Apple Puree for baby
Apple is undoubtedly healthy food option for your little one. With a naturally sweet taste, apples are loaded with fiber, they help in digestion and can be introduced into a baby's diet after 6 months of age. To start with apples can be stewed and pureed. In the later stage, they may be mixed with rice cereal or flavored with spice like cinnamon
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Ingredients
- Half an apple
- Water
- Cinnamon – a pinch
Instructions
- Wash it with water.
- Peel the skin, de-core the apple and remove the seeds.
- Cut the required quantity of the apple.
- There are various methods for cooking the apple
- You can steam the apples using Steamer (steaming helps in preserving most of the nutrients).
- Take the apple chunks in a bowl, place inside a pressure cooker filled with water, cook them for 4 to 5 whistles (it depends on the type of apple), after the steam is out, remove the bowl.
- Take a thick bottomed pan, fill with water, place the bowl with apple, cover and cook till the required consistency is achieved.
- After cooking the apple either you can mash the cooked apple by spoon or masher or blend it with Blender . Do not add water, add breast milk or formula feed to make it little runny.
- Transfer the contents to a sterile feeding bowl and serve.
Notes
To thin out the puree, you can add breastmilk or formula or boiled and cooled water
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