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Rice rava is introduced as the first food in most Telugu families from ages 6months+ and up. This rava is easy to digest and provides a good start as the first solid food. It is easy to prepare and must be served warm. This can be used as an alternative to regular rice till your baby is about 1 year of age.

For babies: 6 months+

Preparation : Add a scoop of Little Tummy Full Rice Rava to a clean bowl. Add 4 scoops of water and bring this mixture to a boil on a low-medium flame. Add water as required to maintain porridge type loose consistency. Place a lid over the bowl to let the mixture cook faster. Once the rava is not hard and is fully cooked, add a tiny pinch of salt and mix well. Let this cool till it is slightly warm. Ensure that it is not too hot for the baby and is only slightly warm before feeding this to the baby. You can increase the quantity served as your baby grows.

As the baby gets accustomed to this, you can add a pinch of either carom powder, cumin powder or coriander powder along with the rice rava to introduce flavours to your baby. Make sure to add only one spice at a time. A small amount of ghee also can be added to this.

This provides a wholesome breakfast to your baby. It is a good alternative to regular idli and dosa. Preparing is also easy and almost instant, no pre-prepared batter required.

For babies: 10 months+

Preparation: Add a spoon of ragi flour or sprouted ragi flour, a spoon of bombay rava, half a spoon rice flour, half a spoon curd, a pinch of salt, a little jeera powder, a very small amount of red chilli powder. The above ingredients result in a crispy ragi dosa. If you want soft dosas for your baby, add half a spoon of oats powder to the above ingredients. Mix everything thoroughly and add water little by little and mix so that no lumps are formed. Keep adding water till a watery consistency is attained. Cover with a lid and keep this aside for 15 minutes. 

After 15 minutes, some of the water would have been absorbed. Adjust the consistency by adding more water if required. Heat an iron tawa, once it is hot, pour the batter (like pouring the batter for rava dosa) to form a dosa. Roast the dosa in medium flame till it is golden brown on the bottom side and separates easily from the tawa. Now flip it and roast the other side as well till the rawness if lost and a light golden colour is attained. Serve the dosa warm to your baby. The batter can be stored for up to half a day, hence prepare the batter in small quantities and instantly whenever required.

Pulses are a good source of proteins. They are slightly more difficult to digest for a baby’s tummy. Start with Moong Dal porridge(moong dal is easier to digest) and then introduce Tur Dal porridge to your child.

For babies: 7 months+

Preparation: Add a scoop of Little Tummy Full Tur/Moong Dal Porridge to a clean bowl. Add 4 scoops of water and mix. Keep this aside for 30 minutes. Then place the bowl with the mixture and water into a regular gas stove based cooker(make sure to fill the cooker with some water for steam). Place the cooker lid with a gasket and a whistle. Turn on the flame for the cooker to start forming steam. In medium-high flame, let the cooker give out 7-8 whistles. After the steam is all gone, remove the bowl from the cooker(handle with caution, the bowl might be hot!) and mash the contents well. Add a pinch of salt, a small amount of ghee and serve this porridge warm to your baby. Increase the quantity as per the baby’s age.

You can add a pinch of either carom powder, cumin powder or coriander powder along with the porridge mixture before soaking to introduce flavours to your baby. Make sure to add only one spice at a time.

Ragi is the most famous first food for babies in the state of Karnataka. Ragi is a source of proteins, calcium and iron and it is gluten-free. Sprouted ragi is even more nutritious as it contains much more iron than whole ragi grains.

For babies: 6 months+

Preparation: In an iron pan/kadai, add about half a cup of water. To this water, add a spoonful of whole ragi grain or sprouted ragi powder. Stir gently to form a uniform liquid mixture. Remember that ragi powder has to be added to water at room temperature. Adding ragi powder to warm or hot water causes lumps. Once the powder is added and stirred uniformly, turn on the gas at a low-medium flame. Keep stirring slowly till the watery consistency thickens and the porridge starts to boil. Cook this mixture till the porridge is shiny and there is a sweet smell of ragi. If at this point your porridge seems too thick, then you can add a little more water and bring the porridge to a boil again. Now you can either add a pinch of salt or add half a spoon of powdered jaggery and mix well. Turn off the flame and let cool. Serve it while warm to your baby. Increase the quantity as your baby grows.

As the baby grows older, their interest towards new tastes increases. A healthy and fulfilling dessert/snack would be Ragi Apple Halwa.

For babies: 8 months+ (after introducing ragi and apple to your baby separately before)

Preparation: In an iron pan/kadai, add about half a cup of water. To this water, add a spoonful of whole ragi grain or sprouted ragi powder. Stir gently to form a uniform liquid mixture. Remember that ragi powder has to be added to water at room temperature. Adding ragi powder to warm or hot water causes lumps. Once the powder is added and stirred uniformly, turn on the gas at a low-medium flame. Keep stirring slowly till the watery consistency thickens and the porridge starts to boil. Cook this mixture till the ragi is more than half cooked. To this add a spoonful of grated and peeled apple. Let this cook slowly till the apple loses it’s crunchiness. To check if the halwa is cooked, take a small portion and press it between your fingers, if you find that the apple is still hard, cover and cook for some more time. Once the apple and ragi are fully cooked, add a spoon of powdered jaggery or date palm syrup. Regular sugar is not advisable to very young babies though sugar also can be added to this instead of jaggery or date palm syrup. Stir everything to an even consistency, cover and cook for another 5-6 minutes. Turn off the flame and let it cool. This can be served warm or at room temperature.

Oats are not a traditional food source in India. Off late, oats has gained popularity as it is rich in minerals, vitamins, fibre and antioxidants which makes it a good baby food. Oats is a recent addition to the Indian food family and we suggest that oats be used as an occasional source of fibre for your baby.

For babies: 8 months+

Preparation:  Add 1 spoonful of oats powder to half a cup of breast milk or formula milk. Cook on low-medium flame till the milk boils and the oats are soft. Add half a spoon of jaggery and stir till it is mixed well. Serve this warm to your baby.

Pssst: The above recipe can be used with ground poha(flattened rice) too.

Chaaru is a liquid preparation that is consumed in combination with rice. It is prepared and savoured almost every day in most Telugu households as it boosts digestion and is very easy down the throat. This makes it an ideal dish for babies.

For babies: 8 months+

Preparation: To a bowl add 1 spoon jaggery, 1/2 spoon of tamarind, a small green chilli, 2/5th  spoon chaaru powder, a little salt, a pinch of asafoetida. Bring this to a boil on a low-medium flame. Once it boils, let it simmer on a low flame for a few minutes till the waft of chaaru powder is emanated. Turn off the gas and place a lid on the chaaru.

Method to feed chaaru to your baby: Make sure that the chaaru is warm and not very hot. For babies of 8 months+, chaaru can be added to freshly cooked rice rava in small quantities with a few drops of ghee and fed. For babies above 11 months of age, regular rice that is freshly cooked can be mashed well with chaaru and a few drops of ghee can be given. For older kids(above 1 year), a small quantity of freshly cooked tur dal can be mixed with chaaru rice to increase protein intake. Gun powder also can be added instead of tur dal for babies of age 18 months+.

Chaaru can be had by adults as well every day in small quantities. It tastes good and aids digestion.

Psssst: Gun powder in chaaru rice is our personal favourite. Order some fresh home made gun powder for you and your family here.

Hot and piping tomato rasam with rice on a cold or rainy day just about uplifts anyone’s mood. Babies might not be able to enjoy the same spices that we adults can digest, so here is a slightly altered tomato rasam that would be wonderful for your baby.

For babies: 8 months+(this has to be given to baby after introducing combination foods)

Preparation: Chop a small tomato into small pieces. Cut up a garlic clove into pieces. Fry these in an iron kadai on a low-medium flame till the tomato is squishy and cooked properly. Blend the fried tomatoes and garlic to form a smooth paste. Now in the same kadai, add a few drops of oil and the blended paste, add ½ spoon of Tomato Rasam powder and a little salt. Fry for a minute on low flame. Then add half a cup of water and let it boil. Let the rasam simmer for a few more minutes till vapours filled with the smell of spices appear. Turn off the stove and place a lid on the rasam.

Method to feed tomato rasam to your baby: Make sure that the rasam is warm and not very hot. Rasam can be added to freshly cooked rice rava in small quantities with a few drops of ghee and fed. For babies above 11 months of age, regular rice that is freshly cooked can be mashed well with rasam and a few drops of ghee can be given.