When ready to chew

My baby is born to 2 foodies so for all obvious reasons is a foodie herself. She loves to taste new things and basically knows how to relish her food ever since the day I started her on solids. Now that she is a year old I have to satisfy the needs of her taste buds and cannot keep her happy with just cereals. She knows that anything that is in our plates tastes much better than what is served in her baby cup. And she simply loves to eat like us, so these are a few of the things we devised to satisfy her taste buds. I have been using boiled and pureed vegetables to make these recipes; this is equivalent to the baby food available readily in the stores. And also she started eating this when she had just started teething, she would chew with her gums, so if you feel your baby is ready you dont have to wait for teeth. But please try these in small portions at the beginning as each baby digests foods differently.

Veggie pancake

Flour or Any cereal – 2 -4Tbsp
Boiled and pureed/diced vegetable – 2-4 Tbsp
A pinch of salt,
A pinch of pepper (optional)
A pinch of jeera powder or basil (optional)
Oil or ghee

Mix all the above ingredients except oil or ghee into a thick batter and pour into a heated pan. You can use either just cereal or flour depending on what your baby is able to digest. When making pancakes with only cereal add very little plain flour or rice flour to bind all the ingredients. Use little grease (oil or ghee) to cook the pancake. Cook it on both sides and let it cool down and feed.

Veggie Paratha

Wheat Flour - 2-3 Tbsp
Boiled and pureed/diced vegetable - 2-4 Tbsp
A pinch of salt
Oil or ghee

Add the salt to the wheat flour and mix it into a dough adding the pureed vegetable. If adding diced vegetable, use little water to make the dough. I usually add just pureed vegetable and make the dough, so that way she gets her veggies. Roll the dough into a circle and put it on a heated pan. Add grease (oil or ghee) to cook the paratha on both sides. Make sure it is well cooked, let it cool and feed.