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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. 1 Dry roast the suji for 3 minutes until it smells nutty, then set it aside.
  2. 2 Heat the ghee, add the jeera, then the vegetables, and cook until they are completely soft.
  3. 3 Add the water and the salt and bring it to a boil.
  4. 4 Pour in the roasted suji slowly, stirring hard, and cook covered for 3 minutes.
  5. 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.