Lentils, Rice and Plantain
From 6 months · 3 foods
Ingredients
How to prepare each food
Lentils
Cook lentils until completely soft and mash them smooth, on their own or stirred into a thicker purée. They mix well with vegetable or meat purées.
Smooth mash or a thick purée. No whole intact lentils.
Cook lentils until very soft so they squash easily between two fingers. Whole legumes can be a choking hazard, so mash them, especially early on.
Rice
Cook rice until soft and sticky and let it cool to warm. Serve it as a thick mash or mix it into a vegetable, meat, or fruit purée. Sticky or short-grain rice that clumps is easier for a baby to handle than loose dry grains.
Serve as a thick, sticky mash or blended into a purée. No cutting needed.
Plantain
Plantain is always cooked, never raw. Boil, steam, or roast a ripe plantain until very soft, then mash to a smooth purée or offer a finger-length piece soft enough to squish between two fingers. Skip salt and added sugar.
Smooth mash, or a soft finger-length piece that squishes easily.
Underripe or undercooked plantain stays firm and dense. Cook it until soft enough to squish between two fingers, and keep pieces small so it stays easy to manage.
Putting it together
Prepare each ingredient using the age guidance above, then serve them together.
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