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Dates Puree for Babies – Natural Sweetner for Babies

July 7, 2016 By Aarthi 6 Comments

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Dates is a super food for babies. But you cannot give it whole since it might be hard sometimes. This puree is a brilliant way to include dates in your babies diet. All you have to do is add a spoonful of this puree in your baby food, mix it up and feed your baby.

Ideas for using this puree:

1)You can mix this in fruit purees which you make.,
2)Adding this to purees.
3)For older babies, you can give 1 spoon of this puree daily.
4)Use this in milkshakes to sweeten it.

How to introduce solid food to your baby:
 
Read this
 
How to sterilize baby feeding bowls: 
 
Start by sterilizing the bowls and spoons which you are going to feed your baby. Take the bowl and spoon in a large saucepan, cover it with water and bring them to a boil. Boil it rapidly for 5 mins. Now you can turn the heat off and leave them stay in the hot water till use. 

Preparation Time : 10 mins
Cooking Time : 25 mins
Makes: 1 cup


Ingredients:

Dates – 15 to 20 deseeded
Water – 1 cup

Method:

Take dates and water in a sauce pan. Bring it to a boil, simmer for 10 mins till it is cooked.

Now cool this and take it in a blender. Puree till smooth. Pass this through a strainer.

Now put this back on heat and cook till it thickens. 

Cool this mixture down. Store it in a air tight container for a week or more in fridge.

You can use this to sweeten your baby foods.

Pictorial:

Use food quality dates
deseed dates and take them in a sauce pan
add water
put it on heat and bring it to a boil
cook for 10 mins till dates soften
now it is done
take it in a blender
puree till smooth
now strain this
this is pure dates pulp
put it back on heat
boil till it gets thick
done
cool it down, store it in a clean jar in fridge for a week.
You can use this to sweeten your babies food.

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About Aarthi

Over the past few years I’ve been on a mission to find and create recipes that I can make from scratch. I hope you enjoy the recipes on this blog as they are tried and true from my kitchen to yours!

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  1. revathy

    July 7, 2016 at 3:16 pm

    hi mam all ur recipes are awesome tried many recipe all came out good.dates syrup mixed with milk cause any side effects

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  2. Steffi

    July 8, 2016 at 1:44 pm

    Hi aarthi thanks for ur wonderful recipes…I started cooking seeing ur blogs..pictorial explanation..helps me a lot..n baby food really awesome I never gav cerlac kind of products…oly homemade….my paediatrician recommended ur site..from that day til now usin this site…love ur recipes…

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    • Priyaa

      August 22, 2019 at 5:22 am

      Hi Aarthi akka, am a mom of 8 months old baby can i give the dates syrup to him you are very inspiring! Wanna meet you once

      Reply
  3. Anonymous

    July 11, 2016 at 7:57 am

    Hello mam my baby is 6 months old. I tried ur apple puree recipe. As it tastes little sour she doesn't eat much. Shall I add this dates syrup in it? Thanks in advance

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