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I have a 3 year old daughter. We are from Madras but living in US. I would like to know how to give healthy south indian or vegetarian food for my daughter which at the same time is healthy.
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- From: Ramki (@ 1cust95.tnt1.bloomington.il.da.uu.net)
on: Wed Sep 25 16:26:36
Hello Usha,
Living In usa makes so many things possible with food atleast. Here you get the freshest and variety of vegetables and fruits which are very very important for young kids.
I will suggest you some of the recipes and fruits that will look appeitizing for your daughter at the same time healthy and delicous.
Iron is very important:
Iron is available widely in green leafy vegetables like spinach,arugula,beet greens,kale lettuce ,cabbage etc.
Here r some of the things you could do:
take 2-3 mixed greens
say spinach,beet greens and cabbage shredded.
blanch /steam them just so that they r tender.
Mix finely chopped onions,mashed potatoes,lemon juice,salt and very little pepper powder (if you want).add the greens and roll over bread crumbs and make small cutlets. shallow fry them just to give them a good color on both sides (as all the vegetables r already cooked) in butter.
give it to your child and she will definately enjoy it and have all the healthy stuff too.
remember not to over boil the greens. steaming is best as it retains most of the moisture.
If you daughter enjoys eating raw vegetables,don't stop her. Try to wash them into small peices and allow her to munch on it as a early day snack/lunch.
Vitamins:
Beets and carrots have high amount of vitamin A and carrots have so many good properties,beets purify the blood and increase iron and heamoglobin.
usually kids like carrots ,but not beets.
My best suggestion is
Boil the carrots and beets together with very little water.add salt and pepperpowder and mix them with cooked tuvar dal/moong dal.
mix this with ghee rice and give.
another way is to cut carrots and beets into fine peices and fry them in a 2tsp of oil and add salt and chilli powder for taste. sprinkle some corriander leaves and give it just as a snack.
We all the proverb,AN APPLE A DAY KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY.
try to experiment by giving all the types of apple raw to you kid. see what taste she prefers the best. If she likes tarty apple ,the best way to consume it is raw.
if she likes sweet apple,then make a apple sauce and give it with chappathi/roti.
to make apple sauce.
cut red apples (discard the skin if you want) into small peices. In a stock pot add 2cups of water and apples and 2cups of sugar. allow the apple to glaze and completely get cooked. mash all the apples if you don't prefer lumps,other wise finally garnish it with little nutmeg and cardamon powder.
I am sure your kid will definately love this dish.
In south indian recipe,Ghee rice with dal is considered very healthy. I will recommend the addition of little boiled vegetables also with it.
As far as possible see that the fruits are consumed raw.Atleast one fruit per day.
Make banana,apple,strawbbery shakes. or just mash them and beat them with milk and sugar and give.
orange juice can be consumed.
milk is extremely essential too.
Try These and let me know.
Thanks
Ramki
- From: sush (@ optusfw1.anglocoal.com.au)
on: Wed Sep 25 18:33:43
HI Usha,
I have a 4 year old son, who eats nothing but s.indian food. he does not like pizza, french fries, coke etc, which normally kids just love!! i have been experimenting diff. things and have had many a chat with my peadiatrician also... have come up with the following:
if your daughter likes dosa, you can make variations in the normal batter. you can put steamed spinach ( i just take a b*ll of frozen spinach and microwave it for 1mt) and add it to the dosa batter. you can even mix other boiled, mashed veggies. our molakoottal, avial etc is very healthy. it has dal and veggies.
also the doc happened to mention that dishes that are curd based can be given if the child refuses to take dairy products. So I make 'thenka arachha kozhumu', avial that is curd based etc.
even sambar is healthy, if you put more carrots etc.
At last, but not the least, it is most important that you give the child the food she likes, rather than what you want her to eat.
good luck!!
- From: Chitra (@ sdn-ap-024txhousp0213.dialsprint.net)
on: Wed Sep 25 23:46:32
Hello Ramki,
Excellent advice!!! Ramki, you have covered all the important aspects of a nutritious diet for the growing child. I am sure that if Usha prepares the meals as suggested by you, her daughter will be a very happy child at meal time:)
- From: fridge (@ netcache6.is.co.za)
on: Thu Sep 26 01:50:29
Ramki and sush
Mhhh, Your recipes sound good even for adults.
- From: vijayendra.shetty (@ 202-63-174-242.exatt.com)
on: Mon Sep 22 07:21:50
One who have diabetic and have very low heamoglobin in blood.To increase heamoglobin what vegetables is good. Because thawii not increase suger.pleae answer my question?
- From: S Bagchi (@ )
on: Tue Apr 27 09:24:50
My wife has low heamoglobin. let me know the normal diet which will increase the heamoglobin.
- From: Shraddha (@ ppp-219.65.37.239.mum2.vsnl.net.in)
on: Sat Jul 31 07:46:16
you can make rice flour chapatis or dimsums filled with cocnut and jaggery for your daughter as jag too is a good source of iron try adding sesame seeds or give her sesame seed laddus after every meal.
Cheers Shraddha
- From: faisal (@ )
on: Mon Nov 15 06:52:54
i am a twenty year old boy and my haemoblobin level is 14. i feel it is low because i cant study for more than 45 minutes regularly. also i want to become an athlete but cant run like that even after much practice, which i feel is due to the lack of haemoglobin.kindly comment.
- From: faisal (@ )
on: Mon Nov 15 06:55:27
i am a twenty year old boy and my haemoblobin level is 14. i feel it is low because i cant study for more than 45 minutes regularly. also i want to become an athlete but cant run like that even after much practice, which i feel is due to the lack of haemoglobin.kindly comment.
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