Almost all moms have one common complaint – My baby doesn’t eat vegetables, doesn’t like vegetable juice and when they grow up , veggies are a big NO NO except finger chips and packaged potato chips!! I have seen my cousins go through this phase, so I wanted to make sure that my baby loves veggies, be it in any form.
I started off with giving mixed vegetable soup in a clear liquid form to my baby in her 6th month. Those days I refrained from adding tomato to the soup as I felt the acidity of tomatoes could be a little tough on my baby’s tummy. So from 7th month, deseeded tomatoes were included in her mix veggie soup and I have mastered in the art of making delicious veggie soup to which my lovely lady keeps opening her mouth for more and more.
How to make it? Simple, easy and could be made within minutes, and yes wholesome, healthy and nutritious that’s what I love about this soup. This hearty soup is rich in vitamins, minerals , rich antioxidants and loads of good dietary fibre and I am sure that your baby is gonna love it. 
Things Required
- Carrot (Red /Orange )– half a piece
- Beetroot – 1/4 th of 1 beetroot
- Radish (white ) – half a piece
- Tomato – 1 big or 2 small tomatoes deseeded
- Sweet pumpkin – a small piece equal to the size of your thumb
- Capsicum – 1 small piece
- Bottle Gourd – a small piece
- Cabbage – 2 leaves finely chopped
- Cauliflower – 2 sprigs
- Spinach leaves – 2-3
- Green Peas – 1 peapod
- Ghee – ½ tsp
- Salt – a pinch (optional )
- Water – 1/2 to 1 cup depending upon the vegetables used
How to make this soup?
1. Wash and peel the veggies , deseed tomatoes
2. Take water in a pressure cooker and add ghee , veggies and salt
3. Pressure cook for 2-3 whistles / till veggies are cooked.
4. Leave it to cool for sometime . Blend it to a smooth puree consistency
Feed your baby with a little warmth.
Note:
- This soup in the form of clear water (sieved to get the clear water consistency) for 6 months + babies.
- I started giving the soup without sieving post 7 months as she could chew the pureed and lumpy veggies with her teeth.
- Ghee can be also being added post pureeing.
- Water used during boiling can be added for adjusting the consistency of the soup.
- In the pic shown above , I have used carrot,pumpkin, bottle gourd , beetroot and tomatoes.
- Carrot (Red /Orange )– half a piece
- Beetroot – ¼ th of 1 beetroot
- Radish (white ) – half a piece
- Tomato – 1 big or 2 small tomatoes deseeded
- Sweet pumpkin – a small piece equal to the size of your thumb
- Capsicum – 1 small piece
- Bottle Gourd – a small piece
- Cabbage – 2 leaves finely chopped
- Cauliflower – 2 sprigs
- Spinach leaves – 2-3
- Green Peas – 1 peapod
- Ghee – ½ tsp
- Salt – a pinch (optional )
- Water – ½ to 1 cup depending upon the vegetables used
- Wash and peel the veggies , deseed tomatoes
- Take water in a pressure cooker and add ghee , veggies and salt
- Pressure cook for 2-3 whistles / till veggies are cooked.
- Leave it to cool for sometime . Blend it to a smooth puree consistency
- Feed your baby with a little warmth.
1. I started giving the soup without sieving post 7 months as she could chew the pureed and lumpy veggies with her teeth.
2. Ghee can be also being added post pureeing.
3. Water used during boiling can be added for adjusting the consistency of the soup.
4. In the soup shown above , I have used carrot,pumpkin, bottle gourd , beetroot and tomatoes.
Cross posted at IMC
25 Comments
Hi Sangeetha,
My son is 3 years old and he dont like to eat any veggies so can i give 1 amla/spinach/beetroot water,is this beneficial to immunity power.
Thanks
Bharti
The information on this website regarding the baby foods is so fine and helpful to all.
Thanks Mam
Hi Sangeetha, thanks a lot for this easy, healthy and tasty recipe….my 7 month old son got his first cold and wasn’t eating any solids…I was browsing to see what can I feed him and came across your site. He loved this veggy soup…I added broccoli instead of cauliflower… Keep up the good work
Thanks Dhanya for your kind words. Do keep visiting!
Hi sangeeta thanks for the posts.. My 10month baby weighs low and doc has asked to give nutritious food which will gain weight.. I don’t know if I am giving the right amount my baby is very fussy and doesn’t eat easily. Please help
Hi
My baby is 2+. She is not liking any of the veggies. I tried of making all kind of soups like mixed veg soup, sweet pototato soup, carrot soup etc etc….but she is not liking any of these soups. Forcefully I have to feed her. Can you please suggest me what to do ….
Manu
Here is what I do at home. Cut cucumbers, carrots into long fingers and add a cheese or hung curd dip with pepper and salt. Offer this to your baby. Make vegetable soup and add tomato sauce in it to increase flavor and sweetness. Grate lauki, beetrrot, peas etc and add in her parathas. Add lauki in her khichdis when its pressure cooked. Make everyway possible to add vegetables, it will surely pay off. Hope this helps.
You can also read this link : https://bumpsnbaby.com/help-your-baby-love-eat-vegetables/
can i make a batch of this soup, and freeze it ?
Sandhya,
Soup is always made fresh and served within 5-10 minutes of preparation. I am not sure about freezing though.
Hi Sangeetha..thank you so much….this soup.. its instant hit with my 7 month baby….I just want to know can I add beans to it..
Yes you can.. No probs …
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Thank u for dis soups it is so yummy n nutritious my baby likes it…cn u plz post the recipes to gain weight my baby is so underweight
thank you so much its very very useful
my 6 months boy is very underweight can u please suggest me to make him gain weight
Sure Mubee will do a post on it soon
Nice soup. I used to give veggie soups and vegetables in other forms to Aanya once she started solids and touch-wood she still loves her veggies.
Superb priya ..when they are small, if we get our kids get used to soups and other veggies , we wont have to deal with a veggie fussy eater ..thats what i learnt 🙂
Very nice! That's quite a lot of veggies packed in one soup! I'm sure adults will also benefit from having it! 🙂
Yes Roshni …so many vegetable goodness in one ..yes even adults can have it , its yummy ..
Samaira discovered texture very early and pureed food and soups were a big no-no for her. But she ate her veggies & meat and still does. Even now if we give her chicken soup she will look for chicken pieces and dump the soup. 🙂
Thts just great na ? No soups direct plunge to solid textured foods..what more can a mom ask for ?