Baby food recipes – 6 to 18 months | Homemade Indian baby food recipes
By Swasthi on August 26, 2022, Comments, Jump to Recipe
Baby food recipes – A collection of homemade Indian baby food recipes for 6 10 18 months babies. If you are a new mum, you can check this Baby food chart for 6 months baby. If you have a baby older than 7 months then you can check this Indian baby food chart for 8 months & above. You can also take a look at the best foods to gain weight in babies & toddlers. This post contains a list of all Indian baby food recipes available on this blog.
I have also included a few sample baby food recipes in the recipe card. All the recipes are tried and tested and have been served for both my babies.
If your pediatrician has suggested you to start, then You can start with a single fruit, single veggie and then single grain. For more details please check this post on How to introduce solids to baby.
I highly recommend reading every line of the baby food posts on this blog as they can guide you extensively.
Baby food recipes – babies above 6 months
How to make baby rice cereal
Apple rice
Ragi porridge for babies
Apple Wheat porridge
Apple ragi (try ragi and apple separately first, then try together)
Khichdi for babies
Methi khichdi
Moong dal soup
Carrot almond baby food
Potato rice
Barley baby cereal
Sago carrot kheer for babies
Sabudana kheer for babies
Wheat cereal for babies
Soft idli recipe
Milk oats porridge
How to make ragi flour for babies
Oats porridge with vegetables (blend till smooth)
Sweet potato rice
Apple oats
Babies above 8 months
Sprouts soup
Urad dal khichdi
Raw banana rice
Ven pongal. please mash the rice well and remove the pepper corns. You can also puree it.
Curd rice. Puree if desired, skip tempering.
Curd oats
Moong dal halwa
Ragi idli
Baby food recipes for babies above 11 months
These need to be pureed before serving
Dalia khichdi
Oats vegetable khichdi
Sweet corn soup
Barley soup with vegetables
Chickpeas toddler food
Chickpeas soup (for babies above 15 months)
Badam milk. pls consult your doctor and use buffalo or goat milk, avoid cow’s milk.
Set dosa
Banana milkshake
Lassi (avoid salt and sugar)
Neer dosa
Kambu dosa
Sample Indian baby food recipes
Baby food recipes
For best results follow the step-by-step photos above the recipe card
Ingredients (US cup = 240ml )
Ingredients for 6 months baby food recipes 1 – Any one of the following (refer notes)
- ½ banana
- 1 sapota
- ½ papaya
- 2 tbsp cooked rice
Ingredients for 7 to 8 months baby food recipes 2 (refer notes)
- 2 tbsp rice or 2 tbsps ragi or wheat flour
- 200 ml water
- 1 small apple or banana
- 1/8 tsp ghee homemade (refer notes)
Ingredients for 8 months baby food recipes 3
- 1½ tbsp rice aged rice
- 1½ tbsp dal (toor or moong dal)
- 1½ tbsp carrots chopped
- 200 ml water
- 1/8 tsp ghee homemade
Ingredients for 8 months baby food recipes 4
- 2 tbsp rice
- 1 baby potato or 2 tbsp chopped
- 1 pinch carom seeds powder (ajwain powder)
- ¼ tsp ghee homemade
Instructions
Making 6 months baby food recipes
- Make sure you follow the 3 day test rule for every food you introduce. Wait for the results until 4th day.
- To make the baby food, Mash any one of the fruits – banana, papaya, sapota very well until smooth.
- If desired add it to a blender and puree until smooth. To thin down add a few spoons of boiled and cooled water. Fruit puree is ready.
- If using cooked rice, then puree together rice and any of the fruit – (banana, papaya, sapota or steamed apple) along with some boiled and cooled water. Fruit flavored rice is ready.
- You can also feed only steamed apple. Peel and chop the apples. Bring half cup water to a boil and add the apples to it.
- Cook until the apples are slightly tender just for a minute or 2. Cool and puree with rice or just the steamed apple. Apple puree is ready.
Making 7 months baby food recipes
- Wash rice and soak in water for at least 30 mins.
- Pressure cook on a medium flame for 2 to 3 whistles. You can also cook in a pot until soft.
- Apple flavored rice cereal : When the pressure goes down, open the lid and add grated apple. Cover and cook for 2 to 3 mins. Cool and make a smooth puree. If needed add some boiled and cooled water. Add few drops of hot ghee. Apple flavored rice is ready.
- Banana rice cereal : Cool the rice completely. Add banana and rice to a blender and make a fine puree. Pour few tbsps boiled and cooled water if desired.
Making 8 months baby food recipes
- Wash rice and dal in a cooker or pot a few times until the water runs clear. Add grated carrots and pour water.
- Pressure cook for 2 to 3 whistles on a medium heat. If cooking in a pot add more water as needed.
- When the pressure goes down, using a masher mash the food to smooth. This is the stage you must be teaching you baby to eat mashed foods. Reduce feeding pureed foods. Add ghee to hot food and serve warm. Rice dal baby food is ready.
Making 8 months baby food recipes
- Soak rice until water runs clear. Soak for 30 mins and cook along with potato until soft for 3 whistles. Mash the rice well and add ghee. Feed warm. To prevent colic you can add a pinch of ajwain powder. Potato rice is ready.
Notes
Alternative quantities provided in the recipe card are for 1x only, original recipe.
For best results follow my detailed step-by-step photo instructions and tips above the recipe card.
NUTRITION INFO (estimation only)
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I’m Swasthi Shreekanth, the recipe developer, food photographer & food writer behind Swasthi’s Recipes. My aim is to help you cook great Indian food with my time-tested recipes. After 2 decades of experience in practical Indian cooking I started this blog to help people cook better & more often at home. Whether you are a novice or an experienced cook I am sure Swasthi’s Recipes will assist you to enhance your cooking skills.
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Hi swasthi, Wheat cereal recipe is taking to badam halwa page. I am sure you did not intend it that way.
Hi Anu,
Thanks for letting me know. That’s a technical error. Wheat cereal post is no more there on the blog. That was supposed to go here : Wheat porridge. I will fix it.
Hi my daughter is 1 year now, just few weeks before she started liking food like very thin khichrhi and dal.
What else i can cook for her. Which has more healthy and little light to eat.
Plz suggest more recipes.
Hi,
Please check the list provided in the post. There are lots of recipes
Am Gabriella from Nigeria, this has been so useful to me , God bless you. My Son has been so sick lately , his recovery n eats well thank u for d recipes .
Hi Gabriella
So glad to know! Thank you so much!
My babay age is 8 months old , now baby is taking only mms2 milk.
So now what kind of food shall I give?
Plz help me..out .
Hi! My baby’s age is 2 years. Can ypu please guide me what kind of food should i give to him ?
Hello Mam ….
Thank you so much ..I’m following you since long time back n ur recipes are just amazing .. bt now I was searching for baby food n suddenly a name with swasthi’s recipe appeared ..n got surprised..thanks a ton for helping a new mom like me ..
Just help me more by telling how to start new food ..my baby is 11momths old
Hi Sayali,
You are welcome. So glad to know! You can check this baby food chart. Try to follow the timings and the recipes as well. I hope you have already introduced solids. If not then this post on how to introduce solids will be helpful. If you have any queries feel free to post your comments. Hope this helps.
Hello mam, we are confused to feed oranges to my 11 months baby.. How much ammount can we feed and daily it can be given mam?
Hi Venkat,
1 orange per day & you can give for 3 to 4 days in a week. Please choose sweet oranges and avoid sour ones.
Greetings ✨ do you have a book?
Your website is beautiful, and I am very grateful for the baby food recipes. I’m a westerner who studies Yoga and Ayurveda, your blog helped me get my baby started on solids, thank you for you and the information!
Namaste,
Melissa
Namaste Melissa!
Glad to know you! I do not have a cookbook. Thank you so much! Glad the recipes helped.
Much love to the little one!
🙂
THANK YOU❤️??GREAT RECEIPES
Welcome Debi
Hi, I just would like to say that I looooove your recipes. I’m not indian but I love Indian food. And whenever I’m cooking Indian food I always use your recipes. Now that I was searching for baby food recipes I was surprised to see that you have a lot of recipes for babies as well. Not only recipes but you also take time to educate people about the food and also first time moms like me on how to introduce food to my baby. You are just amazing!
Hi Mon,
Glad to know you. Thank you so much for the comment. So happy to know you have been trying the recipes. Yes I do share a lot of baby recipes. Hope your little one will enjoy the food. Thanks again. Much Love to the little heart!
🙂
hello mam thank u so much for this dedication towards new moms.. can u please tell me how to subscribe your blog?
Hi Sam
You are welcome. There is a subscription box on the side bar.Thank you!
Thanks for the recipes swasthi sis. I am trying one by one for my 8 months old boy. He loves the food very much ?
Welcome Tiya
Glad to know your baby likes the food.
hi dr,
you have such a good space that is a real boon for new moms lik me….may i know how can i subscribe to your blog…sorry, i couldnt find any link…..
thank you
Welcome Sunitha
I have added your email id to the subscription list. Thanks for your interest. Happy to know the recipes are useful
Hello swasthi my baby has started 6th month 1 week before and I just wanted to follow your recipes as as u go very organized according to age?…now my query is for starting the rice cereal I forgot to roast it after soaking and drying directly i powdered so any alternative source for roasting pls kindly help
Hi Deena,
Yes you can dry roast the flour on a low flame until it smells good. If the rice grain is roasted, it puffs up and turns light. so it is easier for the baby to digest, prevents colic, food is more flavorful and the shelf life is more. Hope this helps.
Thanks a tonne for ur response….
Hi i am Ritu …my son is Aaditya is 3yrs4months he weighs 13.5kg and his height is 97cm….he is a very fussy eater….he falls ill frequently and is very skinny….he likes smashed food and dosent want to chew food….i am very worried…pls can you help and suggest a good diet for him
Hi ,
My baby completed 3 months . Can I start giving her ragi seri,cerelac , apple puree and carrot puree from 4th month beginning onwards ?
Hi,
Please read this post on introducing solids to baby
Hi ,meri baby 2year ki hai o kuch bhi bina blend kiy ni khati us potty 3din p hota hai aur bhut hard mai us kya khilau ki o roj potty kre koi ghrelu upay ap btao
Plz help how to grow my baby weight she wont eat any food iteam
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Plz say how can i solve this
Hi Shalini,
for a good weight gain pls follow this food chart and this post for tips on how to gain weight. hope this helps. Please be patient and try the food chart it has helped many women.
My son is above 6 month and i want to give food now plz suggest for us
Hi Rizwan,
Pls check this detailed food chart. Start dinner only after 7 months.
Thanks sir
Hey Swasthi,
My son is 2 & half year old. He is a very selective eater. He hasn’t got his back teeth yet. So he is finding great difficulty in eating solid foods still. He likes spicy food though. Please suggest some good recipes for him.
Worried mom,
Priya.
Hi Priya,
Some toddlers may take up to 3 years to get through the teething phase.
Please check this baby/toddlers section for recipes. You can serve most foods now, just mash up a bit and feed.
I am worried about my child she s indian n she don’t eat our food n she only 1 year. I am black but married by indian so plz help m
Hi Lilian,
Follow this baby food chart. You can find all the delicious baby food recipes there according to the schedule. There are some very simple ones you can try them. You can find more details on the recipes. If you have any queries you can post them back. Hope this helps.
Hi Swasti, I find the recipes very helpful thank u so much. I was really confused what to feed my baby she is 19 months. I have one question if Khicrdi cannot be given at night can u please suggest what can I give her for dinner ? I will be thankful as for now I give her Khicrdi . Thank u
Hi Lilly,
I usually suggest not to feed khichdi for dinner for babies under 18 months, since dal might be gassy and may disturb their sleep in the night. But you can feed 3 to 4 times in a week since ur baby is already 19 months, but make sure you soak the dal as mentioned in the khichdi post. I suggest making the lunch more protein based (dal based), dinner more veggie based as it is easy to digest and more quantity of veggies are consumed. I used to prefer serving more stir fried veggies with rasam to my toddlers for dinner since rasam is light on the tummy and a good amount of veggies are consumed if mashed and mixed with the rasam rice, millets/ragi balls etc. With khichdi the amount of veggies used is not much. Also another benefit of this, you can slowly move your kid to your meal. What you cook for other members of the family, can be served with out making it much spicy and hot. Hope these help.