Aayu Ahaar Recipes
A baby who only wants milk often will accept whole-fruit sweetness, because it tastes like more of what he already loves. Soft, ripe chikoo (sapota) and banana mashed together is naturally sweet, completely smooth, and needs no cooking — a...
On a hot, cranky day — or when sore teething gums make warm food unwelcome — many babies will still take something cool and soft. Gentle curd rice, mashed soft with a little carrot, is soothing on gums and easy...
Sometimes a baby goes off food because his tummy is uncomfortable — hard, infrequent stools make everything feel less appealing. A gentle, fibre-soft porridge can help things move and bring his appetite back. Soft oats with naturally laxative pear and...
A baby who turns away from a new orange vegetable isn't being difficult — the colour and taste are simply unfamiliar. The trick is to introduce the new inside the trusted. Folded into soft moong dal she already accepts, sweet...
Toddlers fall hard for one dish, eat it for a fortnight, then drop it overnight — a 'food jag'. It's normal, but it leaves you stranded if that was the only thing she ate. The gentle fix is built-in variety:...
