Yummylicious & Healthy Recipes For 9-12 Month Olds

Every mother wants their child to eat nutritious food. Most of the mothers stuck with this one word “ How?”. In this blog, I am going to share some healthy yummy recipes which I cook for my son. Till 12 months babies should not have salt, sugar and chilli therefore I am not adding any of these in my recipes. To get a little spicy taste I add a pinch of pepper.

PIZZA CHILLA

• Rava
• Curd or water
• Chopped Cabbage
• Chopped Capsicum
• Chopped Carrot
• Pepper powder
• Nut Powder ( Powder prepared by roasting and grinding nuts) ((OPTIONAL))

• Soak ½ rava or semolina for 15  minutes either in curd or water
• Add some chopped veggies in an equal amount.
• Add a pinch of pepper powder
• 1 tsp of nut power 

Mix all the ingredients together. The batter must be of medium consistency- not too thick and not too thin. Add water to adjust the consistency. Now, In a pan put ghee and then batter in small circles. Pizza chilla is ready !!!

CUCUMBER PARATHA

• 1 Grated Cucumber
• 1 cup Whole wheat flour
• Pinch of Pepper powder
• 1 tsp Nut Powder(Optional)
• Pinch of Carrom seeds (Ajwain)
• Pinch of Haldi ( Turmeric)

put all the ingredients in a bowl and knead. You do not need water as water from the cucumber will be enough to knead the flour. The dough is ready!! Start making paratha!!! 

MULTIGRAIN PARATHA

• 1tbsp jowar flour
• 1tbsp ragi flour
• 1small chopped onion
• A small amount of chopped coriander
• 1tbsp besan 
• 1tbsp wheat flour
• 1tbsp rice flour
• Pinch of Carrom seeds (Ajwain)
• Pinch of Haldi ( Turmeric)
• Pinch of Pepper powder
• 1 tsp Nut Powder(Optional)

Put all the ingredients in a bowl and knead with water. 

Take a small portion of dough, cover it with some rice flour and pat it with your hands to make it thin and round-shaped ( like you cook bhakri) 

Cook it on the pan with ghee!!! Paratha is ready !!

JOWAR CHEELA

• 3tbsp Jowar Flour
• 1small chopped onion ( optional)
• A small amount of chopped coriander
• Jeera (Cumin)
• Pinch of Haldi ( Turmeric)
• Pinch of Pepper powder
• 1 tsp Nut Powder(Optional)

Put all the ingredients in a bowl and mix with water. Have a thin consistency just like Rawa dosa.

In a pan, pour ghee and spread it on the pan; pour the batter from a little distance on a Tawa. Let it cook on each side properly on a medium flame. Serve it with dahi or unsalted coconut chutney.

BEETROOT TIKKI

• ½ grated beetroot
• 1 cup mashed boiled potato
• 1tbsp grated carrot
• 1tbsp rawa
• 1/4 cup soaked thin poha
• Pinch of Pepper powder
• 1 tsp Nut Powder(Optional)
• Pinch of garam masala ( optional)
• 1small chopped onion
• A small amount of chopped coriander

Take all the ingredients in a bowl and mix it till there are no lumps. Next, make small balls from the mixture. Now, flatten these small balls. Shallow fry them in a pan on both sides on medium flame. Cook till the tikkis are little golden brown from both side.  

Tikki is ready !! 

**Don’t make it too crispy. It will be difficult for the babies to bite it/chew it.

Here are some of the healthy and nutritious food that must be given go children.

My son is 10 months old, and I am giving him these dishes since he was 7 months old. Beetroot Tikki is his favourite. 

What Are you waiting for? Go into the kitchen and cook these yummy and healthy recipes for your child.

Anshima Kolatkar is a passionate content writer and heads her firm "Writingwalkthrough". She pursued engineering in Electronics and telecom and PGDMA in embedded systems. In the year 2017, she quit her job to follow her passion of being a content writer. She is now a successful mompreneur. As a mom in working, she wants to share her journey into parenthood. Connect with her on LinkedIn.

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