By the time they reach 12 months, toddlers need about 1,000 calories. It is recommended to include the following in the diet of your little toddler:
Vegetables: green leafy vegetables, carrots, salads, cabbage, sweet potatoes, broccoli, beans, lettuce, pumpkin.
Millets: finger millet (ragi), sorghum (jowar), pearl millet (bajra) and oats.
Pulses and legumes: kidney beans, red gram, green gram, green gram dal.
Melon seeds, sunflower seeds, chia seeds, roasted flax seeds, almonds and cashews.
Dried fruits: raisins, dates, gooseberries, and makhanas.
All kinds of fresh fruits.
Probiotics: curd, mustard seeds, kanji.
Fats and oils: clarified butter (ghee), unsalted butter, coconut oil and unfiltered oil.