Yesterday when my husband called me from the grocery store and asked me if he would buy sweet potatoes for daughter , I had a quick recipe that came to my mind ; Sweet Potato Dal Mash or Sweet Potato Lentil Mash ! I was pressure cooking toor dal then for making dal fry . So I thought why I can’t mix both and make an awesome and wholesome dish for Anshika ?
Sweet Potato is considered to be one of the healthiest foods in the world . Amazing isn’t ? It is rich in beta carotene, calcium , potassium, folate and dietary fibre. Toor dal / Pigeon pea contains proteins and essential amino acids.
Sweet potato and toor dal could lead to gas in babies and adults. So here I have added 1 small pinch of dry roasted jeera/ cumin seeds to curb the gas. What are we waiting for ? Lets jump to the recipe.
- Sweet Potato - 1 medium
- Toor Dal / Pigeon Pea - 2 tbsp.
- Turmeric Powder - 1 pinch
- Water - 1 cup
- Dry roasted/whole cumin - 1 tsp
- Wash sweet potato and toor dal well
- Dry roast 1 tsp of cumin seeds on a tawa and keep it aside
- Pressure cook the unpeeled sweet potato, turmeric powder , cumin seeds and toor dal with water till it is thoroughly cooked
- Puree it in a blender once done
- Add water as required to achieve the required consistency for your baby / kid.
19 Comments
My 7 month baby doesn’t wanna take anything in feeding bottle how to make him use them. becoz it’s easy to feed in that for juices
Hi Sangeetha,
I really like the way you provided information about kids food .various varieties for babies,toddlers and kids.
Thank you ! so much for your work. Whenever my son in not eating regular food I can open your blog and try new recipe..
Thank you! so much.
My son is eighteen months.at morning I give him milk chapati smashed.then lunch dal rice. At evening milk with vita marri biscuit or kheer and at dinner dal rice or soup. Rice.his weight is ten kg. Can u please tell me that whether his routine is OK and his weight is ten kg.is this OK or less.
Rupali,
Take out marie biscuits or any processed foods as far as you can for your baby. His food chart seems fine. What was his birth weight?
Hi Sangeetha, My one year old, doesn’t like anything pureed anymore.. Can suggest some more recipes for lunch n dinner. She’s bored with Khichadi now. Eats chapatti and veggie sometime with interest n some times, she just doesn’t want to eat it.. 🙁
Give ghee rice and eggs, fried rice , tomato rice, coconut rice, vaghareli roti the options are plenty Dipti 🙂
what is vaghareli roti? if u can share the recipe for it. Fried rice I hvnt tried, will try that.. thank u 🙂
Dipti,
Here is the recipes for chapati, you can fine vaghareli roti here : https://bumpsnbaby.com/14-delicious-chapati-recipes-toddlers-kids/
Hi Sangeetha,
If I make this dish with one full sweet potato….my son wilk not finish in a day…Can you tell me how long I can store this in the fridge?…Also how long it can be carried in room temperature?…
Thanks
Anu, You can preserve the other half of the sweet potato in an air tight container for next 2 days. Thaw and warm it up before blending with lentils the next time you use.
hi sangeetha
we do not have to peel sweet potato ?
indu
Indu,
You can scrape the skin of sweet potatoes before pressure cooking. You can then remove the entire cover after pressure cooking as it easily comes out ..
I like this combination. ,toor dal n patotoes its a healthy food :-):-):-):-):-:-) and easy to cook. !!.)
Can we use moong dal instead
Yes you can Bindhya.. Can you pls share the recipe / photo once you do and try it out ?
hi sangeetha,
toor dhal n sweet potato combination looks gr8. pls suggest some more recipes to my 1 n half yr old daughter. she hates having food.
Thanks Viji.. Do try it out 🙂
Sweet potato and tuvar daal interesting combination…would never have thought of it…I should give this a try 🙂
Yes mukta , its an awesome combo 🙂 please let me know how Devansh responded to it 🙂