My son is 5 months old and i have been asked to give him a cooked pumkin. can i give a good steam to pumpkin?!
Answers: so that pumkin will get very soft and also good to eat, instead of boiling it. i am from india and we generally give steam in cooker.what should i do?please help.
Pumpkin will steam nicely. Cut the flesh into chunks, remove the fibrous interior and seeds until you are left with the smooth, solid flesh. Cut the peel off, then steam it. It will become quite soft and you can mash it into a puree if you wish.
Pumpkin is also quite nice in a soup.
In the U.S., butternut squash is very similar to pumpkin and may have virtually identical nutritional qualities. It is easier to find in the markets. You may even find it already peeled and halved.
Yes. You can steam or pressure cook pumpkin. Though I suggest you use pie pumpkin and not the pumpkin people use to carve at halloween for Jack O'Lanterns. It is edible, but has a bitter taste.
Yes, but as a picky cook, I was surprised to find that canned pumpkin really is just as good.
There's many ways of cooking a pumpkin - boiled, steamed, sauteed, baked, placed in stews... etc. Just cook until fork tender.
Also, there's canned pumpkin.
MY FATHER IS FROM INDIA AND I PREFER STEAMED OR GERBER CHILDREN THEY STEAM IT AND THEN PUT IT IN STORES FOR YOU TO BUY AND FEED YOUR BABY HEALTHY FOOD.
I heard that steaming is the best way to keep in all the good nutrients in veggies. It's probably a very good idea to do it that way!!
I am not sure if it is early for a 5 months old to start on all these. So I want to make sure the advice is from the doctor.
I used to make baby food (supplement with the jar foods) for my second child. I used pressure cooker to cook rice, vegetables and fruits this way. This really cooks food that baby's digestive systems can stand.
I used 3-4 times water for rice (opposed to usual 2 for adults).
I finely chopped fruits and depending on the softness (peaches vs. apples) add water, bananas are the only exceptions.
I used frozen peas or finely cubed carrots and add double water.
The amounts for a few month baby are so small, I put all these in individual stainless steel bowls, cover loosely and pressurecook them (time/whistles depend on the type of pressure cooker). When you open the pressurecooker per manufacturer's instruction, the taste is the food items should almost feel pulpy. If not, then either the cooking time was not enough or the water was not enough. You can adjust. This worked for me almost three decades ago.
Then run through blender on liquify - this will be more or less same consistency as the commercial baby food.
You can do this till the doctor instructs you to go to the next stage.