Carrot Coins for Babies, Toddlers & Kids
Carrot Coins for Babies, Toddlers & Kids. Carrots make an ideal vegetable for infants to start weaning with. Carrots offer nutritional benefits and textural interests with attractive colors for babies. It’s easy for babies to swallow and digest, it’s naturally sweet in taste and the crisp nature of it makes it addictive to chew and swallow, hence a baby-friendly vegetable.
Carrot Coins for Babies, Toddlers & Kids
Nutrition
• Carrots are an excellent source of Vitamin A
• Vitamin A aids your baby’s eyes
• Carrots also promote a strong immune system and protect against heart
• Rich in fiber, which helps in normal bowel movements
• Fortified with iron, calcium, and vitamin C
Texture
• Cooked Carrots are easily mashable and can be fed in puree form to attain a soft and smooth texture making them interesting and addictive.
• Cooked Carrots could be mashed fresh with a fork, or use a blender or food processor.
• Is it safe to include carrots in a baby’s diet? – Yes, it is absolutely safe to introduce carrots into a baby’s diet. The nutrients found in carrots make it an ideal vegetable for a baby’s first solid food.
• At what age can I start giving carrots to my baby? – Carrots could be introduced to the baby’s diet around 6-7 months of age.
Video: How to make CARROT COINS – IDEAL FINGER FOOD for Babies, Toddlers & Kids
Method of making Carrot Coins
1. Keep all the ingredients ready and pour them into a bowl. Mix all the ingredients well to form a dough-like consistency
2. Sprinkle water if needed. Make small balls and flatten them to make tikkis, patties, or coin-like.
3. Heat a pan, add Ghee to shallow fry our Carrot Coins.
4. Cook it on both sides till the color changes.
5. Our Carrot Coins are ready to be served to your little ones or for your tea time snack.
Carrot Coins for Babies, Toddlers & Kids
CARROT COINS - IDEAL FINGER FOOD for Babies, Toddlers & Kids
Author:Kavitha Prashanth
Recipe Type: Snacks, Healthy Bake, Travel friendly, Lunch box snacks
Cuisine:Indian
Ingredients
- Carrot 1 grated
- Gram flour – 2 tsp
- Rice flour 21/2 tsp
- Pepper powder – pinch
- Water little
Method
- Keep all the ingredients ready and pour them into a bowl. Mix all the ingredients well to form a dough-like consistency
- Sprinkle water if needed. Make small balls and flatten them to make tikkis, patties, or coin-like.
- Heat a pan, add Ghee to shallow fry our Carrot Coins.
- Cook it on both sides till the color changes.
- Our Carrot Coins are ready to be served to your little ones or for your tea time snack.
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Carrot Coins for Babies, Toddlers & Kids
Benefits of carrots for babies
• Supply of essential vitamins and minerals
• Help in easy digestion
• Remedy for diarrhea
• Remedy against intestinal worms
• Acts like a natural laxative because of their inherited properties of dietary fiber
The goodness of Gram Flour for Babies and Kids
• It’s skin-friendly and helps in nourishing the baby’s skin and hair.
• It helps in adding to the crispness of the Carrot Coins for babies and kids recipe.
Similarly, Rice flour adds to the binding of the Carrot and other ingredients of the below-mentioned list and an additional benefit of adding crispness for the evening snacks for the babies and kids to relish. As we all know Pepper is added for the taste and avoids the gassy nature of Gram flour allowing in easy digestion and easing the bowel movement.
Carrot Coins for Babies, Toddlers & Kids
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