Viṣṇudharmāḥ 1.26.8

1.26.8

naivedyaṃ kṛsaraṃ pūrvam
annaṃ māsacatuṣṭayam
nivedayet kārttikādi
saṃyāvaṃ ca tataḥ param

For the first four months, starting with Kārttika,
he should offer boiled rice and pulses
as an oblation of food;
and after that, sweet barley cake.