10 Food Recipes for 1 to 2 Years Old Kids

Around the time of his/her first birthday, your child may show a decline in eating. The appetite of babies drops a little at this time and they do not need as much food as the growth slows down a bit once the child turns a year old. A one-year-old child can eat almost everything that you eat. He/she needs approximately 1000 calories in a day, which can be divided into 3 main meals, along with 2 snacks. But don’t expect your child to follow this routine every day! Check out these recipes for 1 to 2 years old kids.

Tips For Feeding 1-Year-Old Indian Baby:

• Do not force your child to eat.
• Your child might be eager to eat when hunger strikes; make sure the food is ready!
• Do not prepare food that is too spicy or sweetened.
• Make your child sit at the table and eat with everyone else.
• You may now start weaning your child off formula/breastmilk and check with the pediatrician whether you can start giving cow milk.
• Your child will try to convince you to give only his favorite foods. Do not always give only those foods. Continue to give healthy food.
• Increase the quantity of iron-rich foods in your child’s diet as your child needs more iron at this age. You can make your child eat iron-fortified cereal, beans, poultry, sweet potatoes, mushrooms, eggs, quinoa, tofu, prune juice, and dark green leafy vegetables to make your child’s diet iron rich.

Foods you should avoid Feeding your 1-Year-Old

Refrain from giving certain foods to your child as these foods can cause choking hazards:

• Popcorn
• Raw and hard vegetables
• Whole grapes
• Hard candies
• Hot dogs
• Nuts
• Raisins

Tips for babies to promote self-eating

If your pediatrician gives you the green signal for cow milk, you can replace one nursing session with a sippy cup of cow milk. Offer finger foods to your child as much as you can so that your child can eat on his/her own. Even if your child is able to feed with a little spilling, it is completely alright. That’s how they learn! Present the food in an appealing manner and encourage your child to taste new foods.

Also Read: 7 food charts (Bonus Recipes) for 0-2 year babies

Indian Recipes For 1 To 2 Years Old Kids

#1. Sweet Potato Cinnamon Pancake

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Ingredients:

• Peeled and cubed sweet potato – 1
• Ground cinnamon – 1 tsp (optional)
• Ghee – 1 tbsp
• Ripe banana – 1

Method:

• Steam and puree the sweet potatoes.
• Blend them with bananas until they are smooth.
• Add water to make them runny in consistency.
• In a pan, heat the ghee. Mix the cinnamon powder in the mixture.
• Spoon out the mixture into the pan, to make small pancakes. Use almost 2 teaspoons for each pancake.
• Let it cook well on both sides.
• Allow the pancakes to cool.

Tip: You can drizzle the pancakes with honey before giving it to your baby for enhanced nutritional value and taste.

#2. Millet Dosa

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Ingredients:

• ¼ th cup of Jowar (White millet)
• ¼ th cup of Ragi (Finger millet)
• ¼ th cup of Bajra (Pearl millet)
• ¼ th cup of Kodra (Kodo millet)
• ¼ th cup of Chena (Proso millet)
• 2 cups of water
• 1 tsp of oil
• Pinch of salt

Method:

• Soak all the millets for 20 minutes.
• Add all the ingredients into the blender and prepare a batter out of the millets.
• Add 1 tsp of oil in non-stick pan.
• Add the batter to the pan like a dosa.
• This ingredients list will give you 10 thin dosa sheets.

#3. Jaggery Poha

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Ingredients:

• ½ cup poha
• ¼ cup powdered jaggery
• 1 tsp desiccated coconut
• Few raisins

Method:

• Rinse the poha and soak it in water till it becomes soft.
• Take a pan, add jaggery and add water till the jaggery is immersed in it. Allow the jaggery to melt. As soon as you see bubbles, turn off the gas.
• Take a strainer and strain the jaggery water. Now, pour the smooth jaggery syrup into the same pan and add the poha.
• Mix well so that the poha is coated with jaggery.
• Top it with some ghee.
• You may add some desiccated coconut along with some raisins to it. Your child will relish this nutrient-rich and calorie-dense mixture.

#4. Fried banana

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Ingredients:

• 2 bananas
• 1 tsp cardamom powder
• Oil for frying

Method:

• Peel and slice the bananas.
• Just pan fry the bananas in ghee and sprinkle some cardamom powder on them.

A speciality of Kerala, this dessert is really mouth-watering. It’s a great evening snack and an easy to eat finger food for a 1-year-old!

Also Read: 31 Healthy Recipes Using Weight Gain Foods for Babies and Kids

#5. Sweet Potato Puffs

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Ingredients:

• Cooked and mashed sweet potato- 4 cups
• Vegetable oil- 2 tbsp
• Water- 2 tbsp
• Applesauce- 1 tbsp
• Baby cereal- 1 cup
• Flour- ½ cup

Method:

• In a bowl, mix the applesauce, sweet potato mash, and oil. Stir the water in until you have a smooth blend.
• Add the flour and baby cereal to this. To make it coarser, add more cereal.
• Make a cone using a cookie sheet or plastic sheet and pour the dough in it. Cut the tip off.
• Now squeeze out small portions and roll them into a ball. Make a hole in the center to leave some air bubbles. This will make it look like a puff.
• Arrange them on a baking tray and brush on some oil.
• Preheat the oven to 3500 C and bake for 155 minutes. Allow it to cool before you serve it to the baby.

Tip: Instead of using a steamer, you can also cook the vegetables in a pressure cooker as an alternative.

#6. Egg Dosa

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Ingredients:

• Dosa batter
• 1 egg
• Salt and pepper

Method:

• Just spread the dosa batter on the tawa and crack an egg on it.
• Cook both sides and season with salt and pepper.

#7. Churi

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Ingredients:

• 250 gms wheat flour
• Water to knead the dough
• 2-3 tsp jaggery powder
• 2 tbsp ghee

Method:

• Knead the dough.
• Prepare a chapati and now make small pieces of it in a bowl.
• Add lots of ghee along with jaggery powder or salt (according to your child’s liking) and mix well.
• Churi can be given to children above 1 year of age.

#8. Carrot Oats Muffins

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Ingredients:

• ½ cup oats flour
• ½ cup curd
• ½ cup wheat flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 grated carrot
• 1 finely chopped capsicum
• ¼ th cup finely chopped coriander leaves
• 1 tsp cumin powder
• 1 tsp black pepper powder
• 1 tsp grated ginger
• ¼ th cup oil
• ¼ th cup milk
• A pinch of salt

Method:

• Sift the oats flour along with the wheat flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cumin and pepper powder and set aside.
• Take a bowl and mix curd, ginger and oil.
• Now add the dry ingredients to this bowl and mix well.
• Add the capsicum, carrots and milk. Mix well to get a homogenous mixture.
• Preheat the oven at 180 degrees celsius.
• Grease the baking molds and dust them with flour.
• Now pour the mixture into these baking bolds and bake for 15-20 minutes.
• Poke a knife to check that the muffins are completely cooked.
• Allow the muffins to cool and then remove them from the molds.

#9. Ragi Cake

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Ingredients:

• ½ cup ragi flour
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 2 tsp cocoa powder
• ¾ th cup brown sugar
• ¾ th tsp baking soda
• ¾ th cup yogurt
• 1 cup milk
• A pinch of salt
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• ¼ th cup olive oil

Method:

• Preheat the oven for 15 minutes at 180 degree celsius and in the meantime, sieve the ragi flour along with cocoa powder, wheat flour, baking soda, powdered sugar, and salt.
• Mix the vanilla essence, milk, oil, and yogurt with the flour mixture. Make sure there are no lumps.
• Pour the contents into a greased baking dish and bake for 30-35 minutes. Poke a knife into the cake and if it comes out clean, you’re done!
• Serve it to your child with some chocolate sauce and see your child finish it away. Children just love to eat cakes and a chocolate cake is something that makes them drool!!!!

#10. Spinach Beetroot cookies

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Ingredients:

• 2 tbsp. Of butter
• 1/3rd cup of powdered jaggery
• ½ cup of whole wheat flour
• 2 tbsp. Of raw spinach puree and 2 tbsp of beetroot puree

Method:

• Take a bowl and mix butter, jaggery together with a beater and add spinach puree and beat the mixture again.
• Take a bowl and mix butter, jaggery together with a beater and add beetroot puree. Beat the mixture again.
• Add wheat flour to these mixtures and add water to create a dough.
• Line a cookie sheet. Grease the sheet. Place the dough in cookie shape on the sheet.
• Preheat the oven at 200 degrees.
• Place the cookie sheet in the oven for 10 minutes.
• Let it cool down to crisp.
• Serve or store in airtight container.

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A Word of Caution

At this age, children start speaking many words and often speak while eating. Teach your child not to speak with a mouthful as it can not only lead to choking but it doesn’t look very pleasant either!

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