FOOD AND NUTRITION

6-12 MONTHS

CERTIFIED IN INFANT AND TODDLER NUTRITION

CERTIFIED IN INFANT AND YOUNG CHILD FEEDING
(UNICEF AND WHO )

DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3 DAY 4 DAY 5 DAY 6 DAY 7

Mashed Grated Rice kanji or Mashed Mashed Ragi milk Sambha
carrot/carrot apple/ porridge potato/ banana kanji/ godhumai
puree Mashed Potato puree /banana Ragi powder Powder kanji
apple (raw) puree kanji
DAY 8 DAY 9 DAY 10 DAY 11 DAY 12 DAY 13 DAY 14
Mashed Rava kanji Mashed Rice+moong Grated Thinai maavu Mashed
plums/ sweet potato/ dal pears / kanji/kambu cauliflower
Plums puree puree kanji Pears kanji/ /cauliflower
puree Any millets puree
DAY 15 DAY 16 DAY 17 DAY 18 DAY 19 DAY 20 DAY 21
Ragi+ Apple Javarisi Mashed Solam kanji/ Rice+carro Mashed Aval kanji
kanji kanji pumpkin/ or any millets t kanji Different
Pumpkin kanji type of
puree banana
DAY 22 DAY 23 DAY 24 DAY 25 DAY 26 DAY 27 DAY 28
Wheat kanji Mashed Aval+ Apple Mashed Rice+mash Barley/oats Beetroot +
carrot + kanji Papaya / ed kanji rice kanji
Potato /or (Red or white puree Pattani
puree Aval) porridge
6 MONTHS OLD BABY FOOD CHART (180-210 DAYS)
1.One meal a day in the morning as breakfast and breastfeed on
demand for the rest of the day .Give sips of water after meal.
Water shouldn’t exceed
40 ml in a day till 12 months of age. Quantity of the meal is
determined by the baby. Initially start with 2-3 spoons and
gradually increase. DONOT FORCE FEED
2.Introduce new food in the morning to check for allergy or
reactions .3 DAYS RULE FOR TRYING NEW FOODS IS
OBSELETE NOW(not necessary)
3.Start with vegetables, cereals and then to fruits to avoid sweet
preference by babies
4.Consistency of porridge and puree should be thick so that it does
not fall from the spoon which enables energy density .
5.Start with semi solids after 6 months and not liquids .NEVER
GRIND FOOD IN A MIXIE –It is very tough to transition
babies .To normal foods and also the nutrients are lost when food
is broken to tiny bits

7 MONTHS OLD BABY FOOD CHART (210-240 DAYS)

DA MORNING (BREAK FAST)
Y
1 Idly
2 Apple+Rava+Peanuts powder
3 Mix veg Samba godhumai kichdi
4 Carrot rava upma
5 Sathumaavu kanji or dosa
6 Oats kanji +Fruits +badam powder
7 Pongal +Cashew nut powder
8 Ragi kanji or dosa with grated beetroot or
beetroot juice
9 Grated potato + wheat dosa/kanji
10 Beetroot Idly or carrot idly
11 Aapam +coconut milk
12 Banana +wheat pancake /kanji +pista powder
13 Wheat +soya powder dosa or kanji
14 Egg dosa/plain dosa with chutney/sambar
AFTERNOON (LUNCH)
Rice +Thuvaram paruppu +Ghee
Carrot rice
Jeera peas rice (Hand mashed peas )
Tomato rasam rice with boiled egg (white )
Moong dhal +carrot + rice and Boiled egg
(yellow )
Pudina rice and potato fry
Curd rice
Moong dal+Keerai Rice (Mulai keerai )
Bisbellah bath (mix veg +thoor dal+moong
dal)
Cauliflower + peas rice
Pumpkin+murungaikaai sambar with rice
Rasam sadham + Sweet potato fry
Chickpea /konda kadalai rice (onion
+tomato )
Beetroot rice (onion+tomato+moon dal)
 15 Paneer paratha or wheat kanji +paneer sticks Pudalangai or chow chow paruppu kootu
with rice
16 Aval kanji with coconut milk Fish in kolambu or gravy

1.Gradually transition to solids with thicker consistency or hand

mashed solids
2.If baby is still learning to chew and swallow, alternatively give
kanji or semi solids once in while
3.Ragi,rice,banana,apple,Sathumaavu are stool binders so they
constipate, give P fruits like Plums, Prune(dry plums),Dry grapes
or raisins, Papaya, Pineapple to loosen motion during difficult
times. Even rava and whole wheat softens stool.(Give ragi,rice and
cereals during loose motion to tighten and avoid fruits )

BREAKFAST IDEAS 8 MONTHS +

MON 1.Veg Idly(carrot or beetroot idly ) Side dish :
2.Aapam +coconut milk 1.Sambar
3.Idiyappam +coconut milk 2.vengaayam +thakkali
4.Plain dosa/idly with chutney or sambar +poondu chutney
TUE 1.Sathumaavu kanji/sathumaavu dosa 3.Coconut chutney
2.Godhumai maavu+kadalai maavu+jeeraga podi roti 4.Thakkali chutney(vit c)
or dosa 5.Pudhina chutney(vit c and
3.Samba godhumai upma or kanji (onion +tomato) iron )
4.Ragi dosa or kanji (with grated beetroot )
WED 1.Pacha payiru dosa/Pesarattu 6.Verkadalai chutney
2.Godhumai+soya maavu dosa or chappathi 7.Paruppu/dal
3.Tofu stuffed paratha 8.Curd/thayir
4.Paneer stuffed paratha 9.Vengaaiya chutney
THU 1.Banana wheat pancake+coconut (thuruval)
RS +Cardamom powder
2.Apple wheat pancake+nuts powder (any nuts )
3.Ragi pancake with nuts paste /powder
4.Kerala banana pancake +coconut +cardamom powder
FRI 1.Veg omellete(kadala maaavu +vegetables) 10.Carrot chutney
2.Oats +Banana+Apple kanji or dosa 11.kothamalli chutney
3.Oats +Godhumai +Ragi (multigrain ) kanji or dosa 12.Aviyal with adai dosai
4.Adai dosa (kadala paruppu+thuvaram paruppu +paasi 13.Kondakadalai kuruma
paruppu +rice)
SAT 1.Rava khichdi(carrot+beans+pattani) 14.Vegetable kuruma
2.Carrot chappathi 15.Cauliflower and pattani
3.Beetroot chappathi gravy
4.Samba godhumai upma (carrot+pattani +beans) 16.Pattani +Potato gravy or
kuruma
17.Rajma /kidney beans gravy
SUN 1.Aval +pattani upma 18.Capsicum chutney(vit c)
2.Red aval +vegetables(carrot +pattani) upma 19.Broccoli chutney (vit c)
3.Egg dosa or Egg omlette
4.Sathumaavu kanji or dosa(grated carrot or beetroot )

LUNCH 1.Rajma Rice (Add lemon juice-few drops)

IDEAS 8 2.Rasam rice+Ladies finger fry (can be given as finger food also )
MONTHS + 3.Mullai keerai paruppu rice
4.Sambar rice +Fish fry
MON 5.Sundakaai paruppu rice + Potato fry(finger food)
TUE 1.Pudhina rice + sweet potato fry
2.Murungakaai +poosanikaai sambar rice (murunga kaai- finger food)
3.Mixed veg(carrot,pattani,cauliflower, potato) +pudhina rice (like briyani )
4.Chow chow paruppu kootu rice +carrot poriyal
5.Ponangkannni keerai +paruppu +kovakaai poriyal
WED 1.Konda kadalai rice +sweet potato fry
2.Bisebellabath /Mixed veg paruppu rice (carrot/beans/pattani/cauliflower)
3.Puli sadham +cauliflower poriyal or fry
4.Podalangaai paruppu kootu rice + egg omlette
5.Paruppu+ siru keerai rice + beetroot poriyal
THURS 1.Cauliflower +pattani rice
2.Curd rice
3.Capsicum +pattani +carrot rice
4.Egg rice + vaazhakaai fry
5.Paruppu keerai rice +Egg poriyal
FRI 1.karuppu Ellu powder sadam +sweet potato fry
2. Arai keerai paruppu rice
3.Lemon rice + rajma sundal(mashed )
4. Beetroot paruppu rice + egg
SAT 1.Carrot paruppu rice + egg
2.vendakaai rice +potato poriyal
3.Capsicum sambar rice +carrot and beans poriyal
4.Murungaikeerai rice(paruppu +tomato+onion masiyal)
SUN 1.Fish kulambu rice
2.Mutton kheema gravy + rice
3.Mutton liver fry or shredded + rasam rice
4. Rasam rice +mutton kola urundai
NOTE: Use saamai,kuthira vaali and other millets in the place of rice whenever
possible
FOR NON VEGETARIANS
INTRODUCING NON VEG FOR BABIES
BY 8 MONTHS OLD NON VEG –EGG,FISH
BY 9 MONTHS OLD NON VEG –MUTTON
KHEEMA,MUTTON LIVER AND ORGAN MEAT (liver,heart)
BY 10 MONTHS OLD SEA FOOD- CRAB,PRAWNS
BY 12 MONTHS OLD-CHICKEN AND OTHER NON VEG
FOOD
AVOID NON VEG SOUP, give meat in shredded, mashed or
ground form .Animal foods are highest source of iron and proteins
so do not wait till 1 year to introduce non veg food to prevent iron
deficiency in babies. Babies can digest animal foods
FOR VEGETARIANS and NON VEGETARIANS
1.Include all paruppu(thuvaram paruppu,paasi paruppu,kadala
paruppu),konda kadalai,rajma,karuppu ellu,cauliflower,keerai,all
green vegetables and
Colourful vegetables everyday ,these are sources of protein and
iron .Also use lots of millets(siru thaaniyam like saamai,guthurai
vaali).
2.Use 1 green and 1 orange/red vegetable everyday in baby food.
Try to include 3 vegetables in a day and 1-2 fruits.
3.Add vitamin c rich foods to absorb iron from food
Vitamin c rich foods-FRUITS
• Citrus fruits-Orange,lemon,grape fruit
• Kiwi fruit
• Mango
• Papaya
• Pineapple
• Strawberries,blueberry,blackberry,raspberry
• Watermelon
VITAMIN C VEGETABLES :
• Broccoli
• Cauliflower
• Capsicum
• Keerai
• Sweet potato and white potato
• Tomato
Foods that hinder Iron absorption-So don’t mix iron rich foods
with these
• EGGS
• CALCIUM RICH FOODS (dairy products-
cheese,curd,milk,paneer,tofu)
• Almonds/badam,figs
• Phytates(Walnuts)
Iron rich foods
HEME IRON-Easy to absorb by body
• Meat,liver ,organ meat-liver,heart
• Fish,chicken
NON HEME IRON-Plant sources
Keerai,Dried fruits and nuts,Millets(siru thaniyam)
Legumes-konda kadalai,rajma,pattani etc
Spices-manjal,seeragam,seeds etc
Iron in 100 mg of food
1.Black ellu/sesame seeds-56.7 mg
2.Cauliflower-40 mg
3.Rice poha/aval-20 mg
4.Mulai keerai-18 mg
5.Pudhina-15.6 mg
6.Soya beans-10.4 mg
7.Vella ellu-9.3 mg
8.Pattani-7.05 mg
9.Rajma/kidney beans-5.1 mg
10.Ragi-3.9 mg
11.Rava-1.6 mg
12.Barley-1.6 mg
DINNER IDEAS 8 MONTHS +
1 Onion rava dosa (tryptophan)
Rava upma or kanji
Rava khichdi
2 Oats porridge (melatonin)
Oats dosa
3 Rice porridge (high glycemic index)
Rasam rice
4 Dosa different types
Veg dosa(Add purees to dosa mix)
Idly
Aapam
Idiyappam
5 Wheat dosa (tryptophan)
Wheat chappathi
6 Konda kadalai and other legumes (paruppu,pattani etc in sidedish )
(tryptophan)
7 Walnuts + wheat kanji (serotonin) relaxes brain and good sleep
NOTE:Give any chutney and other side dish from the breakfast menu chart )

SNACKS AND FINGER FOODS IDEAS 8 MONTHS +

1.FRUITS-
Banana,strawberry,papaya,apple,mango,watermelon,peach,plums
etc all seasonal fruits mashed or slices
2.Puffed rice
3.Aval/poha +coconut milk
4.Egg omelette or poriyal or egg burji or boiled egg
5.Pancakes
6.Nuts ladoo(mixed nuts with dates syrup or jiggery syrup)-If
planned not to give sweet give plain
7.Kerala banana fry
8.Vegetable sticks-STEAMED AND FRIED –carrot,potato,sweet
potato,ladies finger,avarakaai etc
9.Yogurt or curd with fruits puree or chopped fruits
(Apple,mango,strawberry,banana etc )
10.Vegetable idlies and dosa-thin slices
11.Chappathi and stuffed parathas-thin slices
12.Cutlets-potato,mixed vegetables,carrot,pattani,chicken
cutlet,mutton cutlets,fish cutlets (Tawa fried preferably )
13.Kuzhi paniyaram-kaaram with vegetables
OTHER LOCAL FAMOUS AND HEALTHY SNACKS
POWDERS TO MAKE AT HOME
SPICES POWDER
1.Jeera powder-seeraga podi(dry roast and grind)
2.Coriander powder-malli podi (dry roast and grind )
3.Pepper powder-melagu thool(dry roast and grind )
4.Cardomom powder and nutmeg+cinnamon powder
(jaathikaai+pattai powder) –ADD these in pancakes or kanjis
5.Peanuts powder(verkadalai powder )
6.Nuts powder-Badam +cashew+pista (dry roast and grind)
7.Walnuts powder (Dont add in iron rich food )
8.Zinc seeds powder- Pumpkin seeds+sesame seeds(black ellu)+
kirni seeds +watermelon seeds +vealari seeds (Each 10 g –Dry
roast and grind )
9.Black ellu powder
Black ellu- 1cup
Ulundhu-2 tbsp
Kadala paruppu-2 tbsp
Perungaayam-1/4 tsp
Red chilli-1/2 or pepper -1/2 tsp
Jaggery or vellam-1 tbsp
Dry roast separately ellu,ulundhu and kadala paruppu.Add spices
and grind and store in air tight container. Add nallennai with rice
and add this powder and mix and feed babies
FISH LIST WITH MERCURY LEVEL(PPM)-LOWEST TO
HIGHEST
1.SCALLOP-0.003
2.SHRIMP(BIG ERAAL)-0.009
3.SARDINE(MATHI MEEN)-0.013
4.TILAPIA-(JILABI MEEN)0.013
5.ANCHOVIES(NETHILI MEEN)-0.016
6.SALMON(KAALA/KILANGAAN)-0.022
7.SQUID(OOSI KANAWA)-0.024
8.CATFISH(KELUTHI)-0.024
9.POLLOCK-0.031
10.CRAWFISH-0.033
11.SHAD-0.038
12.MULLET-0.050-Siriya kendai/madavai meen
13.Butterfish-0.058
14.CRAB-0.065
AVOID BIGGER FISHES LIKE SURA,VANJARAM,SHEELA
FISHES.BETTER TO GIVE FRESH WATER THAN SEA/
OCEAN FISH.IF NOT AVAILABLE GIVE LOW MERCURY
LEVEL FISHES FROM THE LIST
KEERAI VARIETIES
1.ARAI KEERAI
2.MULAI KEERAI
3.PARUPPU KEERAI
4.PONAANGKANNI KEERAI
5.SIRU KEERAI
6.MURUNGAIKEERAI
YOU CAN GIVE SEASONAL KEERAIS AND FRESH ONES
BASED ON AVAILABILITY