Potato rice baby food recipe
This is an updated post, my younger son is 3 now but he still enjoys this.
Though potatoes are high in carbohydrates, they are complex carbs hence we do not restrict them in our diet. They make a very good baby and Toddler food helping them to gain a healthy weight.
This potato rice baby food recipe is so simple, easy to make and your little one with love it
I started giving carom flavored potato rice to my younger son when he turned 8 months. I just started with a tablespoon of this and slowly increased the quantity. I serve him this for lunch and I give him no more than twice/thrice a week.
As my little one grew up, I changed it to a rough texture and thicker consistency. White potatoes are bad for colicky babies, but adding carom seed powder reduces colic and is a very good digestive aid.
It is absolutely safe to give carom seeds powder to babies after 6 months of age. It even keeps babies away from building up phlegm, after all phlegm is undigested food that ferments forming toxins in the body.
Potato rice baby food recipe | Indian baby food recipe below
Ingredients
2 tbsp. long grain rice
50 Gms potato
1/8 carom seed pow (ajwain)
135 ml water (depends on the type of rice that is used)
A pinch of salt (optional)
A pinch of Turmeric
How to prepare indian baby food with potatoes
1. Wash and soak rice for at least half an hour, drain and measure 135 ml water, add peeled potato , chopped if you prefer and pinch of salt.
2. Pressure cook it for 4 whistles or you can cook even in a slow cooker or heavy bottomed pan till the potatoes turn mushy. If cooking in an open pan need to add more water (approximately another 90 ml) and fully cook till the rice and potatoes turn soft.
3. Add carom seed pow and turmeric. Mash the rice and potato to a smooth texture, at the end add butter. you can add more boiled water or rasam to it to get the desired consistency. i add little rasam to this.
For more baby food recipes, you can check baby wheat cereal, homemade baby carrot cereal, chickpeas and methi leaves, chickpeas carrot toddler food
Arathy Vijayakumar says
Thank you Swasthy for your reply… So nice of you.I haven’t yet started to give her rice n potatoes, but I’m giving her Raagi and Soochi Wheat porridge for her. She enjoys that. But I would like to change her food in between. so that she can taste variety. Im giving Cerelac/Nestum as well. Is that good for Baby’s health? or Instead of Cerelac/Nestum should I try something else?
swasthi says
Welcome Arathy
Cerelac or nestum is fine sometimes not regularly. They are precooked and dehydrated so it is good to keep it as a last option when you are unable to prepare anything. Please check this post on introducing solids for babies. This will guide you completely.
Arathy Vijayakumar says
Hi Swasthi,
Healthy recipes. Excellent. Can I give this food to my 6 month old baby
swasthi says
Hi Arathy
Thank you. If you have introduced rice and potato to your baby separately then you can try this.
Swathi says
Can this be given to two year old for dinner when she is constipated
swasthi says
Hi Swathi
Not good when constipated.
Rajni Shanmuganathan says
Excellent recipes. Thanks
brindha says
hi i loke your blog very much. my son is 2 yrs old. still he is not chewing his food. i tried by giving him some finger foods but he always used to lick and throw it. he always swallows his food . I need your suggestions very badly as i am totally upset regarding this food habit. thanks for your response
swasthi says
Hi Brindha
The only way is to keep telling the kid to chew after every bite.
Sneha Gohel says
hi swathi, i got good idea regarding feeding my 9 month old dd. By God’s grace, she is a healthy baby with weight of 8.3 kg. Can you help me setting a daily eating plan??? she needs to have a breakfast, mid breakfast, lunch, again evenign snack and dinner. Still she wakes up thrice during night to feed. waiting for your mail. Please do get some time to help me. She has one small teeth
swasthi says
Hi sneha
Pls follow this food chart
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swasthi says
Glad to know the blog is useful to you. Thank you
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swasthi says
Hi Raj
Thanks for sharing.
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priya says
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Zeeba says
Hi Swathi,
Can I use cumin powder instead of carom seeds powder in this recipe?
Thanks for your reply 🙂
Zeeba
swasthi says
Yes Zeeba
You can use cumin powder
nazma says
Very nice i saw many recipes in this site n i try for my baby and she is easyly eat
swasthi says
Hi Nazma
So glad to know your baby eats the food
tamilselvi says
My baby has completed 1&half yrs.but his weight is 8.9kg oly.he is not eating anything properly.plz help me to improve his weight
swasthi says
pls follow this food chart for babies and this post on weight gaining tips