Quick meals
12 months+
One toddler bowl
Vegetable Upma for Toddlers
From twelve months, cooked soft and mashed lightly with a fork.
What you need
- 1/4 cup fine suji (semolina)
- 1 tsp ghee or oil
- 1/2 tsp jeera
- 2 tbsp finely chopped soft vegetables (carrot, beans, peas)
- 3/4 cup water
- A pinch of salt
How to make it
- 1 Dry roast the suji for 3 minutes until it smells nutty, then set it aside.
- 2 Heat the ghee, add the jeera, then the vegetables, and cook until they are completely soft.
- 3 Add the water and the salt and bring it to a boil.
- 4 Pour in the roasted suji slowly, stirring hard, and cook covered for 3 minutes.
- 5 Fluff it up, mash lightly with a fork and cool before serving.
Swaps
Rice rava or poha for a wheat-free version. Oil instead of ghee for a dairy-free one.
Keeping it
Best fresh. Sprinkle a little warm water and steam briefly if it has dried out.