash rice and dal separately 3-4 times to remove starchy water from them.

2.In pressure cooker, keep 1 steel bowl with rice and 1 cup water with little salt.

3.Place other steel bowl above rice bowl and put Tuvar Dal and 1/2 cup water with little turmeric powder into that. Keep the lid on this bowl.

4.Close the pressure cooker and cook the rice and dal till 3-4 whistles.

5.Once the all steam gone from cooker, open the lid and check if dal is nicely cooked. If it is not done, cook for 2 more whistles.

6.Once they are cooked, mash dal with masher and add little salt(as per taste).

7.Serve rice in plate and mashed plain dal on top of that. Put ghee and mix nicely to feed baby.

Strawberry Yogurt

This is one of my favorite recipes and I'm sure your baby will love it too. Strawberries are an amazing source of Vitamin C and Anti oxidants. Yogurt is easier to digest than milk and provides almost the same amount of calcium. Also it is a favorite fruit of kids. Try to use fresh strawberries when they are in season.

 

 

As per experts, Fresh strawberries can sometimes cause food reactions in babies. But cooked strawberries, on the other hand, usually do not. So, once it is little cooked in water, you can mix with variety of fruits and give it to your baby may be after 9 or 10 months. Fruits like Apples, Bananas, Blueberries, Kiwi, Mango, Papaya, Peaches and  Yogurt can be good mix to strawberries.

Ingredients

 

5 to 6 ripe strawberries
1/2 cup fresh thick yogurt/curd (dahi)
Jaggery (optional)

 

Method

 

1.Liquidise all the ingredients together in a blender and serve immediately.