This baby cereal is suitable as a first food for 6 months old baby. For babies younger than 6 months, i suggest consulting your pediatrician. You can check this food chart for 6 months old baby and this one for above 7 months old. Rice is a highly recommended first grain for babies since it is easy to digest, non allergic and the smooth texture it yields. The ready made cereals are precooked, dehydrated and then processed....

Since coconut is widely grown in the coastal states of south India, it is one of the basic ingredients used in South Indian Cuisine. Coconut is always available in most homes, hence a coconut chutney along with idli or dosa makes its appearance most often. This chatni can also be served with masala vada, bonda and uthappam. There are a few different ways of making coconut chutney. Sharing the one which is made with just raw ingredients, no roasting but yet tasty....

I usually make this sweet vermicelli to go as a after meal dessert since it is light. Sometimes I also add a few tbsp of mawa towards the end to enhance the taste. Meethi seviyan is made with thin whole wheat vermicelli, sugar, ghee and nuts. For your convenience you can also use the thick vermicelli. Ensure you use the quantity of milk or water as mentioned on the pack....

These Dal Dosa are similar to the South Indian breakfast dishes like Adai and Pesarattu. There is no rice used in this recipe and is great for those looking for high protein & gluten-free diet. Mixed dal dosa are very good for growing toddlers and kids as these provide a good dose of protein and minerals essential for growth. Different kinds of lentils have varying type & levels of nutrition so you can make these with any lentils of your choice....

Halwa is made very often in most Indian homes. Suji halwa or sheera, rava kesari & carrot halwa are some of them which appear most commonly. Moong Dal Halwa is one that is not made often but sure is a festive & celebration dessert. About Moong Dal Halwa Moong Dal Halwa is a traditional Indian dessert where ground lentils are fried in ghee until aromatic and golden. It is then cooked with milk and sweetened with sugar....

But eating the same old plain or besan chilla (or with filling) can get boring after a while. If you’re looking for a variation that is equally healthy and tasty, bookmark this recipe. Oat flour provides the earthy tang to the base batter and grated vegetables add some nutrition. Quick and easy to make as there is no waiting time involved in the preparation of batter. No fermenting or deepening of flavors required....

At home we also use them in our Kathi rolls, wraps, sandwiches and burgers too. Whenever you want to perk up the flavor and spice in your meal you can make this instantly. These crunchy salad onion rings are tangy, spicy and flavorsome, you can’t stop eating a few. About Onion Salad Onion Salad is simply made by tossing thin sliced raw onion rings in lemon juice, spices and herbs....

To make paneer paratha, Indian cottage cheese known as paneer is spiced and flavored first. Then it is stuffed inside the whole wheat dough and rolled to flatbreads. These are lastly toasted on a griddle and then a generous amount of ghee is smeared over them. The recipe I have shared here is not with stuffing. These taste very delicious and are super quick to make. I make these very often for my kids’ school box as they do not like the stuffed parathas....

Sandwiches are a great alternate to the time consuming traditional Indian breakfasts like paratha, poha, idli, dosa and upma. Sandwiches are a favorite with my kids and sometimes they prefer to take it to the school in their box. I make paneer sandwich in different ways. I have shared 3 ways to make it here in this post. All of them taste different and are easy to make . I used this homemade paneer but you can also use store bought paneer....

In restaurants and juice bars you will see several kinds of pineapple milkshakes customized to individual choice. Various ingredients like nuts, plant based dairy alternatives, flavorings & protein powders are also used. But a simplest & delicious pineapple shake can be made at home with just 3 ingredients. No additives, super fresh, delicious, creamy and above all healthy!! Ancient Ayurvedic wisdom teaches not to consume milk and fruits together as it can disrupt healthy digestive system....

This recipe uses some spices for all those burst of flavors and you may skip some of them or reduce the quantities to make the popcorn chicken kids-friendly. What is Popcorn Chicken? Popcorn chicken are bite-sized tender and crisp chunks of chicken that have been seasoned, breaded and deep fried to perfection, until golden. Since the breaded tiny chunks resemble popcorn, they are named as popcorn chicken. The popular fast food giant KFC introduced popcorn chicken to the world and the delicious food has gained immense popularity since then....

Potato Fry In South Indian cuisine, we usually serve stir fry dishes with rice, Rasam or Sambar, so is this aloo fry. You can also serve it in a meal of dal fry or dal tadka, jeera rice or even with plain rice and ghee. My kids love this with just anything, so I sometimes also pack it in their school box with some rotis and veggie salad. For a quick interesting dinner, I spread some green chutney on roti and wrap them up with a filling of this stir fried potatoes, lemon juice or chaat masala, kachumber and coriander leaves....

Each south Indian state has a different version of this dish & most commonly these are known as Tamarind rice. Puliyogare is one such variation from Karnataka cuisine. All of these are very commonly made in traditional households during festivals & even on regular days. Pulihora is also popular in temples & is offered to the devotees as prasadam. The temple style pulihora is not only very flavorful but also delicious....

The marinade used to make these malai kabab is unique and lends a great taste to the soft and tender chunks of grilled chicken. In Indian & Mughlai cuisines, there are a lot of dishes to which malai aka fresh cream is added to enhance the richness and texture of the dish. Malai chicken curry and Paneer malai kofta are 2 such dishes which I shared on the blog. This appetizer gets the name chicken malai kabab again since malai is used....

This steamed cabbage recipe is from my mom and this was the most common way we would eat cabbage at home. So this is made much in the Indian style but with only a few spices to add some flavour. To make it more spicy or hot, you may up the quantity of spices. Serve this steamed cabbage with rice, roti or bread. This goes well even in the lunch box and can also be used to make roti rolls or sandwiches....

Tehri Tehri is a vegetarian dish of North Indian origins but elsewhere in the Indian-subcontinent it is also made with meat. Minimally spiced, this dish is real big on flavors that comes from the fresh veggies & spices. Tehri is a close cousin of the popular biryani and pulao but tastes completely different from them. A biryani is a dish essentially layered, is heavy on whole & ground spices and uses yogurt to tenderize the meat....

Biryani masala made from a unique blend of kerala spices is another contributor to one of this most amazing & flavorful biriyani. If you are not accessible to the jeerakasala rice, then you may try this with aged basmati rice. The process of making thalassery biryani is not much different from the Pakki Hyderabadi biryani except the usage of tomatoes here. However the method of cooking Jeerakasala or kaima is different from cooking basmati rice....

These are most commonly made in the Indian households during festivals like Sankranti, Ganesh Chaturthi and even Navaratri. There are numerous recipes to make til ladoo. In this post I have shared 2 recipes to make them. The first one is made by boiling jaggery syrup until a soft ball consistency is achieved. Then the dry roasted sesame seeds are added & rolled to small balls. These are most commonly made in many states during Sankranti festival....

Vegetable Curry In Indian cuisine, we cook a lot with vegetables and there are so many curried vegetable dishes made in many ways. Vegetable korma, veg kurma, kadai vegetables, achari vegetables and vegetable handi are popular on the restaurant menus. Each dish is made with a specific spice blend to impart a unique flavor. This Homestyle vegetable curry is comforting, healthy and is made with pantry staples. The curry base is made with onions, tomatoes, ginger, garlic, red chilli powder and garam masala....

Vinayaka Chavithi Everywhere else, the same is celebrated as Ganesh Chaturthi. This 10-day festival is rejoiced with immense devotion and grandeur not only in the Households but also in the Community places. Lord Ganesha, the God of wisdom, prosperity, the remover of obstacles and sorrows is welcomed with much devotion every year on the day of Chavithi/ chaturthi, which falls in the Month of Bhadrapadam. Though this festival is celebrated in many states, customs, traditions and foods offered to the Lord during the Chavithi puja are much different....