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For desi families everywhere · Babies 6–12 months

DESI FOOD, INTRODUCED THE SCIENCE-BACKED WAY

Your baby's first year of solids — gently spiced.

From first tastes of dal to family meals. A day-by-day guide that works beautifully whether you spoon-feed or let your baby lead.

A ready plan for every day — not a food logger
Non-veg, egg, pure-veg or Jain
Allergens brought in one at a time
Every recipe, spoon-fed and baby-led
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Science-backedChef-perfectedMIL-approved

No perfect plates, no 100-foods pressure — just real food, at your baby's pace.

DAY 12
Today
Veg + egg · 6 months
NEW ALLERGEN TODAYEgg yolk, well cookedOffer it in the morning, so you can keep an eye on your baby through the day.
BREAKFASTEgg Yolk Rice PorridgeSpoon-fed: smooth and loose · Baby-led: thick on a pre-loaded spoon
Allergen · Egg
DINNERLauki & Moong Dal MashSpoon-fed: blended smooth · Baby-led: pre-loaded spoon
Spice · Jeera
PlanFoodsSafetyTipsAccount
No salt, honey or added sugar
Science-backed guidelines
How it works

Not just a food logger.
A plan that decides what comes next.

Starting solids shouldn't need spreadsheets or late-night searching. First Nivala tells you what to offer each day, and how to serve it safely, so you can enjoy the mealtime.

Food-logging apps

Manual tracking apps and spreadsheets
High Mental Load
You log everything, after the meal
Every bite typed in, with nothing telling you what to offer next.
No answer to "what do I feed tomorrow?"
You're left planning it yourself, every single night.
Western defaults
Little room for ragi, moong dal, lauki or ghee — the food your family actually cooks.
Allergen dates, but no plan
They record when you tried egg. They don't plan when it comes back.

First Nivala

A daily plan, made for your baby
Peace of mind
A ready plan, every day
What to offer at each meal for your baby's age — two meals at six months, growing to three meals and a snack.
Made for desi kitchens, anywhere
Ragi, moong dal, lauki and ghee alongside avocado and oats. Choose non-veg, egg, pure-veg or Jain, and the plan adapts.
Allergens, one at a time
The nine common allergens brought in one by one on calm, planned days — then kept in the diet regularly.
Spoon-fed or baby-led, both welcome
Every recipe shows both ways, with the safe shape and texture for your baby's age.

Designed around how babies actually learn to eat

At this age, variety, iron, allergen timing and safe textures matter far more than counting calories. First Nivala handles those rules behind the scenes, so you can enjoy feeding your baby.

"Milk is still their main food until one. Solids right now are for practice, exploration and fun — not for finishing the bowl."

A sample day

See what a day looks like
for your baby

Pick an age and how your family eats. These are real dishes from the First Nivala library.

1. YOUR BABY'S AGE
2. HOW YOUR FAMILY EATS
YOUR SAMPLE DAY

Six months: two meals

Vegetarian with egg. Every dish shows both serving ways.

THIS STAGE IS ABOUT
One new food at a time, smooth and soft textures, and getting iron in early. Milk is still the main food.
BREAKFASTMorning

Egg Yolk Rice Porridge

Allergen · egg
HOW TO MAKE IT
1Boil the egg until the yolk is fully firm.
2Cook rice in water until very soft.
3Mash the yolk into the rice; loosen with breast milk or a little water.
SPOON-FED
smooth and runny, off a spoon
BABY-LED
thick on a pre-loaded spoon
DINNEREvening

Carrot & Moong Dal Mash

Spice · jeera
HOW TO MAKE IT
1Pressure-cook moong dal with peeled, diced carrot until very soft.
2Add a pinch of roasted jeera powder.
3Blend smooth with the cooking water. No salt.
SPOON-FED
blended smooth
BABY-LED
soft steamed carrot fingers
Mark a food as tried, not yet liked, or reacted to — and tomorrow's plan adjusts. A sample only: your plan follows your baby's age, foods tried and any allergies.See the 100 foods
Science-backed safety

Stress-free allergen & reaction tracking

Allergen introduction guidance has changed since the landmark LEAP trial: from waiting, to introducing common allergens early in the first year, then continuing regular exposure.

One allergen at a time

Each common allergen is introduced on its own day, with no other new food alongside it, so you always know what your baby is trying for the first time.

Morning introductions

New allergens are planned for the morning meal, so you are with your baby and can keep an eye on them for the rest of the day.

Baby-safe forms

Every allergen comes in a baby-safe form: nuts and seeds ground or as smooth, thinned butters, and egg always well cooked.

Regular exposure

After the first taste, the plan brings each allergen back a few times a week, because eating it regularly is advised to help keep tolerance.

If something doesn't seem right

Stop the food and speak to your doctor. In an emergency, call emergency services. In the app, mark the food as "reacted to" and it comes out of future plans until you're ready.

Severe eczema or a known food allergy? Talk to your paediatrician before starting allergens. The app asks this before your plan begins.

Based on guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and the Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA). Read the full safety guide →

The 100 Foods

100 foods by the first birthday — at your baby's pace

  • Yellow lentil (Moong dal)
    from 6 months
    Well-cooked, thin khichdi/soup consistency; ghee tadka ok (no salt)
    Iron
  • Egg (Anda)
    from 6 months
    Fully-cooked yolk mashed into food; soft omelette strip to grip
    Allergen · EggIron
  • Smooth peanut butter (Moongphali)
    from 6 months
    Thin smooth layer stirred into warm porridge (never spoonfuls)
    Allergen · Peanut
  • Spinach (Palak)
    from 6 months
    Blanch, puree fine into dal/khichdi (no stringy bits)
    Iron
  • Paneer (Paneer)
    from 6 months
    Crumbled fine/mashed into sabzi
    Allergen · Dairy
  • Banana (Kela)
    from 6 months
    Mashed; or half-peeled whole banana to self-feed
  • Bottle gourd (Lauki / Doodhi)
    from 6 months
    Peel/deseed as needed, steam silky-soft; mash or soft wedges
  • Finger millet (Ragi / Nachni)
    from 6 months
    Soft porridge/sheera; thin soft chilla strips to grip
  • Chicken (Murgi)
    from 6 months
    Slow-cooked, pureed or finely shredded, kept moist

+ 91 more in the app

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First Nivala offers general guidance, not medical advice — consult your paediatrician if you have any doubts, especially around allergies, reflux, low weight gain, or any feeding difficulty.

Aditi, founder of First Nivala, holding her son Aaryan
FOUNDER & MOM TO AARYAN
Aditi Patil
Healthcare Strategy Consultant 
Turning published infant-feeding guidance into a plan you can use
Founder story

"I built the app I wished I had when starting solids."

My background is in healthcare strategy — I'm not a doctor or dietitian. First Nivala is built on published infant-feeding guidance and checked against strict safety rules. It's general guidance, not medical advice.

When Aaryan turned six months, I couldn't wait to start solids. Then the questions began. What do I give him today? Is there a choking risk? When do allergens come in? Is he getting enough iron? Every morning I was juggling three or four tabs just to decide what to feed my own baby — and almost nothing was built for Indian food, our recipes, our everyday spices.

So I did what I do best — made sense of the mess. I trained in baby-led weaning through Gill Rapley's course, read the guidance, and kept what's proven. Then I built the calm plan I wished I'd had. Real Indian food. Allergens and iron handled with care. Spoon-fed or baby-led. No pressure to finish the bowl.

How our guidance is developed

Four pillars behind every recommendation — safe, nourishing, and rooted in the way South Asian families cook.

1. Science-backed guidelines

Built mainly on the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), alongside the World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN): iron early, allergens introduced early and kept up, no added salt or honey under one and no added sugar under two.

Built into every plan

2. Chef-perfected recipes

Recipes developed and perfected with a Le Cordon Bleu–trained chef, so baby food is real food: well made, full of flavour, and easy to cook in a home kitchen.

Real food, made baby-ready

3. Cultural wisdom & palate

Gentle spices like jeera, elaichi, haldi and gluten-free hing; soothing dals; millets like ragi and jowar — alongside global staples, so babies grow up loving the food their family eats.

Gently spiced, never salted

4. Strict safety standards

Each food comes with age-by-age guidance on how to cook, cut and serve it safely — from smooth purées to soft finger-length pieces — whether you spoon-feed or follow baby-led weaning.

Safe serving for every food
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