Recipe for 6 Months Old Babies
Weaning is an essential part of a baby’s growing process and it is important to wean your child so that it can develop good taste buds and healthy eating habits. Weaning is basically a process where a baby is introduced to nutritious food that will substitute the milk that you will ultimately be cutting down.
Therefore, the food that you select for your baby should be highly nutritious and hence it becomes important for you as a mother to look for healthy weaning recipes that will help in the proper growth of your child. This is a healthy weaning recipe and you must try it.
Ingredients:
100g long grained rice
50g split green lentils
1 bay leaf
A few peppercorns
2 cups water
Procedure:
In water, soak the rice and green lentils in separate bowls and let soak for at least an hour. The soaked rice and lentil would have puffed up a little and also softened. Now in a pan boil two cups of water and put in the rice and lentil along with the bay leaf and the peppercorns. Cover and let it simmer for 30 minutes or until the rice and lentil are very soft to touch.
Once the rice and lentils are cooked, take off the hob and remove the bay leaf and the peppercorns and discard. Now mash the rice and lentil mixture with a masher or cool and run through the blender. This will make the mixture turn to a smooth texture with no signs of the lentil husk seen.
Spoon out half a bowl of the mixture for your baby’s feed and refrigerate the rest for the next meal. This rice and lentil recipe is very filling and will not make your baby hungry very soon.
Oat upma for babies
Oat Upma
As the child grows, there is a need to supplement the diet of the baby with various other foods that are healthy for the baby. The recipe should also be tasty for the baby to love the food. If the baby does not like the taste, then it is sure not to eat the food again.
One of the foods that are liked by many babies is oats upama. The oats is a versatile food that can be cooked in a variety of ways and various tasty recipes are available. The upama recipe made of oats can either be salty or sweet. This too depends on the taste that the child likes. The addition of vegetables to the oats upama makes the food healthier for the baby and the baby will grow well.
Ingredients
500 gms of oats
4 cups of water
A little ghee to roast the oats
2 teaspoons of sesame oil
A pinch of mustard seeds
A spoon of black gram
1 small onion chopped fine
Curry leaves can be added for smell and taste.
Salt to taste
Method
The ghee is heated and the oats are roasted in the ghee and this gives a nice aroma. This is kept apart for later and then the mustard seeds are fried in the sesame oil. To the above, add the curry leaves and also the black gram. Also add the small onion that has been chopped to this and sauté them till the onion is nicely fried.
The salt water is added and when it boils, the oats is added. Stir till the water is absorbed. Remove the curry leaves before serving the upama to the baby.
Indian vegetable soup recipe for babies
Indian Vegetable Soup
A baby has to be healthy when it is weaned off the breast milk of the mother. Even if the child is drinking mother’s milk, it has to be supplemented with other foods. The best foods that are good for the baby are vegetables and these vegetables will have many antioxidants and these prevent any chance for the baby getting diseases. Different vegetable recipes are also better for the baby and safer than any processed foods because they are natural.
The vegetables may not be very easy for the child to eat if it is boiled, so the best method of giving the good effects of the vegetables can be combined by creating soups. These soup recipes are simple to prepare and not time taking for a young mother.
This is a simple recipe for soup for babies.
Ingredients
1 small potato that is peeled and diced small.
1 small carrot that is peeled and diced into small pieces
1 medium sized beet root that is also diced
1 turnip that is peeled and diced small
1 small onion which is chopped into fine pieces.
Other vegetables that can be cut into small pieces can be added to the recipe.
Some cumin
4 cups of water.
1 tablespoon of butter.
The recipe can be modified according to the needs of the child by reducing or adding vegetables and also using ground vegetables instead of diced vegetables. The butter is melted and heated in a pan and then the cumin seeds are added to it.
To the above, add the vegetables and then add the water. The vegetables should boil in the water and butter till it is very soft.
Indian Baby Food Recipes - Chicken And Sweet Potato Curry
1 chicken breast, cut into 1" pieces.
2 sweet potatoes, peeled and diced
4 oz (1/2 cup) red lentils
one small onion, finely chopped
1 tbsp safflower oil
pinch cinnamon
pinch cardamom
pinch cumin
pinch coriander
pinch turmeric
16 - 24 fl oz (2-3 cups) water
Heat the oil and fry the onions with the cinnamon until tender.
Add the chicken and cook until golden brown.
Add the potatoes and spices and stir well.
Finally, add the water and lentils and cook for about 30 mins, until the lentils are soft. You may need to add extra water towards the end of the cooking time, to prevent the curry from becoming too dry.
Serve with brown or white overcooked rice
Indian Baby Food Recipes - Vegetable Korma
1 tsp olive oil
1/2 small onion, chopped
1 small carrot, peeled and diced
2 oz (1/4 cup) cauliflower, diced
2 oz (1/4 cup) peas, fresh or frozen
1 small white potato, peeled and diced
2 tsp unsweetened dessicated coconut
2 tsp tomato puree
4 fl oz (1/2 cup) water
pinch ground ginger
pinch cumin
pinch turmeric
pinch coriander
Heat the oil in a saucepan and cook the onion and carrot for a few minutes, until tender.
Add the tomato puree and the spices, stirring continuously and cook for 2 mins.
Add the potato, cauliflower, peas, coconut and water, then bring to a boil.
Reduce the heat, then simmer, covered, for about 20 mins.
Mash well and serve
Indian Baby Food Recipes - Chicken Korma
1 chicken breast, cut into 1" pieces
2 tbsp safflower oil
1 tbsp ghee*
1 medium onion, peeled and finely chopped
pinch ground ginger
6 whole cloves
1/4 tsp ground cardamom
1 bay leaf
pinch ground coriander
2 oz (1/4 cup) plain, unsweetened yogurt
1 fl oz (1/8 cup) water
1 fl oz (1/8 cup) milk
*Ghee is clarified butter, sometimes known as "drawn butter". It is normal butter that has been treated to remove its' "non-fat" elements. This process makes it a better cooking medium.
To make ghee, melt regular butter gently in a strong saucepan. You will see the butter-fat separating and the milk solids sinking to the bottom of the pan. A white foam will form on top - simply turn off the heat and remove the foam with a spoon. You are then left with clarified butter!
In a large frying pan, heat the butter and oil, then saute the onions for about 10 mins, until tender.
Add the cardamom, ginger, cloves and bay leaf.
Saute until the onions are brown (about 5 mins).
Slowly add the yogurt and coriander to the pan, stirring constantly.
Once the yogurt is absorbed, add the chicken and cook until golden.
Add the water, reduce the heat and simmer for 30 mins.
Stir in the milk, then remove from the heat.
Allow to sit for a while - this improves the flavour.
Don't forget to remove the bay leaf and cloves before mashing and serving with white or brown rice (overcook the rice slightly, so it is nice and mushy for baby).
Weaning is an essential part of a baby’s growing process and it is important to wean your child so that it can develop good taste buds and healthy eating habits. Weaning is basically a process where a baby is introduced to nutritious food that will substitute the milk that you will ultimately be cutting down.
Therefore, the food that you select for your baby should be highly nutritious and hence it becomes important for you as a mother to look for healthy weaning recipes that will help in the proper growth of your child. This is a healthy weaning recipe and you must try it.
Ingredients:
100g long grained rice
50g split green lentils
1 bay leaf
A few peppercorns
2 cups water
Procedure:
In water, soak the rice and green lentils in separate bowls and let soak for at least an hour. The soaked rice and lentil would have puffed up a little and also softened. Now in a pan boil two cups of water and put in the rice and lentil along with the bay leaf and the peppercorns. Cover and let it simmer for 30 minutes or until the rice and lentil are very soft to touch.
Once the rice and lentils are cooked, take off the hob and remove the bay leaf and the peppercorns and discard. Now mash the rice and lentil mixture with a masher or cool and run through the blender. This will make the mixture turn to a smooth texture with no signs of the lentil husk seen.
Spoon out half a bowl of the mixture for your baby’s feed and refrigerate the rest for the next meal. This rice and lentil recipe is very filling and will not make your baby hungry very soon.
Oat upma for babies
Oat Upma
As the child grows, there is a need to supplement the diet of the baby with various other foods that are healthy for the baby. The recipe should also be tasty for the baby to love the food. If the baby does not like the taste, then it is sure not to eat the food again.
One of the foods that are liked by many babies is oats upama. The oats is a versatile food that can be cooked in a variety of ways and various tasty recipes are available. The upama recipe made of oats can either be salty or sweet. This too depends on the taste that the child likes. The addition of vegetables to the oats upama makes the food healthier for the baby and the baby will grow well.
Ingredients
500 gms of oats
4 cups of water
A little ghee to roast the oats
2 teaspoons of sesame oil
A pinch of mustard seeds
A spoon of black gram
1 small onion chopped fine
Curry leaves can be added for smell and taste.
Salt to taste
Method
The ghee is heated and the oats are roasted in the ghee and this gives a nice aroma. This is kept apart for later and then the mustard seeds are fried in the sesame oil. To the above, add the curry leaves and also the black gram. Also add the small onion that has been chopped to this and sauté them till the onion is nicely fried.
The salt water is added and when it boils, the oats is added. Stir till the water is absorbed. Remove the curry leaves before serving the upama to the baby.
Indian vegetable soup recipe for babies
Indian Vegetable Soup
A baby has to be healthy when it is weaned off the breast milk of the mother. Even if the child is drinking mother’s milk, it has to be supplemented with other foods. The best foods that are good for the baby are vegetables and these vegetables will have many antioxidants and these prevent any chance for the baby getting diseases. Different vegetable recipes are also better for the baby and safer than any processed foods because they are natural.
The vegetables may not be very easy for the child to eat if it is boiled, so the best method of giving the good effects of the vegetables can be combined by creating soups. These soup recipes are simple to prepare and not time taking for a young mother.
This is a simple recipe for soup for babies.
Ingredients
1 small potato that is peeled and diced small.
1 small carrot that is peeled and diced into small pieces
1 medium sized beet root that is also diced
1 turnip that is peeled and diced small
1 small onion which is chopped into fine pieces.
Other vegetables that can be cut into small pieces can be added to the recipe.
Some cumin
4 cups of water.
1 tablespoon of butter.
The recipe can be modified according to the needs of the child by reducing or adding vegetables and also using ground vegetables instead of diced vegetables. The butter is melted and heated in a pan and then the cumin seeds are added to it.
To the above, add the vegetables and then add the water. The vegetables should boil in the water and butter till it is very soft.
Indian Baby Food Recipes - Chicken And Sweet Potato Curry
1 chicken breast, cut into 1" pieces.
2 sweet potatoes, peeled and diced
4 oz (1/2 cup) red lentils
one small onion, finely chopped
1 tbsp safflower oil
pinch cinnamon
pinch cardamom
pinch cumin
pinch coriander
pinch turmeric
16 - 24 fl oz (2-3 cups) water
Heat the oil and fry the onions with the cinnamon until tender.
Add the chicken and cook until golden brown.
Add the potatoes and spices and stir well.
Finally, add the water and lentils and cook for about 30 mins, until the lentils are soft. You may need to add extra water towards the end of the cooking time, to prevent the curry from becoming too dry.
Serve with brown or white overcooked rice
Indian Baby Food Recipes - Vegetable Korma
1 tsp olive oil
1/2 small onion, chopped
1 small carrot, peeled and diced
2 oz (1/4 cup) cauliflower, diced
2 oz (1/4 cup) peas, fresh or frozen
1 small white potato, peeled and diced
2 tsp unsweetened dessicated coconut
2 tsp tomato puree
4 fl oz (1/2 cup) water
pinch ground ginger
pinch cumin
pinch turmeric
pinch coriander
Heat the oil in a saucepan and cook the onion and carrot for a few minutes, until tender.
Add the tomato puree and the spices, stirring continuously and cook for 2 mins.
Add the potato, cauliflower, peas, coconut and water, then bring to a boil.
Reduce the heat, then simmer, covered, for about 20 mins.
Mash well and serve
Indian Baby Food Recipes - Chicken Korma
1 chicken breast, cut into 1" pieces
2 tbsp safflower oil
1 tbsp ghee*
1 medium onion, peeled and finely chopped
pinch ground ginger
6 whole cloves
1/4 tsp ground cardamom
1 bay leaf
pinch ground coriander
2 oz (1/4 cup) plain, unsweetened yogurt
1 fl oz (1/8 cup) water
1 fl oz (1/8 cup) milk
*Ghee is clarified butter, sometimes known as "drawn butter". It is normal butter that has been treated to remove its' "non-fat" elements. This process makes it a better cooking medium.
To make ghee, melt regular butter gently in a strong saucepan. You will see the butter-fat separating and the milk solids sinking to the bottom of the pan. A white foam will form on top - simply turn off the heat and remove the foam with a spoon. You are then left with clarified butter!
In a large frying pan, heat the butter and oil, then saute the onions for about 10 mins, until tender.
Add the cardamom, ginger, cloves and bay leaf.
Saute until the onions are brown (about 5 mins).
Slowly add the yogurt and coriander to the pan, stirring constantly.
Once the yogurt is absorbed, add the chicken and cook until golden.
Add the water, reduce the heat and simmer for 30 mins.
Stir in the milk, then remove from the heat.
Allow to sit for a while - this improves the flavour.
Don't forget to remove the bay leaf and cloves before mashing and serving with white or brown rice (overcook the rice slightly, so it is nice and mushy for baby).
