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Maharashtra's ceremonial steamed rice-flour dumpling with coconut and jaggery — a soft ancient sweet built to build a small child's bones.
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Maharashtra's pearl-sago khichdi with peanuts and ghee — a soft, high-calorie warm bowl designed for the small eater who nibbles.
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Kerala's bronze-hued ghee-banana-jaggery paniyaram — five brimhana ingredients concentrated into two hand-sized bites for the small-appetite toddler.
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The classic Tamil semolina bowl with saffron and cardamom — a warm, gently sweet everyday support during the seasons when small children get sick most.
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Karnataka's dense, calcium-rich ragi ball — the traditional South Indian finger food that quietly builds bones for the child who refuses milk.