Paneer Masala Khichdi for Babies, Toddlers, and Kids

Paneer Masala Khichdi for Babies, Toddlers, and Kids

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Paneer is highly nutritious and helps in enhancing growth. It is one of the best dairy products to offer babies post for 8 months. High in protein, rich in calcium makes it totally worth it when used in different forms in baby and kid’s food.

I’ve posted a lot of Khichdi recipes on my blog already. Most khichdi’s are boring and soggy and there are high chances that not many babies or kids like such texture when they complete a year and start exploring textures and taste. Hence I’ve tried to tweak it a little bit to make it healthy yet appealing. The inclusion of moong dal in this recipe acts as a charm to the taste and adds more nutritional benefits.

This can be given to babies post 8 months. I’ve used Rice here and you can feel free to use dalia, foxtail millet, or little millet.

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Video: Paneer Masala Khichdi for Babies, Toddlers, and Kids

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Paneer Masala Khichdi for Babies, Toddlers, and Kids

Paneer Masala Khichdi for Babies, Toddlers, and Kids

Most khichdi's are boring and soggy and there are high chances that not many babies or kids like such texture when they complete a year and start exploring textures and taste. In this Paneer Masala Khichdi Hence I’ve tried to tweak it a little bit to make it healthy yet appealing. The inclusion of moong dal in this recipe acts as a charm to the taste and adds more nutritional benefits.

Author:Kavitha Prashanth
Recipe Type: Lunch Box, Dinner
Cuisine:Indian

Ingredients

1. Rice – ½ cup
2. Moongdal – ¼ cup
3. Hot Water
4. Ghee – 2 tbsp
5. Mustard Seeds – little
6. Curry Leaves – few
7. Cumin – ½ tsp
8. Onion – 1 finely chopped
9. Peas – ¼ cup
10. Carrot – ¼ cup chopped
11. French Beans – ¼ cup chopped
12. Potato – ¼ cup chopped
13. Tomato – 1 chopped
14. Garam Masala – 1 tsp
15. Chilli Powder – 2 tsp
16. Salt – as needed
17. Paneer – 100 gm cubes
18. Coriander Leaves – little chopped
19. Lemon Juice – 1 tsp

Method

1. Add Rice and Moongdal in a cup along with water. Rinse it once.
2. Add hot water, 1 tsp ghee and cover with a lid and cook till soft. You can cook this in a pressure cooker too.
3. In another pan add ghee, heat it and then add mustard seeds and wait till it splutters. Add curry leaves followed by cumin seeds. Add finely chopped onion and cook till translucent. 
4. Add all the vegetables mix it for a minute and cover and cook till soft.
5. Now add garam masala, chili powder, salt and mix all vegetables. Add paneer cubes only post mixing masala and mix again.
6. Add cooked and cooled Rice and Moongdal mixture and mix again. Cooling it helps keep the texture grainy.
7. Now squeeze in half a lemon and add coriander powder and mix it.
8. Paneer Masala Khichdi is now ready to be served.

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Paneer Masala Khichdi for Babies, Toddlers, and Kids

Method of making Paneer Masala Khichdi

1. Add Rice and Moongdal in a cup along with water. Rinse it once.

   

2. Add hot water, 1 tsp ghee and cover with a lid and cook till soft. You can cook this in a pressure cooker too.

   

3. In another pan add ghee, heat it and then add mustard seeds and wait till it splutters. Add curry leaves followed by cumin seeds. Add finely chopped onion and cook till translucent. 

   

4. . Add all the vegetables mix it for a minute and cover and cook till soft.

   

5. Now add garam masala, chili powder, salt and mix all vegetables. Add paneer cubes only post mixing masala and mix again.

   

6. Add cooked and cooled Rice and Moongdal mixture and mix again. Cooling it helps keep the texture grainy.

   

7. Now squeeze in half a lemon and add coriander powder and mix it.

   

8. Paneer Masala Khichdi is now ready to be served.

Paneer Masala Khichdi for Babies, Toddlers, and Kids

Note :

• If in hurry, you can cook this all together like a one-pot dish.
• You can replace rice with Dalia, foxtail millet, or little millet.
• You can also use any lentil of your choice like toor dal, masoor dal, etc.

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