Aayu Ahaar Recipes

When you're trying to add healthy calories for a slow-to-gain toddler, a banana-and-date milkshake is a kind, no-sugar-added way to do it. Naturally sweet, creamy and quick, it slips in extra energy between meals — a between-meal top-up, never a...

Moong dal water — the thin, golden liquid from well-cooked moong dal — is a gentle first protein-and-iron drink that Indian grandmothers have given for generations. It's light, easy to digest, and a soothing way to add a little nourishment...

On the off days — a cold coming on, a low mood, a small appetite — a child won't manage a full plate, and that's okay. A warm, gentle mixed-vegetable and moong soup with soft roti soldiers to dip is...

If your child has turned up her nose at plain milk and only wants the bright packaged flavoured kind, make the loved flavour at home — cleaner and warmer. Gently spiced kesar-badam (almond-saffron) milk is naturally fragrant and lightly sweet,...