Creamy Potato Mash for Babies | Weight Gaining Food for Babies

Potatoes are great weaning foods due to their soft consistency, less allergic, and everybody’s favorite weight-gaining food. It’s not difficult for babies to digest this but it’s always good to start in lesser quantity. A tip, introduce any new food in the morning so that it’s easy to monitor allergies if any. You can give this from 8 months onwards to a baby and even toddlers or kids would love to eat this for its yummy taste. 

Creamy Potato Mash for Babies 

Potatoes are rich in carbohydrates and dietary fiber and hence assist in healthy weight gain. They help in bone development and are rich in Vitamin C which is good for the skin. Choline present in potatoes helps improve sleep, memory, and learning in younger children. To make this recipe I’ve added butter ensure to use no salt butter for babies below a year and I’ve added salt as well which can be skipped. Breastmilk /  Formula Milk and Butter give that creamy texture to the recipe and adds great flavor, if you are worried and have just begun to wean then you can skip it. 

You can check our other weight-gaining food recipes here. Paneer Recipes are good choices for weight-gaining baby food.  If you are yet to start weaning these 3 Puree Recipes would be great to start with as a first food. You can make Nuts Powder at home and add it to any baby food which helps in Healthy Weight Gain. 

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Creamy Potato Mash for Babies Recipe Below:

Creamy Potato Mash for Babies

Potatoes are great weaning foods due to the soft consistency, less allergic and everybody's favorite weight gaining food.

Author:Kavitha Prashanth
Recipe Type: Baby Food
Cuisine:Indian

Ingredients

1. Potato - 1
2. Formula Milk  / Breastmilk - 1 tbsp
3. Butter or Cheese - 1 tsp(unsalted)
4. Pepper Powder - a pinch
5. Salt - optional
6. Coriander leaves - to garnish

Method

1. Take a fresh potato, peel the skin and chop it into size as shown below. Take a pan and put the chopped potato in following little water. Close it with a lid and cook on low flame until soft. This may take 5-10 minutes.
2. Check for the readiness of potato by inserting a knife or a fork. If its soft its well cooked. Strain and add potato in a bowl and with the help of a fork mash cooked potato.
3. Add breastmilk or formula milk and mix it again till creamy. Add a little salt(1 year plus only) and pepper powder.
4. Keep mixing it until you get a soft and super creamy texture. Take it to a clean sterilized bowl and serve it to your baby.
5. Creamy Potato Mash is ready to be served.

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Creamy Potato Mash for Babies

Method of making Creamy Potato Mash for Babies

1. Take a fresh potato, peel the skin and chop it into size as shown below. Take a pan and put the chopped potato in the following little water. Close it with a lid and cook on low flame until soft. This may take 5-10 minutes. 

2. Check for the readiness of the potato by inserting a knife or a fork. If it’s soft it’s well cooked. Strain and add potato in a bowl and with the help of a fork mash cooked potato.

3. Add breastmilk or formula milk and mix it again till creamy. Add a little salt(1 year plus only) and pepper powder. 

4. Keep mixing it until you get a soft and super creamy texture. Take it to a clean sterilized bowl and serve it to your baby.

5. Creamy Potato Mash is ready to be served. 

Creamy Potato Mash for Babies

Note : 

1. Be sure to choose fresh potatoes

2. Adjust the consistency as required for your baby by adding more or less breastmilk or formula milk 

3. Add salt only to babies for over a year.

4.  You can use a blender to make it quickly but that would leave a gummy mixture not this creamy.

5. Pepper is to avoid the gas issue in the baby later if any.  

6. Always check with a pediatrician before serving any new food to babies. 

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