Pumpkin recipes for babies

Two healthy pumpkin recipes for babies.

1. Mashed pumpkin, egg yolk and tofu

Egg yolk is rich in vitamin A, D, B6 and B12. Tofu is rich in calcium and iron. This is a nice combination as Vitamin D in egg yolk can help the body to better absorb calcium, whereas pumpkin adds some sweetness to the dish which babies will like.

age: above 6 months

Ingredients:

- pumpkin/ butter squash 1.5 ounces / 40g peeled and cut into small pieces

- Tofu 1.5 ounces / 40g cut into small cubes

one egg yolk (taken from hard boiled egg)

How to cook:

1. Use a Steamer to steam pumpkin and tofu until the pumpkin is soft. Follow the Amazon link to see the Steamer that I use at my home. I recommend it because it comes with several features like different cooking modes and a function that keeps food warm after cooking.

2. Put pumpkin, egg yolk and tofu into a container and use a Hand Blender to mash them. Another often-used tool in my kitchen is this Hand Blender from Cuisineart. Very strong, very reliable and easy to clean.

2. Finger food - fried pumpkin strips

age: above 10 months

Ingredients:

- pumpkin/ butter squash 10 ounces / 300g

- one raw egg if your baby is allergic to egg white, you can also take the yolk

- bread crumbs

- Corn Starch

- cooking oil


How to cook:

1. Peel and cut pumpkin into strips

2. Mix pumpkin strips with corn starch until each strip is covered with a thin layer of corn starch

Cooking Oil

3. Beat the egg

4. Dip each of the pumpkin strips into the beaten egg

5. Coat each strip with bread crumbs

6. Leave the strips there for about 3 minutes

7. Put cooking oil in a Wok, use medium heat to warm up the oil, and put the strips in, fry until they turn into a light golden color

8. Take the strips out, leave there for 3-5 minutes

9. Put the strips back into the cooking oil and use strong heat to fry again until the color is golden