Diet from 6 months completion till 9 months

• Kanjee- made of rice (par boiled rice- iddly rice) and roasted bengal gram (pottu kadalai in tamil) in the ratio of 3:1. Take it in the proprotion specifed, gently fry it, and make it a powder and store it in airtight container. Take 3 spoons of the preparation and add water and boil well. Add salt or jaggery for taste. Initially give small volume, once a day in dilute watery consistency. After the baby is getting used to it, increase the frequency to 2-3 times a day, and gradually increase the volume, and increase the consistency like iddly batter.
• Boiled and mashed potato
• Boiled and mashed carrot
• Iddly with curd or dhal water
• Dhal rice
• Cooked apple

There should be a minimum of 10-15 days gap between 2 new foods.
Initially start with small quantity and gradually step up the quantity. Do not introduce new food during periods of illness.

Diet after 9 months

Continue what ever has been started already. In additionone can add the following one by one

• Boiled egg – give yellow first, subesequently introduce white
• Pongal
• Uppuma
• Iddiappam
• Rasam rice
• Sambhar rice
• Curd rice

Any soft steam cooked food

Diet after first birth day

All home made food including non vegetarian food could be slowly introduced.