Bottle Gourd Puree for Babies and Toddlers
Bottle gourd Puree is an amazing soft food that comes with an amazing taste and lots of health benefits. Bottle gourd/lauki/Sorekkai is a very nutritious, healthy, and easily digestible vegetable with plenty of health benefits that makes it suitable for offering to babies in their initial growth days.
Bottle gourd Apple puree is a delicious puree of a vegetable and fruit combination, having a mild sweetness from the apple and hence requires no additional sweeteners and is suitable for babies from 6 months.
Benefits of Bottle Gourd:
• Helps in Digestion and treats constipation.
• Antioxidants help in maintaining good skin and hair.
• Provides cooling effects on the body – Water content in bottle gourd keeps baby hydrated and energized all day.
• Helps in maintaining heart health.
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Bottle Gourd Purée for Babies and Toddlers
Bottle Gourd Purée for Babies and Toddlers
Author:Kavitha Prashanth
Recipe Type: Puree
Cuisine:Indian
Ingredients
- Bottle Gourd – ½ cup chopped
- Apple – ½ chopped
- Water – to steam or cook
- Cinnamon Powder – optional
Method
- Take a wide pan, add enough water, and place a vegetable steamer basket.
- Add de-skinned and roughly chopped bottle gourd followed by roughly chopped apple.
- Close the lid and cook for about 10 to 15 minutes. With the help of a fork check for readiness and cook further if need be.
- Transfer steamed bottle gourd and apple to a blender. I have used this blender from Wonderchef and most suitable for puree.
- Blend this until smooth, and transfer to a serving bowl. To this mixture, I am adding a pinch of cinnamon powder, which is optional. Adding cinnamon powder rules out the digestive issues in babies and most importantly it enhances the flavor.
- Bottle gourd Apple puree is ready to be served.
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Bottle Gourd Purée for Babies and Toddlers
Method of making Bottle Gourd Puree:
1. Take a wide pan, add enough water, and place a vegetable steamer basket.
2. Add de-skinned and roughly chopped bottle gourd followed by roughly chopped apple.
3. Close the lid and cook for about 10 to 15 minutes. With the help of a fork check for readiness and cook further if need be.
4. Transfer steamed bottle gourd and apple to a blender. I have used this blender from Wonderchef and most suitable for puree.
5. Blend this until smooth, and transfer to a serving bowl. To this mixture, I am adding a pinch of cinnamon powder, which is optional. Adding cinnamon powder rules out the digestive issues in babies and most importantly it enhances the flavor.
6. Bottle gourd Apple puree is ready to be served.
Bottle Gourd Purée for Babies and Toddlers
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