Khichdi Recipe for Babies

Dal Khichdi is an ideal healthful dish for babies. Khichdi is made with rice, dal sometimes it has vegetables, spinach which makes it much more healthy. Babies start their solids from 6 month onwards and this humble khichdi recipe is great for babies. Learn tips on how to make the healthy rice and dal khichdi recipe in 4 other ways including an easy khichdi mix recipe.

Khichdi Recipe for Babies

I even have been waiting to feed rice for maha for months, because we feed the primary rice infront of god and take it as a function called as “Anna Prashan”. Last Month we took that function, and from that day i’m giving her a number of rice foods. As you all know rice is wealthy in carbohydrates and it gives the energy which your baby needs and helps in healthy weight gaining. Adding dal into rice makes it more healthful and provides the protein which your baby needs. Ensure you check my puree for babies and soup recipe for babies.

Every day i never miss to feed this khichdi to maha, what i do is make many variations to it. And likewise i never miss so as to add homemade ghee to the khichdi. I even have included a recipe for fast khichdi mix which is great for travelling, also I even have over 11 recipes for fast porridge mix for babies.

Is khichdi good for babies?

Khichdi is made with rice and dal. It’s considered one of the healthful meal you possibly can feed your baby. Add in vegetables, spinach when cooking rice and dal and you’ve got a filling meal.

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Moong Dal Khichdi

Moong Dal Khichdi for Babies with step-by-step pictures. Khichdi is a highly nutritious meal for babies that are great for the expansion of your baby.

Ingredients

• Rice – 3 tbsp
• Yellow Moong Dal / Pasi Paruppu – 3 tbsp
• Garlic – 2 fat cloves
• Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam – ½ tsp
• Asafoetida / Hing / Kaya Podi – a pinch
• Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi – ¼ tsp
• Salt to taste
• Homemade Ghee – 1 tbsp
• Water – 1 ½ cup

How you can Make Moong Dal Khichdi

1)Take all of your ingredients

2)Take rice and dal in a bowl and wash it well. Now drain it and add into pressure cooker. Add in garlic, cumin seeds, asafoetida, salt, turmeric powder and asafoetida. Pour in water and canopy the cooker. Pressure cook this for five whistle and simmer it for five mins.

3)Switch off the flame and let the steam escape all by itself.

4)Open the cooker and mash the rice with a potato masher or when you want it to be smooth, you possibly can take that in a blender and puree them.

5)Khichdi is completed.

6)Soon this into serving bowl. Drizzle in homemade ghee and blend well. Serve.

Mixed Vegetable Khichdi

This recipe for vegetable khichdi is packed stuffed with vegetables and spinach. Very healthy and nutritious for babies.

Ingredients

• Rice – 3 tbsp
• Yellow Moong Dal / Pasi Paruppu – 3 tbsp
• Mixed Vegetables – ½ cup chopped (Carrots, Beetroots, Cauliflower, Potato)
• Spinach – a handful
• Garlic – 3 fat cloves
• Asafoetida / Hing / Kaya Podi – a pinch
• Salt to taste
• Homemade Ghee – 1 tbsp
• Water – 1 ½ cup

How you can Make Mixed Vegetable Khichdi

1)Take rice and dal in a bowl and wash it well. Now drain it and add into pressure cooker.

2)Add in all of the vegetables together with spinach.

3)Add garlic cloves.

4)Add in asafoetida. pour in water and canopy the cooker. Pressure cook this for five whistle and simmer it for five mins.

5)Switch off the flame and let the steam escape all by itself. Open the cooker.

6)Mash the rice with a potato masher or when you want it to be smooth, you possibly can take that in a blender and puree them.

6)Pour this into bowl. Drizzle in homemade ghee and blend well.

Spinach Khichdi

Spinach is crammed with iron, so it’s rather more nutritious to your baby. You may add any spinach on this, I used arai keerai.  Cook rice and dal properly till it is sort of mashed up, that helps in easy digestion in babies. At all times wash rice, dal and spinach thoroughly to remove all of the starch and acky stuff from it.

Ingredients

• Rice – 3 tbsp
• Yellow Moong Dal / Pasi Paruppu – 3 tbsp
• Spinach Leaves – Two handfuls
• Garlic – 6 cloves
• Asafoetida / Hing / Kaya Podi – a pinch
• Salt to taste
• Homemade Ghee – 1 tbsp
• Water – 1 ½ cup

How you can Make Spinach Khichdi

1)Take all of your ingredients.

2)Take rice and dal in a bowl and wash it well. Now drain it and add into pressure cooker. Add in garlic, asafoetida, salt, spinach leaves.

3)Pour in water and canopy the cooker.

4)Pressure cook this for five whistle and simmer it for five mins. Switch off the flame and let the steam escape all by itself.

5)Open the cooker and mash the rice with a potato masher or when you want it to be smooth, you possibly can take that in a blender and puree them.

6)Pour this into bowl.

7)Drizzle in homemade ghee and blend well.

Easy Khichdi Mix

I feed khichdi every day when my daughters where little. I make them with rice and dal as shown above every day. Somedays once I haven’t got much time readily available or when travelling, I make this easy mix and carry it with me. It’s so handy after we are travelling with babies.All you wish is to cook with some water, add in veggies when you want and easy khichdi is prepared.

Ingredients

• Rice – 1 cup
• Yellow Split Moong Dal / Pasi Paruppu – ¼ cup
• Masoor Dal – ¼ cup
• Cumin Seeds – 1 tsp
• Asafoetida / Hing / Kaya Podi – ½ tsp
• Homemade ghee – 1 tsp

For Making Porridge:

• Rice Dal Powder – 2 tblspn
• Nuts Powder – 2 tsp
• Water – ¾ cup
• Salt to taste (optional)
• Homemade Ghee – 1 tsp

How you can Make Easy Khichdi Mix

1)take all of your ingredients. Wash rice and dal in a number of water till it is totally cleaned. Drain it and dry it.

2)Heat ghee in a thick bottom kadai. Add within the washed rice and dal and roast them on a medium heat till it’s golden. It would take around 20 to 25 mins. Now remove them to a plate and let it cool.

3) In the identical pan roast cumin and asafoetida for a few mins and take away them as well.

4)Now take the whole lot in a blender.

5)Powder till wonderful.

6)When making porridge, add couple tblspn of this powder in a sauce pan. Mix them well with ¾ water and warmth  it. You may add in some grated carrots or beetroots on this.

7)I cook this on low heat till it’s cooked, it is going to take around 5 mins. Now remove them from heat and permit it to chill a bit, you possibly can add some salt and a few ghee for taste and feed your baby.

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