Soups for Weaning

Recipe Credit: Nimisha Sharma
Age: 5 Months+

Beetroot carrot and potato soup
Ingredients:

• ¼ cup beetroot, peeled and chopped
• ¼ cup potatoes, peeled and chopped
• ½ cup carrot, peeled and chopped 

Procedure:

• Combine the beetroot & carrot in a pressure cooker with 1 cup of water and pressure cook for 2 whistles.
• Cool and puree into a smooth soup.
• Strain the soup and reheat to lukewarm before serving. 

Apple and Carrot soup with potatoes

Ingredients: 

• ¼ cup apple, peeled and chopped
• ¼ cup potato, peeled and chopped
• 1 tablespoon onion chopped
• ¼ cup carrot, peeled and chopped
• ½ teaspoon oil 

Procedure:

• Heat the oil in a pressure cooker and sauté the onion for 2 mins.
• Add the apple, carrot & potato & sauté for 2-3 mins.
• Add 1 cup of water and pressure cook for 2-3 whistles.
• Cool and puree in a liquidizer.
• Strain and reheat to lukewarm before serving.

Dal & Mixed Vegetable soup

Ingredients:

• 1- tablespoon yellow moong dal
• 1 tbsp barley
• ¼ cup Potato, mashed
• 1 tbsp cup cabbage, chopped

Procedure:

• Wash the dal and combine all ingredients in a pressure cooker with 1 cup of water.
• Pressure cook for 2-3 whistles
• When cool, blend in a liquidizer. Serve lukewarm.
  

Phirnee

Recipe Credit: Nimisha Sharma
Age: 6 Months+



Ingredients:

• 1 cup milk
• 1 ½ teaspoon rice
• 1 tablespoon fresh fruit puree(strawberry or peach or apricot or mango) 

 Procedure:

• Bring the milk to a boil in a non-stick pan and add the rice floor.
• Mix well and simmer till the rice is cooked (7-8 minutes)
• Cool & add the fruit puree. Serve at room temperature.

Moong dal khichdi (Weaning)

Recipe Credit: Nimisha Sharma
Age: 5 Months+

Ingredients:

• 1 tablespoon split yellow moong dal
• 1 tablespoon rice
• ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder (haldi)
• ½ teaspoon ghee / butter

 Procedure:

• Wash and soak the moong dal & rice together.
• Add the turmeric powder and pressure cook it for 3 whistles.
• Remove from pressure cooker and add the ghee. Mix well.
• Mash the khichdi completely to a smooth consistency. 
• Serve lukewarm. 

With Vegetables - Add 1 tablespoon bottle (lauki) , peeled & grated & 2 tablespoon carrot peeled & grated.
Non Vegetarian option - you can add very small pieces of boneless chicken to kids 8 months+

Smoothies - Baby Food

 Different Smoothies same Method

Banana Smoothie rich in magnesium, phosphorus, calcium, folate- 

Ingredients-

• 1 Chopped Banana
• 1/4th cup of Curd
• 1/4th cup Orange Juice (optional)

Mango Smoothie rich in calcium, vitamin A, folate, magnesium


Ingredients-

• 1/2 cup Chopped Mango
• 1/4th cup of Curd

Strawberry Smoothie rich in calcium, vitamin A, folate, Vitamin C


Ingredients-

• 1/2 cup Chopped Strawberry (cleaned and washed nicely)
• 1/4th cup of Curd

Method-

• Mix in a Blender till smooth and creamy.
• Serve Immediately

Always Remember:

• Pick fresh seasonal food instead of packed food especially for babies
• When introducing a new fruit make sure you introduce one fruit at a time to check allergies. 

Ragi Porridge

Recipe Courtesy - Pavithra Reddy

Age -  6 months+

Ingredients

•  2 cups Ragi (washed well, drained and dried)
• a little ghee
• 5-6 black pepper
• 1 clove
• 1tsp jeera
•  1 cardamom
• 1 1/2 cup of water

 To make powder (you can also get ragi powder in the market):

1. Put the dried and cleaned Ragi in a kadai, add very little ghee and saute the grains. Cool and keep aside.
2. Add 4-5 drops of ghee, black pepper, clove, tsp jeera, cardamom. Saute all these together for 1-2 min in low flame. Cool it.
3. Make fine powder of ragi and all ingredients above
4. Seive the powdered mixture using a thin cotton cloth. Take only the fine powder.
5. Powder is ready to be used. 

Preparing Porridge:

1. Separately mix 1-2tsp of ragi powder in water (pancake batter consistency).
2. Boil 1 cup of water and add the mixture in step 1 to it. Keep stirring while u add. Let the mixture boil for 3-4 min, keep stirring as the mixture thickens. (consistency is same as that of Cerelac).
3. Allow it to cool to room temperature, add 2 drops of ghee and feed your child. If your kid likes this, then just add below ingredients to ragi along with blackpeppers, jeera and cardamom. This is similar to stage2. U may add clove if u want to.

Pavithra J is was associated with the IT industry before becoming a mom. Now a housewife and fulltime mommy to a 2yr old daughter.  Pavithra loves sketching, experimenting with food and driving.