Curd oats recipe for babies & toddlers. In the past I had shared few recipes for babies & toddlers using oats. Many readers had a question “Will oats reduce my baby’s weight ?”. Thought of sharing my opinion about it here.
Oats is one of the super food since they are 100% whole grain and provides us with unlimited health benefits. Oatmeal has been hyped a lot by the weight loss industry as a tool to lose weight effectively. But to lose weight it has to be eaten at least twice in a day along with low calorie and nutrient dense foods. Using full fat milk, full fat yogurt, egg yolk, butter or sweeteners in oatmeal will not help to lose weight. Also eating low calorie and nutrient rich foods at every meal or snack along with exercise is crucial for a effective weight loss .
While making baby food with oats, it has to be prepared along with high fats and high calorie ingredients like full fat milk, unflavored full fat unsweetened yogurt, ghee, butter, dal, egg or lentils. This doesn’t contribute to weight loss but your baby will be more healthy by absorbing nutrient from oats & other ingredients used. You may want to revisit these oats recipes which are prepared that way.
Oats sesame ladoo
Oats milk porridge
Oats khichdi
Apple oats recipe
Oats omelette (for toddlers)
You can very well serve oats to your baby and toddler 2 to 3 times in a week. It helps in constipation and to sleep well. Oats is a natural source of melatonin which helps to sleep well.
Do not use cold or sour yogurt/ curd for baby’s food. Use rolled oats, avoid instant and quick cook oats.
Curd Oats Recipe
Ingredients (1 cup = 240ml )
- 2 tbsps oats , powder or 1/4 cup rolled oats (prefer organic or baby oats)
- water as mentioned in step by step method
- salt (for toddlers)
- curd / yogurt as needed
- carrots , Grated , as needed
How to make the recipe
- Cook oats in water until done. Cool it completely.
- Add curd and mix. You can also add salt and grated carrots for babies above 1 year.
NUTRITION (estimation only)
If you are a beginner or new to Indian cooking, I highly suggest you to check the supporting step by step photos for best results. Step by step photos with description available below after the recipe card.
Curd oats recipe for babies under 1 year
1. Add 2 tbsps powdered oats to a pan.
2. Stir in ½ to ¾ cup water and stir well.
3. Cook it on a medium flame until it thickens. Cool this completely. Add yogurt as needed to bring it to a consistency. Serve immediately.
Curd oats for toddlers
1. If your baby can eat textured foods, this method is easy. Just add 1/4 cup oats to a pan and cook with 1 cup water. Cool this completely.
2. Make sure oats is completely cooled. Take a portion of it to a bowl.
3. Add yogurt (room temperature) and salt. I use Himalayan pink salt, you may want to use it too. It is unrefined chemical free mineral salt.
4. You can use a generous pinch of cumin / jeera powder. Add grated carrots & onions. Mix well. Onions are said to increase immunity and bring down the body heat, you can use after 18 months. If your toddler cannot still eat grated carrots, skip it.
Serve immediately.
zari says
hello,
kindly tell me that is it ok to mix yogurt with honey?
swasthi says
Hi Zari,
We usually don’t mix honey with anything except warm water, lemon juice, ginger juice and pepper. But yogurt with honey is an unusual combo. If it is for the kid, I would suggest not to unless it is occasionally.
zarri says
thnx alot..n tell me how can i recover toddler stomach after antibiotics?any food suggestion?
swasthi says
Hi Zarri
After antibiotics we use the probiotic capsules for atleast 10 days and then fresh made yogurt regularly. Incase of phlegm no yogurt is given.
Lakshmi says
Hi swasthi how r u ? Ur posts are very helpful to me. Can i give oats, raagi daily 2 my baby? . Daily am giving oats for dinner to my 13 months old baby. I powdered oats along with 1 or 2 cashew n make porridge then little salt.
swasthi says
Hi Lakshmi
I am good. Thanks. Hope you had a good time these holidays. If your baby gets no phlegm, cold or cough then you can give ragi regularly, any time. I mostly give it before 5 pm & avoid when it is raining as it causes phlegm in my kids very soon. You can give rolled oats with milk, nuts, dates or egg 3 to 4 times in a week. Without nuts & milk it may cause weight loss. Hope this helps.
Lakshmi says
Thank u.
halima says
One more question can it be served to my nephew whos age 6+ months old?
swasthi says
Yes it can be given after 6 months.
halima says
Dear swasti mam,how r you? I love your website and wonderful recipes. I m loveing to cook from ur recipes. I m from Bangladesh. Here I can’t find rolled oats. But quick cook oats r available.what to do? Can it be served 8 months old baby? I m confused.
swasthi says
Hi Halima
Glad to know more about you. Thanks a lot for the compliments. Yes you can also feed quick cook oats, two to 3 times a week. If you find rolled oats anytime, you can stop this and give rolled oats. Hope this helps
Reshma says
HI Mam
Your recipes are so good. My baby loves to eat yogurt. Sometimes she rejects khichdi and eat only when I add little yogurt in it. Is it ok adding yogurt to every baby food?
swasthi says
Hi REshma
Thank you
It is not good to add curd to every food and especially with khichdi it may not digest and leads to colic. Instead you can feed only curd rice or plain curd sometimes
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swasthi says
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Anamika Magan says
i m using Quicker plus oats mix of oats whet and ragi…. mixing two spoons in usual dal rice khichdi for my 1.2 year old boy.
I hope I m doing this correctly. Also I cook this once and serve at two times a day. Is that anything wrong in that. Pls advise.
swasthi says
Hi Anamika,
Yes you can use it if the mix has no additives like preservatives etc. I am not sure of this brand. But I suggest you cook fresh if possible. If you working and not possible, then you can refrigerate it immediately when the food cools. Mix with little water, reheat until the food begins to bubble up very well and cook for 2 to 3 mins. Cool then feed.
Devi says
Hi swasthi, my baby girl is going to be 1 yr in 2 weeks. She is in teething now, she is vomiting everything as soon as I finish feeding in the Mrng ang night sometimes.feeding time mrng b4 9 and night around 7.30.what should i do to control vomiting?
She is not drinking milk also. Whenever I try to feed she throws the bottle even in sleep. How can i make her to drink milk
swasthi says
Hi Devi
Do you give her incompatible foods?
Devi says
Hi swasthi, am giving one of the these for breakfast boiled potatoes, ragi, idly sambar, rice milk cereal. She is
vomiting When I give rice milk cereal for breakfast and dinner. Will give kichadi for lunch,
Eve fruits like Apple, banana.
swasthi says
Hi Devi,
Dont know whick milk you are using. Sometimes it is the milk that doesn’t suit the babies. The first indication would be vomiting. I guess it should be that. Try with a different formula or milk. To find out stop milk completely for 2 to 3 days and keep her only on solids. In the night give rice porridge with ghee before sleeping. This should keep her full till early morning or atleast till 4am. Try this for 3 days, then start her on a new formula or milk
Zeeba says
Hi swathi,
Do you also believe that curds can trigger a common cold?. In this recipe can I add something to prevent a cold?
Thanks for your reply,
Zeeba
swasthi says
Hi Zeeba
Yes you can add a pinch of ginger or pepper or carom powder. I suggest not to serve yogurt during cold. Yes it can trigger cold, Reason is during cold one doesn’t have the ability to digest heavy foods. And curd is very heavy for digestion, so undigested curd becomes toxins and turns to phlegm and worsen congestion.
Shwetha Pradeep says
Hello, ma’am read most of ur recipes it delicious nd good… I have a 2yrs 8 months old kid.. She active but I’m worried about her weight… From past 8 months she’s 10 KGS not increased at all… Doctor says she’s under weight… She is cranky by force I feed her… Please help me… I want my daughter healthy with good weight for her age…
swasthi says
Hi Shwetha
I suggest you to go thru the post on indian baby food chart for the food menu and post on weight gaining foods. You can find the links in the related posts. Both will help you to make your own chart for your girl. She should be getting 2 servings of fruits, 2 servings of milk/ yogurt/ paneer, 2 protein based meals including dal, egg etc. 2 healthy snacks and heavy brekafast in a day. 30 to 40 mins before a meal give her fruits that helps her to improve her appetite.
rathika says
Hello maam…hope evrything fyn…its very hot hr maam….still all getting cold….n maam I was about to ask u about the salt u use…thank u fr leting us kno….maam wat shall v add in fruit juice as a sweetener? ?? Planing to give my daughter….
swasthi says
Hi Rathika
Yes all is well. Hope the same from you too. Yes even during summer, due to virus one may get cold, sore throat etc. I usually do not add any sweetener to the juice, If it is sour then i add a pinch of salt and half tsp organic sugar. I fear they get used to sweet drinks. I add very little even for milk. Trying giving her without sugar, if she doesn’t like then add half tsp
rathika says
Thank u maam…