Instant khichadi
Ingredients
Rice – ¼ cup
Moong dal – ¼ cup
Cumin seeds ¼ teaspoon
Salt to taste
Turmeric powder a pinch
Recipe- In a vessel wash rice and Moong dal together. Add 1 cup water. Add all other ingredients. Pressure cook .
Tip – For early months, when it is cooked smear it with spoon or make a paste. Add little more water. Make uniform paste. Boil it and then give.
Rajgira Ukad
This is available in puff form and also in flour form. Bedekar food provides the flour. If you get the puffs roast for few minutes and then grind them in the grinder. One can start this at the age of 6 months.
Ingredients – ½ cup rajgira flour
2 teaspoon of rice flour
1 cup butter milk
1 tea spoon desi ghee
Few cumin seeds
Very little turmeric powder
Very little asafetida
Garlic cloves – 2
Salt to taste
Recipe- 1> Mix rajgira flour, rice flour, Add little butter milk. Remove all lumps. Add remaining buttermilk.
2> Heat ghee in a pan, add cumin seeds. When they sputter add asafetida, turmeric powder, garlic cloves. Fry cloves for 1 minute.
3> Add the rajgira mix to this. Stir continuously. When thickens, cover it with a lid for 3-4 mins.
4> Add salt to taste.
Tip – Do not give garlic while serving for small babies. Ideal for kids who do not like sweet food. Also good after fever, when there is no taste to the tongue.
Carrot kheer-
Ingredients-
2 carrots boiled , pulped.
1 cup milk
Sugar as per the taste
Cardamom
Recipe-
1> Heat ghee in a pan.
2> Take two teaspoon of pulped carrot. Add it to the ghee. Stir for few seconds.
3> Add the milk, sugar, cardamom.
Poppy Seeds kheer
Poppy Seeds are rich in calcium. Can be given after 8-9 months,
Ingrediants-
Poppy seeed- 100 gm
Milk to soak poppy seeds.
1 cup milk.
Sugar
Cardamom – a pinch
Recipe-
1> Fry the poppy seeds on a 3-4 minutes in a pan.
2> Soak them in milk previously boiled for 2-3 hours.
3> Grind the above till fine paste is formed. It may take some time.
4> Store this in airtight container in a deep fridge.
5> Use the above paste as required. Then immediately keep the container in the deep fridge.
6> Take 2 teaspoon of above paste. Add 1 cup milk Bring this to boil. Add sugar and cardamom.
Tip- Poppy seeds are good if taken in summer season. So avoid taking them in cold season.
One variation- Nagali satwa which is available in market can also be added. For this first take 1 teaspoon of the satwa mix little milk. Remove all lumps. Then add remaining milk and poppy seed’s grinded paste.
Wheat Four Kheer
Ingredients
Wheat Flour- 1cup
Desi Ghee – 6 teaspoon full.
Milk-1cup
Jaggery
Cardamom – a pinch
Recipe
1> In a pan heat ghee. Add Wheat flour. Fry till flour turns almond colour, Store this in dry container.
2> When required take 2 teaspoon of flour . Add little milk. Remove all the lumps.
3> Add remaining milk. Bring it to Boil Stirring continuously. Remove the lumps formed from time to time.
4> When thickens remove from the fire. Add jaggery according to taste. Stir again. Let it become warm.
Tip- This is also very convenient for to take for travel. Instead of jaggery one can add sugar also. You can also mix jaggery after you fry the flour. After adding jaggery stir, till all the jaggery mixes with the flour.
Rajgira kheer- This is available in puff form and also in flour form. Bedekar food provides the flour. If you get the puffs roast for few minutes and then grind them in the grinder. One can start this at the age of 6 months.
| Nutritional Composition( gm/100gm) | ||
| Moisture : 5.0 | Carbohydrates: 79.7 | Calcium (mg)344 |
| Protein: 10.8 | Crude fiber :3.8 | Iron:3.9 |
| Fat:1.6 | Minerals:2.9 | Energy(Kcal):376.40 |
Ingrediants-
1/2 cup boiled and warmed milk
Rajgira flour- 2 -3 teaspoon
Jaggery- add as per taste
Recipe- First add little milk to the flour . Remove all lumps .then mix all the above ingredients to form the paste
Tip- It’s a very instant recipe. Also very nutritious, tasty. A very handy recipe when we go for outings. You can store the flour for 4-5 months and then use as required.
Sali lahya kheer – Sali lahya are mainly used during Laksmi pujan in Diwali. They are very easy to digest. 8 month baby can eat them raw. It is a very good finger food for the baby.
| Nutritional Composition( gm/100gm) | ||
| Moisture : 4.4 | Carbohydrates: 83.56 | Calcium (mg)45.0 |
| Protein: 9.86 | Crude fiber:1.28 | Iron:2.00 |
| Fat:1.20 | Minerals:0.98 | Energy(Kcal):363.00 |
Ingredients:
1cup milk
Sali lahi flour( Sali Puffs roasted for few minutes and then grinded to flour) – 5 tea spoon.
Cardamom – a pinch
Sugar
Recipe-
Add above flour to the milk. Bring milk to boil. Add the cardamom powder.
Tip- Puff flour does not look smooth. But when it is boiled in the milk. The kheer becomes smooth and can easily given to the baby. You can store the flour for 4-5 months and then use as required.
Baby’s first food
Of course the Baby’s first food is mother’s milk. It is the best food. Requires no preparation, no utensils to cook. A complete hassle free preparation.
A time comes when your baby needs something other than milk. The time is around 4-6 months. By that time mothers are also very eager to give some different food to baby. At this time every mother is in confused state of mind. Which food to give the baby? Will the baby will able to digest it?
Here I want to share my experience. I have 2 kids. Elder one is Vineha. She is now 6 years old. 2nd baby boy Harshal. He is now 11 months. When Vineha was small being the first time mother I was very confused what to give? When Harshal was about to be born I had read many articles about the baby food. I was also little more experienced about food.
Here are some of the recipes of baby’s first food. I have hardly used readymade food for the baby. Kids do like them a lot. Now my elder daughter Vineha has started eating firstfood.
