Green Peas are a really healthy option as a snack for you kids. For a toddler introducing them to finger foods is important aspect of them growing up as it helps them with hand eye coordination and learn an important skill in life - self feeding.
Green Peas are small and round and once they are cooked to a perfect amount of softness, they make a great snack that your toddler can grip and plop in their mouth and chew away. Peas are packed with protein and fibre & with its natural sweetness, your toddler will love to chomp them away with their gums and few teeth.
Serve Buttered Green Peas to you baby toddler above 10 months of age as a finger food or as a healthy snack.
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Cuisine: Indian
Course: Lunch
Diet: High Protein Vegetarian
Equipments Used: Hard Anodized Pressure Cooker, Hard Anodised Kadai (Wok)
Cooks in 5 M
Total in 20 M
To begin making the Buttered Green Peas for Babies, we need to wash the green peas. If you are using frozen peas, you need to make sure that the peas are completely thawed.
In a pressure cooker add one cup peas with a cup of water. Add a pinch of salt and close the lid
Let the peas be pressure cooked for 2 whistles and turn off the heat. Release the pressure immediately.
Remove the peas from the pressure cooker and set it aside.
In a pan, add 1/2 teaspoon of butter and let it melt. Once the butter is melted, add the cooked peas into the pan.
Sprinkle in a pinch of cumin powder and toss the peas well in the butter.
Turn off the heat after 2-3 minutes.
Serve Buttered Green Peas to you baby toddler above 10 months of age as a finger food or as a healthy snack.
You can also cook the peas on a stove top by adding a cup of peas in 2 cups of water and boiling for 5 minutes on medium heat. After 5 minutes, test it the peas are cooked and turn off the flame.