BLW : Pink Paratha (9 months +)

Paratha is always my family's favourite breakfast though I made it once in 15 days. I don't want them to get bored by eating the same food again and again. But this paratha can be served to adults too. Increase the quantity of spices and add whatever you want to add to enhance the taste like green chilli, chat masala, red chilli powder etc. 

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Pink Paratha means it is made up of beetroot. To enhance the taste I also added carrot because carrot is my babies favourite food. This is my trick - whenever I want to introduce any new food I try to mix them with their favourite food. Chances are they will eat the food. 😇

These recipes can be given to 9 months onwards. Skip salt and red chilli powder for baby below one year old. I am using salt and basic masala for my toddler food because they also eat from our plates. Use a pinch of black pepper and garam masala it enhances the taste and this is the way you introduce masala to your baby. 

BEET CARROT PARATHA 🥕🌰

Ingredients: 

1/2 boiled and grated beetroot

1/2 boiled and grated carrot

1 TSP  crushed kasoori methi

Fistful chopped coriander leaves.

1/4 tsp garam masala

1/4 tsp black pepper powder

Salt as per taste 

1 and 1/2 cup whole wheat flour

1 tsp malai from milk to knead the flour

Direction: 

1. Mix all above ingredients in a whole wheat flour and knead soft dough. 

2. Rest it for 15 minutes.

3. Roll out small parathas.

4. Roast it on hot tawa using butter.

5. Your pinkish beetroot paratha is ready. Serve it with curd.

Tips: 

If your baby is not ready to eat try to serve in very small portion. 

Keep on serving again and again they will definitely going to eat. 

Question of the day

Do you like to eat beetroot? 

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BLW RECIPE: VEGETABLE CHILLA 8 MONTH+

Chilla / Pancake we usually have for breakfast. It is protein packed and for me easy peasy can be prepared in 10 minutes.

I am sharing baby friendly chilla / pancake recipes. First you make it for the baby and then add spices accordingly for the adults portion. 😉 smart work. Always sit as a family to eat the same food. 

This recipe may not be new to you all. But feeding to your baby might be new to some moms. Believe me your baby will love it. It is tasty and non messy ,😜. If you want your kids should explore with food try such non messy food which are full of nutrients. 

Without further ado, let's jump into the recipe.

Vegetable Chilla ( 8 months + )

Ingredients :

1 cup besan

2 tbsp grated carrot 

1 tbsp onion finely chopped

2 tbsp grated beetroot

1 tbsp chopped tomato

1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves

Salt as per taste (skip if baby is below 12 months)

Black pepper powder 1/8 tsp

Jeera powder: 1/8 tsp

Turmeric powder: 1/4 tsp

Kitchen King masala : 1/4 tsp

Water to make a slurry as per requirement

Direction:

- To begin, Mix all ingredients in besan. 

- Add slowly water and make slurry.

- Heat a skillet and apply some ghee.

- Pour 1 spoon of batter and spread a little bit.

- Make a small size pancake and drizzle a little bit of ghee from the side 

- Cover it for a minutes

- Then flip it and toast until it becomes crispy.

Your vegetable loaded chilla is ready to serve. Cut it into long strips and serve it as finger food. 

You may like to read easy and realistic BLW recipe: 

9 to 12 months baby food chart 

Tomato Cheese Omlette

Palak Chilla

Kids/baby approved breakfast ideas 

Which vegetable do you prefer to have in your and baby breakfast? 

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BLW RECIPE : TOMATO CHEESE OMLETTE (8 MONTHS +)

BLW RECIPE : TOMATO CHEESE OMLETTE (8 MONTHS +)

Tomato Omlette is the simplest form of pancake which every Marathi person's favourite. We can have it anytime in the morning breakfast or in a lunch as a side dish with plain dal rice or in the evening snacks with ginger tea or it can be in a dinner as a wrap in roti. Yummm. It tastes awesome however you eat. 

Transferring the same food habits to my younger twins. My intention is to feed them the traditional, simple and tasty food. The food we grew up by eating rather than trying international food. Yes, I am simple mom who love to eat and feed Desi food. Tomato Omlette is our traditional food which our family loving it. 

BLW : Due to social media you get overwhelmed knowledge. Many moms try to fit in that showcase. It is normal when people start comparing their real life with real life. Very few are able to draw a line between real and reel. 

I wanted to mention that everyone has different experience. Try to stick to your traditional, basic and local food items instead of trying new REEL food. 

Some of them are really giving easy , simple food recipes. Just be with your knowledge and stick to your eating habits. 

Don't forget to check Indian Baby Food Chart  here 

You can mix and match the basic ingredients and can cook delicious meal for your baby. Tomato Omlette is the easiest recipes of chilla. I am sharing baby friendly chilla / pancake recipes. First you make it for the baby and then add spices accordingly for the adults portion. 😉 smart work. Always sit as a family to eat the same food. 

Check out the steps of Tomato Cheese Omlette : 

Firstly add Besan aka chickpea flour, semolina and ragi powder to make a healthy. 

Then add finely chopped tomatoes and then all masala. 

Lastly grate cheese. I am using basic Amul cheese which I used in small quantities. You can use any cheese as per your preference. 

Next step heat the skillet, apply some butter and make small thick pancake.

This is our family favourite pancake. And now my twins also loving it.

TOMATO CHEESE OMLETTE 

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Prep time : 5 minutes

Cook time :  5 minutes

Total time : 10 minutes 

INGREDIENTS 

1 /4 cup besan (chickpea Flour) 

2 tsp ragi powder

2 tsp semolina 

2 tsp amul cheese grated 

1/4 finely chopped tomato

Fistful chopped coriander leaves

Salt as per taste (skip if baby is below 12 months)

Black pepper powder 1/8 tsp

Red Chilli Powder : pinch

Turmeric powder: 1/4 tsp

Ajwain (carrom seeds) : pinch 

Water to make a slurry as per requirement

DIRECTION 

- To begin, mix all ingredients in besan. 

- Add slowly water and make slurry.

- Heat a skillet and apply some ghee.

- Pour 1 spoon of batter and spread a little bit.

- Make a small size pancake and drizzle a little bit of ghee from the side. 

- Cover it for a minute.

- Then flip it and toast until it becomes crispy.

Tomato Cheese Omlette is ready to Serve. It taste awesome with peanut chutney.

Tips :

Above recipe is for baby only. For adults you can increase the quantity.

You can add or skip ragi and semolina. 

You can add  spices according to your choice. I like it in simple form.

Use ghee instead of butter or oil for babies. 

Make small quantity as it taste better when you make it fresh. 

You can store the batter (without cheese) in the fridge for 2 days.

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9 to 12 Months Baby Food Chart

Having a baby in 9 to 12 Months is exciting. The way he holds tiny things in his hand and puts them in his mouth melts mom's  heart. Then our food journey starts. We wanted to give variety of foods. After scrolling reels on baby food I am also tempted to make the same food and feed my babies. But you all know what works for others does not necessarily work with us. Especially our Indian baby takes a long time to eat the food compared to the screen baby 😉 Right?

I have an older daughter who is 10 years old. I have gone through the solid phase, picky eating phase and all. I have gone through the mommy- guilt too. So this time I am not getting any stress. 

Sometimes we flow with the social media unknowingly and sometimes withdraw, did this happen with you?

I took some ideas but not implemented yet 😂 rather than sticking with mom instinct and our traditional food. Yes! I didn't start any liquid food rather than Ragi Malt. Apart from that I stick with the mushy structure of food like dal, apple, pear, rice, and all. Not given anything in puree form except soup that too mostly chicken soup, mutton soup, tomato soup and carrot soup. 

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I am sharing a real food chart .... Ha ha you can say chart because I am into a habit of feeding them every 2, 3 hours instead of giving everything at the same time. Because they tend to throw more and eat less. Pheww you know mom, this phase is quite exciting and cleaning is more irritating. 

These can be start 7 months onwards too. 

Breakfast : 

Mostly, Ragi Malt with variations like 

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Banana Ragi Malt

Apple Ragi Malt

Pear Ragi Malt

Plain Ragi Malt

Semolina halwa,

Oats

Variations of Oats

Oats upma

Oats khichdi

Oats pancake

Oats idli

Pancake ( no ) it's chilla with variations

Carrot - besan chilla

Palak puree - besan chilla

Beetroot - carrot chilla

Tomato Cheese Omlette 

Milk and chapati. ( grind chapati/roti and soak in milk ) (traditional food)

Snacks : 

Whether they have breakfast or not I try to give one seasonal fruit after 1 hr. Sometimes our day start with banana. If they are more cranky I choose to give banana. They love it.

Banana

Stem apple

Pear

Chikoo

Papaya

Sometimes juice:

Mausambi Juice

Pomegranate Juice

Mango Juice

I prefer to give whole fruit instead of juice but these are my go to list. Sometimes they love it. Sometimes don't ,😆 you know babies mood 😁

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Lunch : 

Mostly khichadi : 

With variations

Masoor dal khichdi

Vegetable khichdi

Palak Khichdi

Carrot khichdi

Daliya Khichdi 

Mix Vegetable Khichdi

Mix Dal Khichdi

Basically whatever vegetable I have on that day I added in the khichdi. 

Dal and plain Rice 

My toddlers eat  these kind of dals

Masoor dal with onion and tomato tadka.

Plain moong dal with ghee

Mix dal with tadka

Whole masoor dal with garlic tadka.

Mix vegetable Dal. ( everything mushy or mashed form)

Sambar

Tomato Saar

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Evening Snacks : 

Murmura

Paneer sticks

Chapati sticks

Corn chivda

Roasted Makhanna

Homemade potato chips

Homemade french fries

Homemade cookies 

Dinner : 

Mostly simple. ( Trying to give the same food which we eat)

Rava upma

Daliya upma

Oats khichdi 

Paratha

Omlette

Depends on the appetite of the babies.

Sometimes they love to have paratha. 

Potato paratha

Paneer paratha

Mix vegetable paratha

Carrot paratha

Methi thepla

Palak Paratha.

Okay.

What do you need to have daily food eating habit?

Now you will have to have plates, spoons and high chair, right. 

I have plates. Silicon one so that my twin not able to throw it 😭. You can find it here very reasonable and pocket friendly.

And if your budget is more 😜 then you can have a high chair too. 

I like this spoon set specially designed for babies. Don't forget to check this here. I am very happy with this set because my twins are more interested to eat fruits with this fork. 

Disclaimer: I am not a nutritionist nor pediatrician. Sharing my experience as a mom so that if you are a new mom, you should not stress too much about feeding your baby. 

All these food items consume by us too. So trying to make variation and without stress. Make only one meal which goes well with all 

Points to remember:

👶Baby sometimes eat very well. Somedays only eat lunch / dinner. And that is okay. They eat as per their body requirements. As a mom accept it and do not force them to do anything. 

👶 Try to minimise your breastfeeding as much as possible. Instead give them snacks, water, juice or their favourite snacks.

👶 Try to keep a long gap say at least 3 to 4 hour between each meal. Then only they can have good intake of food.

👶 Give them floor time, play time. The more they will play the more they will be hungry.

👶 Play with them, run with them and keep them on the floor always. 12 to 15 months babies are in the walking phase so do allow them to explore. Let them be their own. And so they will get tired and will eat food. 

👶 Do not give water during the meal time because they will drink more water and hence will eat less. (My experience: my babies will play more with water and less eating)

👶Do not offer biscuits. I can say do not eat biscuit or any junk food in front of them. They will be eating healthy food if you eat healthy food. 

👶 Do not get tempted through social media. You can have ideas, knowledge but do not compare your baby with screen baby. 

Reminder to Mom's 

Do not compare your baby with other babies If your baby is gaining moderate amounts of weight and not frequently sick that means your baby is healthy. No matter how thin or how chubby he/she.

Do not take a stress of anyone's comments. People are there to comment unnecessary things always. So do not take stress.

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Hope this will help you. If not then please consider sharing it with newly moms. This is realistic baby food chart and basic food items which are healthy and fulfilling too. It provides necessary nutrition as everything is homemade. Try to include most of vegetables as you can. 

Questions for the day 

What is your go to food as a start of your kids BLW journey? 

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BLW : Palak Chilla 8 Months +

Baby Lead Weaning with traditional and trusted food.

BLW  - It is a tough process but it teaches you lots of things 😁. Patience, calm and  motivation Right Mommies?  Who have gone through this phase ? 

They know it is tedious and hectic but we are in nurturing baby . Still every mom is highly motivated to do this task. 

What is BLW?

Baby Lead Weaning actually it is baby lead feeding. The stage where you have to start solid food to your baby.

With use of social media you get stimulated highly amount of information. But I trust mostly on our traditional food. I always consider to ask my mom or my bua what to feed and whether to feed it or not. Though everything available on our fingers tips.

And second thing is our mommy- gut feeling. Try our variation because you have to feed multiple times of the day to this tiny human. So do not get demotivated and go blindly our trusted traditional food for babies. 

How do you prepare food for babies?

When you are in a nuclear family where you are alone to cook meals and feed your family be smart and prepare two in one meal. So that you don't need to waste too much time in making meals and cleaning utensils. You know the more food preparation the more utensils need to wash. So do smart work. 

I am sharing easy BLW recipes and at the same time we adults can have too. You may know it  but trying it for baby is new for many moms. Because when I  served my babies I got the first question do they have teeth ? 

Baby don't need teeth to chew food. They can eat anything you give. Just make sure it should be soft and in small thin pieces.

Chilla / Pancake we usually have for breakfast. It is protein packed and for me easy peasy can be prepared in 10 minutes.

I am sharing baby friendly chilla / pancake recipes. First you make it for the baby and then add spices accordingly for the adults portion. 😉 smart work. Always sit as a family to eat the same food. 

Let's check out the recipe:

Palak Chilla ( 8 months + )

Ingredients :

1 cup besan

1/4 cup palak puree

1/2 small onion finely chopped ( optional)

Salt as per taste (skip if baby is below 12 months)

Black pepper powder 1/8 tsp

Jeera powder: 1/8 tsp

Turmeric powder: 1/4 tsp

Carom Seeds / Ajwain: pinch 

Water to make a slurry as per requirement

Direction:

- To begin , mix all ingredients in besan. 

- Add slowly water and make lumpsfree slurry.

- Heat a skillet and apply some ghee.

- Pour 1 spoon of batter and spread a little bit.

- Make a small size pancake and drizzle a little bit of ghee from the side.

-  wait for some time until the chilla start to leave the edges from bottom. 

- Then flip it and toast until it becomes crispy.

- For baby keep it moist and soft. 

Besan palak Chilla is ready. Serve it with homemade curd.

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Nutrition Value : 

Palak aka spinach provide vitamin A, vitamin C and vitamin K which improves immunity and iron level too in your baby body.

Besan aka chickpea flour protein packed and easy to digest. Don't forget to add ajwain for good digestion. It improves immunity. Beneficial with cold and cough. 

Some points to be remember while preparing this dish 

- You may add or omit any masala. Keep your measurements according to your preference.

- You can make it thin like a dosa or can make it thick like a pancake. It depends on your baby likes. 

- If you are serving it for the first time then make it thick and try to keep it soft. So that baby can easily chew it.

- If your baby is 12 months + then make it as per the babies preference. You know very well babies taste and preference keeps on changing.

Questions for the day :

What do you prefer to feed your babies pancake or traditional chilla? 

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This blog post is part of the blog challenge ‘Blogaberry Dazzle’
hosted by Cindy D’Silva and Noor Anand Chawla.  

©Neeta Kadam. This article and image are the property of Memory Flies. Any unauthorized use or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this site’s author is strictly prohibited.