Apple Punch

Ingredients:
Apple ½ cup (peeled and grated)
Jaggery (gur) 2 tsp

Preparation:
1. Boil ¾ cup of water in a pan. Add it to the apples and jaggery .
2. Keep aside for 10 minutes.
3. Strain it to obtain the punch.
4. Serve luke warm.

Barley Water

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Ingredient

Barley -1 tbl spoon
Jaggery -2 tbl spoon (grated)
Lemon Juice -1 tbl spoon

1. Pressure cook 2 cups of water, barley and the jaggery.
2. Cool and liquidse it in a blender.
3. Strain and allow to cool completely.
4. Add the lemon juice. Mix well and serve luke warm.

Note:

• Barley -Protein rich cereal.
• Jaggery -For flavour and rice source of iron.
• lemon juice -Vitamin C, Protects from cold and cough.

Rice water

Ingredients:

2 tablespoon rice

1 cup water

pinch of salt

1. Wash the rice

2.Add rice in boiling water.

3. Once it is cooked completely.

4. Strain water, and add pinch of salt in this water.

Note: you can start with 3-4 spoons of rice water in first week., and can start giving rice mash once your littleone is able to digest rice water.

Rice Mash

Ingredients:

2 tablespoon rice

1 cup water

1/2 teaspoon ghee

1. Wash the rice.
2. Cook them in boiling water.
3. Strain excess water.
4. Mash it completely, add ghee. Serve luke warm.

Note: Once your little one is comfortable with rice mash, You can serve him rice mash mixed with dal water.

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Dal water

Ingredients:

Moong dal : 2 tablespoon

Water :1/2 cup + 1/2 cup water

Pressure cook dal in 1/2 cup water for 2 whistles.

To the cooked dal ,add additional 1/2 cup of water.

liquidise it in a blender.

Strain the cooked dal and serve luke warm.

Note: you can add more water if required.

Baby food

Every time a baby is born.........................a Mother is born.

Dear friends lets make our start with baby food.

Many of us keep wondering .................................? when to start baby food , what to start with how to start............and so on...............Every mother faces similar set of questions. and the list is never ending, Because with every growing day your babies, needs keep growing. So lets make some effort and make a start.

When and how much to start.

First six months a baby is on your feed , absolutely hygienic nourishment for your baby, in the form of breast milk. And then comes the weaning age when your little one, needs something more than your milk. So, initially, it is a good idea to introduce with liquid supplements like soups, dal water, rice water and soon.

To begin with, introduce your child to a single food and keep adding every week. You can also follow this chart:

First WeeK -Rice water.

Second Week -Dal water.

Third Week -vegetable water.

fourth week -Khichdi(rice+ Dal+veg).

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