FOOD AND NUTRITION FOR 7 MONTHS OLD BABIES

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

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

1. Gradually transition to solids with thicker consistency or hand mashed solids

2. If the baby is still learning to chew and swallow, alternatively give kanji/porridge or semi-solids once in a while

3. Ragi, rice, banana, apple, Sathumaavu/ health mix powder are stool binders so they constipate, give fruits like Plums, Prune(dry plums), Dry grapes or raisins, Papaya, Pineapple to loosen motion during difficult times.
Even rava and whole wheat soften stool. (Give ragi, rice and cereals during loose motion to tighten and avoid fruits )

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Pasala keerai/Palak chapathi/Spinach chapathi

Ingredients: 1.Wheat flour-2 cups. 2.Palak/Pasala keerai-1 cup. 3.Salt-as req. 4.Seerakam/Jeera-1 tbsp. 5.Pepper-1 tbsp. 6.Water-As req. Method: 1.Wash and add palak greens and saute till it shrinks , Grind Paalak leaves in a mixie and make it as a paste. 2.Add Wheat flour,Palak paste,salt,Pepper and tampered jeera(Cumin) in a bowl. 3.Add required water little by little and knead it to a soft dough. 4.Then divide the dough into equal lemon sized balls. 5.Then start rolling it gently to a thin chapathi. 6.Heat a dosa tawa , transfer the chapathi's, drizzle little oil and cook till brown spots appear. 7. Then turn over to other side and cook. 8. Serve hot with your favourite sidedish.

Vallarai Keerai Kootu/Brahmi leaves Chutney /OPOS(one pot-one shot)

Brahmi known as vallarai in Tamil is a medicinal herb which has been used for centuries in Traditional Indian (Ayurveda) Medicine. Vallarai keerai (leaves resemble the shape of the human brain) has amazing medicinal properties and has the power to cure many diseases. You can include it in your diet once in a week in the form of thuvaiyal, sambar or kootu. Today we will see how to make vallarai keerai Kootu following this easy One pot recipe. Ingredients: Vallarai Keerai / Brahmi leaves- 2 cups chopped finely Yellow Split Moong Dal / Pasi paruppu – 1/2 cup Tomatoes – 1 large chopped Garlic – 2 fat cloves Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi – 1 tsp Salt to taste Onion chopped-1 cup. Red chilly-1 to 2.As per your spice level. For Seasoning: Oil – 1 tsp Mustard Seeds / Kaduku – 1 tsp Cumin Seeds/ Jeerakam – 1/2 tsp Urad dal / Ulundu paruppu – 1 tsp Asafoetida / Hing / Kaya podi – 1/4 tsp Curry Leaves a sprig Method: Add all the ingredients in a Pressure cook...

Milagai Thool

Ingredients: 1.Red Chilly-1/2 kg. 2.Daniya-1kg. 3.Pepper-100g. 4.Cumin seeds/Jeeragam-50g. 5.Turmeric-150g. 6.Split Bengal gram/Kadalaparapu-100g. 7.Toor dhal/Thuvaram parapu-100g. 8.Black gram/Uluntham paruppu-2 tsp9.Fenugreek/Venthayam-2 tsp. 10.Raw rice/Pachai Arisi-4 tsp. Method : 1.Grind all ingredients to powder. 2.This Milagaai thool is mainly for preparing sambar and Kuzhambu varieties.

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