To know the significance of rice as baby food (weaning food) a survey was conducted with 100 mothers in four blocks of Puri and Khurda district. That among solid weaning foods, roasted flake powder (roasted chura powder) with milk and sugar was the most frequently used weaning food in almost 70 %families. It was also observed that Muslim families did not give roasted chura powder to their infants rather they give soft boiled rice with dal or boiled vegetables. Roasted rice powder (rice chattua) with milk or water was also in practice in the studied families. It was found that with modernization and product diversification, there is need to promote value addition to these rice based baby foods through processing into products with a precise utilization combining multiple ingredients in products that promote health and improving quality.