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)
© Swasthi’s Recipes
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Ritu says
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
Shwetha says
Hi ,
My baby completed 3 months . Can I start giving her ragi seri,cerelac , apple puree and carrot puree from 4th month beginning onwards ?
swasthi says
Hi,
Please read this post on introducing solids to baby
Ana says
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
Shalini says
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
swasthi says
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.
rizwan khan says
My son is above 6 month and i want to give food now plz suggest for us
swasthi says
Hi Rizwan,
Pls check this detailed food chart. Start dinner only after 7 months.
rizwan khan says
Thanks sir
ShanmugaPriya says
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.
swasthi says
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.
lilian says
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
swasthi says
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.
Lilly says
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
swasthi says
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.
Prathyusha says
Hello mam. As u told I started feeding her in upright position . And I started giving her rasam rice , milk rice. She won’t eat not more than 4 to 5 spoon.she’s eating omelet .oonce a day. I tried ur recipes . can u suggest me some breakfast recipes more like solids because she doesn’t want to eat porridge r cereals
swasthi says
Hi Prathyusha,
iam happy to know she is eating little at least now. I suggest you try idli, since it is very good for her to gain weight. You can find my idli recipe here.
You can also try set dosa, it turns very soft. Make it with butter.
pesarattu with ghee, 1/2 to 1/3 of one is good enough.
here is another version of instant pesarratu
poha pongal , make it a dry version if she likes
ragi dosa
You can also try gunta pongadalu, paneer stir fry, boiled potato and ghee for breakfast.
If you haven’t read this post on baby weight gain foods. It may help you to get some ideas. Hope these help
manju says
My son is old 2nd half year. Weight is 13th. Please give tips for nutrients food
swasthi says
Hi manju , Please read this post on foods for weight gain in babies. Also follow the baby food chart. All baby food recipes on this blog are healthy and nutritious. You will have to select which your baby likes.
priya says
My babys birth weight is 2.4 .and now she is one year and four months her weight is about 8 kgs.However I give food her weight does not get increases so what kind of recipe’s I can try for her
swasthi says
Hi Priya,
All baby food recipes on this blog listed above in this post are healthy and help to gain good weight. Here is a detailed post on best foods for weight gain in babies and toddlers. try to follow it. Hope this helps you
teena says
Hi swasthi,
ur potato rice recipe is loved by my baby.now going to try this one. Few queries are-
1) do I need to puree or mashing is suff for my 14 month baby.
2) how do u mash u r babies food.
3) can I use spinach instead of me this
moreover though u r kid is grownup now but will love to see more healthy recipes out here for babies . My LO hates milk so if u can suggest some milk based recipes…thanks in advance.
swasthi please give me ur email I’d so that I can mail u my queries.i love ur deep insight knowledge of healthy food for babies. That will be a great help.
Thanks
teena
swasthi says
Hello teena,
sorry that i couldn’t reply u early, was busy with the kid’s assessments. glad to know ur little one loved the potato rice. you can use spinach instead of methi. i used to mash all the foods except for the ones including chickpeas or green gram with high fiber.until he completed 2 yrs, i used to puree foods with high fiber in a small blender jar kept separate for baby foods. for milk based recipes, just check baby toddler and sweets section, you will get lot of ideas, but don’t use sugar to make them.if you have any queries do drop a comment on that particular post, i will answer you.
Thanks for your lovely feedback
🙂
Ashika says
Pls email the milk recpies as my baby hate milk
Pritesh B says
Very Nice !! I like it. I will try for my baby.
Roseline says
Mother's are always bothered about their kid's eating habits,this kind of blogs are really helpful for moms like us as it is good source of nutrients and give us a choice to prepare different yummy dishes for our kids.Looking for some more additions.
pepper bowl says
This recipe is not only for the babies but also for the adults. Thinking to have this as side dish for our spicy rice tomorrow.
Latha Madhusudhan says
Lovely posts for the mums with the toddlers and fussy eaters.
Vimitha Anand says
Very healthy toddler food. thanks for sharing
Phong Hong says
Even Indian baby food is so delicious 🙂 I would love to have some myself!
kausers kitchen says
Very healthy and nutritious food dear.<br />Have a wonderful weekend 🙂
Sangeetha Priya says
Very healthy puree, yeah definitely hv to add pinch of cumin powder/hing/garlic as methi n channa produces gas, this is my kind suggestion dear…
Swasthi says
Hi Sangeetha! nice suggestions. but the safety of using hing for babies is still unknown (not enough research is done) and garlic actually contributes to gas and some times induces stomach pain, so i do not use them. i only use ajwain or monsoon spice mix which has cumin in it, if the climates is cold. Thanks for your suggestions dear
divya says
looks irresistible….love it..;)
DivyaGCP says
Healthy nutritious food for toddlers. My toddler has moved on too normal food too. So not making anything special for him these days..