This lentil baby food is healthy, nourishing and tastes delicious. Learn to make lentil baby food from stage 0 to 4 with this post.

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 5 minutes
  • Cook time: 20 minutes
  • Total time: 25 minutes
  • Yield: 1
  • Category: Main Course
  • Cuisine: Indian

Ingredients

  • ¼ cup moong dal (or toor dal)
  • 1¼ cup water
  • ¼ tablespoon moong dal ((or 1 tablespoon cooked plain dal))
  • 1 tablespoon uncooked rice ((or 3 tablespoons cooked rice))
  • ¾ cup water ((or as needed))
  • 2 inch carrot (or pumpkin)
  • 1 drop ghee ((optional))
  • 1 tablespoon moong dal ((or 3 tablespoon cooked plain dal))
  • 2 tablespoon uncooked rice ((or 6 tablespoons cooked rice))
  • 3 inch carrot ((3 tbsps chopped) or pumpkin, ridge gourd, bottle gourd)
  • 1 cup water ((more to adjust))
  • 2 drops ghee ((optional))
  • 1½ to 2 tablespoon moong dal (or tuvar dal (Refer the introduction))
  • 2 to 2½ tablespoon uncooked rice
  • 1¼ to 1½ cup water ((more to adjust))
  • 3 tablespoon carrots (, peas, pumpkin, spinach, fenugreek etc)
  • ⅛ teaspoon ghee (melted)
  • 1 pinch turmeric ((optional))
  • 1 pinch black pepper ((optional))
  • ⅛ teaspoon ajwain powder ((optional))

Method

Stage 0 - Lentil baby food

  1. Rinse and soak lentils for an hour, up to over night. Drain and rinse well. Pour fresh water and bring to a rolling boil.
  2. Turn down the heat and simmer until the lentils are tender & mushy. Discard any froth that comes to the top while cooking.
  3. Strain the lentils and cool completely. Feed a few teaspoons of this stage 0 lentil baby food. You can freeze this stock or refrigerate for 2 days.

Stage 1 to 3

  1. Wash and soak rice and dal together for at least 30 to 60 minutes with 1 cup water. Later drain and pour fresh water.
  2. Add chopped or grated vegetable to the soaked rice & dal.
  3. Pressure cook on medium flame for 2 whistles. To cook in a pot check my step by step photo guide in the post.
  4. When the pressure drops, open and mash the rice to smooth while still hot.
  5. Add ghee, spice powders and turmeric if you want. (for stages 2 to 3)
  6. Mix well, to bring it to right consistency, if needed add very little hot boiling water and mix. Do not mix cold water it will change the taste of the dal.

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.