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Sweet Potato Poha - easy healthy breakfast recipe made with poha & sweet potatoes. This healthy poha can be done in jiffy and hence its ideal for busy mornings. You can even make it with aloo/potatoes instead of sweet potatoes. I usually make plain poha upma or sometimes with vegetables or make it with potatoes as aloo poha. I have tried this sweet potato poha last week as I had to finish the left over sweet potato which is lying in my vegetables basket. It tasted so good and apt for kids ! I should say it's one of the best way to include sweet potatoes into fussy eaters diet.This sweet potato poha can be given to babies after 10 months once they started eating all family foods.
Here is how to make easy and healthy sweet potato poha recipe for babies, toddlers and kids.
Sweet Potato Poha Recipe for Babies, Toddlers and Kids
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Sweet potato Poha - Healthy breakfast or evening snack made with sweet potato, poha/flatten rice/beaten rice.
Course Breakfast/Dinner
Cuisine Indian
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 20 minutesminutes
Total Time 30 minutesminutes
Calories
Author Kalyani
Ingredients
Poha/ Aval/ Flattened Rice/Beaten Rice - 1 cup
Sweet potato - 1 medium sizedcubes comes to ¾ cup
Onions - 1 small
Green chillies - 1
Turmeric powder - a pinch
Sugar - 1 tspoptional
Lemon Juice - 2 tsp
Coriander leaves - to garnish
Water - as needed
Salt - as required
To Temper
Oil - 1 tsp
Cumin seeds - ¼ tsp
Hing/ Asafoetida - ⅛ tsp
Instructions
Wash sweet potatoes and cut them into small cubes. Set aside. Keep all the other ingredients ready.Chop onions, green chillies and coriander leaves. Take juice from lemon and keep it ready. Wash and soak poha in water until its soft enough to mash. Squeeze the water completely from poha once it's soft.Heat oil in a pan and add the items to temper one by one. Saute until cumin seeds cracks.
Then add onions along with green chillies and saute onions until it's transparent.Then add cubed sweet potatoes and toss it well. Add 2 tablespoon of water and cook it covered for 5-7 minutes or until the sweet potatoes are soft. Make sure the sweet potatoes are soft enough to bite but not too mushy.
Then add soaked poha with sugar and required salt. Mix well.
Cook everything covered for two to three minutes and switch off the flame, add lemon juice & garnish with coriander leaves.
1. Wash sweet potatoes and cut them into small cubes. Set aside. Keep all the other ingredients ready.Chop onions, green chillies and coriander leaves. Take juice from lemon and keep it ready. Wash and soak poha in water until its soft enough to mash. Squeeze the water completely from poha once it's soft.Heat oil in a pan and add the items to temper one by one. Saute until cumin seeds cracks.
2. Then add onions along with green chillies and saute onions until it's transparent.Then add cubed sweet potatoes and toss it well. Add 2 tablespoon of water and cook it covered for 5-7 minutes or until the sweet potatoes are soft. Make sure the sweet potatoes are soft enough to bite but not too mushy.
3. Then add soaked poha with sugar and required salt. Mix well.
4.Cook everything covered for two to three minutes and switch off the flame, add lemon juice & garnish with coriander leaves.
This is why one of the primary poha benefits for babies is it is easy on little tummies. Quick and easy digestion means that your baby doesn't get a bloated feeling and remains energetic too.
Sweet potato packs immense nutritional value.This has earned it a place as a superfood, especially for babies starting solids. Additionally, for a baby that's transitioning from slightly sweet breast milk or formula, the naturally sweet taste of sweet potato is an instant win!
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Consuming raw poha or excessive amounts can lead to dental discomfort, stomach aches, and iron toxicity. To enjoy the full benefits of poha, it's essential to cook it properly and consume it in appropriate portions.
Rice and poha differ significantly in their nutritional profiles. While rice primarily consists of carbohydrates, poha contains a higher amount of protein and dietary fibre. This makes poha a more satiating and nutrient-dense choice compared to plain rice.
Poha might help against heart diseases, digestive problems, cholesterol, high blood pressure and cancer. It might also provide energy to our body and help in the brain functioning.
If baby is allergic to sweet potatoes, he will likely react shortly after consuming the food. Symptoms vary, but there could be facial swelling, a rash or itchiness, abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting. In severe cases, baby could even have trouble breathing.
Potatoes may be offered as soon as your baby is ready to start solids, which is generally around 6 months old. Orange sweet potatoes are a common baby food, but purple potatoes are a tasty, nutritious option too.
If your baby becomes constipated, use whole wheat or barley cereal instead of rice cereal and avoid bananas and sweet potatoes, which are constipating. All the fruits which begin with “P” (prunes, plums, pears, peaches) will help soften your baby's stool, so give them often if your baby is having hard stools.
Mashed or puréed sweet potatoes are a great option if you're spoon-feeding. If you're trying baby-led weaning, roast whole sweet potatoes until they're very soft, then slice into thick spears for your baby to palm. You can roll the spears in baby cereal if they're too wet or slippery for her to grasp.
Bananas, rice, applesauce, and toast are the foods that make up the BRAT diet. These foods are easy to digest and have a better likelihood of staying down than many other foods when a child is sick. Similarly, CRAM is a diet that consists of cereal, rice, applesauce, and milk.
Sweet potatoes are full of antioxidants, vitamins and fiber to support your eye, digestive and heart health. They're generally safe to eat daily, especially if you eat them with calcium to prevent calcium oxalate kidney stones.
Potatoes can be an optimal first food for infants. As children grow, potatoes continue to be an affordable and accessible source of essential nutrients, helping to improve children's overall nutrient intake and diet quality.
If your sweet potato is soft in spots, smells rotten, or oozes a mysterious liquid, that potato should be discarded. Another sign that sweet potatoes have taken a turn for the worse is if they start growing stalky purplish sprouts.
Sweet potatoes are delicious just about any way you prepare them, and they are also magic for a baby who needs to poop. They're high in insoluble fiber, which will help your baby go right away.
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