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The classic Sankranti-and-Bihu sesame-jaggery sweet, cooked soft for a 1–2 year old — the highest-calcium common seed in India, delivered as a chewy winter treat.
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Odisha's slow-baked cottage-cheese sweet with jaggery — a full glass of milk's worth of calcium and protein disguised as a bronze-topped dessert.
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Punjab's slow-reduced milk kulfi — concentrated calcium and protein in a small cold bar the milk-refusing child asks for.
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Gujarat's warm semolina-and-milk bowl with saffron and cardamom — a soft, calcium-rich early food gentle enough for the 9–12 month baby.
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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.