What to serve in today's lunch? What to cook today? Is it healthy for my kid?
All these questions, we always raise to ourselves while preparing food for our little one. So mommies, here I am with some of the quick recipes which are of course healthy and delicious for your little one.
Lunch ideas for babies of 9 to 12 months old
Khichdi
Moong dal and rice khichdi
To prepare moong dal khichdi, in a pressure cooker put 3tbsp of dal and 2tbsp of rice in water. Add little turmeric, hing and methi dana and cook it till 3 whistles. Add some roasted jeera powder to it and serve lukewarm khichdi. Healthy and delicious moong dal rice khichdi is ready for your little one. This recipe can be given to the 6- 8months old babies as well, only you need to blend it and make a semi liquid paste.
Moong dal khichdi
To prepare only moong dal khichdi, take 3 tbsp yellow lentils (pili moong dal) and 1 tbsp green lentils (sabut/hari moong dal). Pressure cooks the lentils along with 1tbsp of chopped tomato, ½ tbs turmeric powder, pinch of hing(asafoetida) and methi (fenugreek seeds).
Mash the dal khichadi and add some roasted jeera powder to it to enhance the flavour. Moong dal is ready to serve for your baby. Mash or blend the khichdi if required before serving it to your baby.
Mix veg moong dal khichdi
Add some ghee in a pressure cooker, heat it and add ½ tbsp of cumin seeds, pinch of hing(asafoetida) and methi (fenugreek seeds). Once it crackles, add all the mix veg you have chosen for your baby (you can add cauliflower, carrot, peas, beans, cabbage, spinach, beet root) fry the veggies for 2 to 3 minutes. Now add ½ cup of washed rice and moong dal (about 2 to 3 tbsp), 2 cup of water, and ½ tbsp of turmeric. Cook the khichdi till 3 to 4 whistles. Cool the khichadi and serve to your baby by mixing some desi ghee on it. Desi ghee helps in weight gain and boosts the metabolism of the baby.
Rice
Paneer pulao
Heat a tablespoon of ghee in a pressure cooker, and add bay leaves, cardamom and one two cloves. Saute it for 2 minutes and add 2 tbsp of finely chopped onions along with ½ tbsp of ginger garlic paste and ¼ tbsp of turmeric powder.
Meanwhile it turns brown, fry some paneer cubes on another pan. Once the onion and garlic-ginger masala turns golden brown, add the fried paneer cubes. Add half cup of rice, and saute it for 2 to 3 minutes. Now add 2 cups of water, and cook till one whistle. Cool it little and serve it for your baby.
Mix veg pulao
You can make the mixed veg pulao for your baby the same as paneer pulao. You just have to skip the paneer and add veggies to make mixed veg Pulao. For veggies you can choose carrot, beans, peas, cauliflower, beetroot, or anything which your baby likes to eat.
While making the mixed veg pulao you do not have to fry the veggies as we did in paneer pulao, you can just mix all the vegetables once the onion and ginger garlic paste turns golden brown. And then you can add the rice and water and cook. (process as mentioned in paneer pulao)
Daliya
Mix veg daliya
Roast ½ cup of daliya in ghee till it turns brown and crunchy. Add 2 cup of water, a pinch of hing powder and add some vegetables like chopped carrot, beans, peas, raw papaya. Add little turmeric and pressure cook all the ingredients till 3 to 4 whistles. Add some roasted jeera powder and serve it to your baby. Once it is cooked you can mash it little in the masher or blend if required.
Moong dal daliya
Roast ½ cup of daliya in ghee till it turns brown and crunchy. Add 2 cup of water, a pinch of hing powder and add 2 to 3 tbsp of soaked moong dal(green/ sabut moong dal). Add little turmeric and pressure cook all the ingredients till 3 to 4 whistles. Once it is cooked you can mash it little in the masher or blend if required. Add some roasted jeera powder and serve it to your baby.
Sweet daliya
Roast 1/2cup of daliya in ghee till it turns brown and crunchy. Add 2 cup of water, little jaggery, seedless dates, raisins and pressure cook the whole ingredients till 3 to 4 whistles. Daliya absorbs water and takes time to cook so always cook the daliya in the pressure cooker. Once it is cooked you can mash it little and add a pinch of cardamom powder to enhance the flavor. You can also blend it to the puree form and serve it to the baby (if required).
Dinner/breakfast ideas for babies of 9 to 12 months old
Steamed dosa
Prepare dosa batter grinding soaked urad dal and rice. Ferment the batter overnight and next morning you can make a dosa of it. Put some ghee on the pan and make dosa on it. Serve it to your baby with coconut or peanut chutney. Make sure the chutney doesn't have chilli and salt.
Ragi dosa
Add the ragi flour in freshly made dosa batter(urad dal and rice) and leave it overnight. Next day make dosa with the batter and serve your baby with coconut or peanut chutney. Make sure the chutney doesn't have chilli and salt.
Vegetable dosa
To make the healthy vegetable dosa you need to steam the vegetables like peas, carrots, beans, beetroot and make a puree of it. Once the puree is prepared add it to dosa batter(urad dal and rice), now your vegetable dosa batter is ready.
Oats dosa
Roast 2 cup of oats in a pan and grind once it gets cooled down. You can also store the powdered oats in an airtight container for 1 months. Now to make oats dosa for babies, you need to add 2 tbsp of finely chopped onion or onion paste in 1 cup of powdered oats, little turmeric powder, jeera powder, 2tbsp of besan(gram flour), grated potato and half cup of water. Mix all the ingredients and heat a pan with little oil on it. Once the pan gets heated make dosa out of the oats dosa batter and serve your baby once it gets a little cooled down.
Moong dal dosa
Soak about 1 cup of moong dal in water overnight. Next day grind the moong dal along with half tbsp of cumin seeds, ½ tbsp of turmeric, 1 garlic cloves, ½ inch of ginger (use garlic and ginger in very minimal amount, they may taste bitter if use in excess amount) and 2 tbsp of coriander leaves (for flavour). Mix all the ingredients and heat a pan with little oil on it. Once the pan gets heated make dosa out of the moong dal dosa batter and serve your baby once it gets a little cooled down.
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