Red bean porridge for babies is always a topic of great interest to many home cooks. Understanding this, today TasteVN will guide you in two ways to cook red bean porridge. In this dish, the ingredients are blended and cooked until soft, making it extremely suitable for babies from 8 months to 1 year old for weaning. Let’s get cooking!
1. Red bean porridge with pork and green squash
Preparation
10 minutes
Cooking
25 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Red bean porridge with pork and green squash For 2 people
Pre-cooked porridge 1 bowl Red beans 30 gr Green squash 30 gr Pork 50 gr (shoulder meat) Olive oil 1/3 tablespoon
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose fresh pork
- Choose pork pieces that have a light pink color, bright appearance, and a characteristic aroma of meat. When you press lightly with your hand, it should feel springy.
- To determine if the meat is fresh, simply cut a piece of meat vertically with a knife. If the fibers tighten slightly and the surface is dry, then it is good quality meat.
- Avoid choosing meat that is soft and mushy, feels slightly slimy to the touch, and has an unpleasant odor.
How to choose fresh and delicious green pumpkin
- Choose large, plump green pumpkins with a green skin color; they should feel heavy and firm when held.
- Delicious green pumpkin has a thick and fat stem, can be pressed with a fingernail, and its skin should not be soft.
- Avoid choosing green pumpkins that are black in color as these are old, contain many seeds, and will taste sour when eaten.
How to make Red Bean Porridge with Pork and Green Pumpkin
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Prepare red beans and green pumpkin
Wash the red beans, soak them in water for about 10 minutes, then drain them.
Peel and remove the seeds from the green pumpkin, cut it into bite-sized pieces, then wash it thoroughly with water and drain.
Place a pot on the stove, add the red beans to the pot. Next, add enough water to cover the red beans. Then, cover the pot and boil over medium heat until the red beans are soft.
Place another pot on the stove, add the green pumpkin to the pot, and pour in enough water to cover the pumpkin. Turn on the stove, adjust to medium heat, and boil until the pumpkin is soft.
Once the red beans and green pumpkin are soft, remove them, let them cool down a bit, and then put everything into a meat grinder along with a cup of water and blend until smooth.
Note: You should not discard the water used to boil the red beans; keep it to cook the porridge for added sweetness!
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Prepare the pork
Wash the pork with water, drain, then cut into thin slices.
After that, put all into the meat grinder to grind finely.
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Cooking porridge
Put a pot of water to boil red beans on the stove, turn the heat to low, add the pre-cooked porridge to the pot and cook for 2 – 3 minutes. Next, add the minced meat and cook together for 15 minutes.
Then, add the blended mixture of red beans and zucchini, stir well and continue cooking the porridge for another 5 – 7 minutes before turning off the heat.
Finally, add 1/3 tablespoon of olive oil to the pot, stir well and wait for the porridge to cool a bit before serving it to your baby.
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Final product
So the red bean porridge with pork and zucchini is now complete. The porridge has a creamy and nutty flavor from the red beans and zucchini, combined with a light sweetness from the pork. All the ingredients in this porridge are cooked and blended, making it very suitable for babies to eat during weaning.
2. Red Bean Porridge with Egg and Su Su
Preparation
10 minutes
Cooking
15 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Red Bean Porridge with Egg and Su Su Serves 2 people
Pre-cooked porridge 1 bowl Red beans 30 gr Su su 30 gr Chicken egg 1 piece Olive oil 1/3 tablespoon
How to Choose Fresh Ingredients
How to Choose Fresh Chicken Eggs
- Choose chicken eggs that are dark brown, evenly colored, and free from cracks or black spots.
- Fresh chicken eggs will have a rough and slightly matte surface.
- When buying, you should hold the egg and shake it gently. If you hear a sound, it means the egg has been stored for a long time; if there is no sound, it will be a fresh egg.
How to Choose Fresh Su Su
- To make the cooking process easier, you should choose su su that has fewer edges, as it will be quicker to peel.
- Choose su su with a shiny green outer skin, without signs of insect bites, and feels firm when held.
- Avoid choosing su su that is bruised, has wilted skin, and feels soft and mushy when gently pressed.
How to make Red Bean Porridge with Chicken Egg and Su Su
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Prepare the ingredients
Red beans, wash clean and soak in water for about 3 – 4 hours until the beans swell and soften.
Peel the su su, cut into bite-sized pieces, wash clean, and let it drain. Then, steam the su su until it is soft.
Boil the chicken egg until cooked, peel the shell, and only take the yolk to put in a bowl and mash it.
Place a pot on the stove, turn on medium heat, add 400ml of filtered water, the soaked red beans, and cook until the red beans are soft. Then, remove them, let them cool but keep the water used to boil the red beans to cook the porridge!
Finished product
The completed red bean porridge with chicken egg susu has a quite beautiful reddish-brown color. The porridge has the rich and nutty flavor of red beans and chicken eggs, with a slight sweetness from the susu.
With the crushed egg yolk combined with red beans and susu cooked until soft and blended, this dish is very suitable for babies starting to eat solids. Babies will be attracted by the flavor of the porridge and will eat it quickly. Moms should give it a try!
How to choose tasty red beans
- Choose beans that are medium-sized; avoid large beans as they do not taste good and can easily be mushy.
- Select fresh beans, avoiding old ones that have been stored for a long time.
- Tasty beans have a bright red color, are free from pests, not damaged, and do not have an unpleasant odor, which makes them the best choice for cooking a delicious pot of sweet soup.
Above are the guides for 2 ways to cook red bean porridge for babies that are delicious and appealing, which anyone can make. I hope the 2 recipes shared above by TasteVN can help homemakers diversify their baby’s meals. Wishing you success!
