Creamy Two-Tone Coconut Balls
A simple baby food recipe using everyday ingredients, ready in just 5 minutes. Easy doesn't mean your baby won't love it—perfect for little hands to grab, squish, and nibble on while exploring textures.
Ingredients:
- ½ carrot
- ½ potato
- A small amount of fresh milk or formula
- 10 g shredded coconut
Cooking method: Steam
Recommended age: 10 months+
Prep time: 15 minutes
Ingredients
carrot
half a carrot
potato
half a
fresh milk
small amount (or formula milk)
desiccated coconut
10g
Instructions
1
Step 1
Slice the carrot and potato, then steam in a pot for 20 minutes until cooked. Tip: All root vegetables can be used for this recipe, such as purple sweet potato, sweet potato, and Chinese yam.
2
Step 2
Mash the potato into a puree, adding a small amount of milk while mashing.
3
Step 3
Add a small amount of milk to the carrot, then blend into carrot puree using a food processor.
4
Step 4
Mix a small amount of carrot puree into the mashed potato, then roll the combined mixture into balls. The mashed potato can also be rolled into balls separately.
5
Step 5
Sprinkle some desiccated coconut on top, and the balls are ready to eat by hand. If they feel not firm enough when pressed and are a bit soft to hold, bake them in an oven at 180 degrees for an additional 5 minutes.
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Step 6
Youma says: The final step is optional; you can choose to bake or not. For your first time making this, you can bake half and leave the other half unbaked, to see which texture your baby prefers.
