Baby Cuisine - Cod Korma

No, I'm not chucking The Bairn in a super-sized crock pot with a handful of shallots, a sprinkle of herbes de Provence and a dash of tabasco sauce. (Mmmmmm....) I'm going to share some recipes with you lucky people! Either Alex has not developed taste buds yet, or he finds my cooking to be reasonably agreeable.

Warning - the following recipes may be offensive to your particular baby's palate. The idea is to let people know you can usually find something in the cupboard to throw together a pretty healthy, tasty dish for all those Other Bairns out there.

Requested by Lianne and Lyla

Cod Korma

Ingredients
Quality cod fish fingers
Quarter of an onion
Half a tin of chick peas (in water) mushed
Turmeric, cumin, ginger (or curry powder)
Butternut squash
Coconut milk
Greek yoghurt
Rice

1. Roast your butternut squash
Cut in half lengthwise, scoop out seeds, brush with olive oil/butter, cover in foil and cook for about 45 mins at 180 degrees. (A pain I know, but babies love it in anything so stick the leftovers in the freezer or in another pasta sauce, with pear for an easy mash...or you can boil it but it's not as tasty.) if it's not soft yet, put it in for longer.

2. Cook 3 fish fingers according to instructions. Remove batter once cool (easy, lazy option. No bones - I hope!)

3. In a saucepan, fry 1/4 onion chopped very finely until soft.

4. Add a pinch of each of the spices, until it's as tasty as your baby can handle!

5. Add half your scooped out mushed squash, and half your tin of chick peas - I mush the chick peas a bit with a fork first. Mash your cod with a fork and tip it in.

6. Optionally, add a handful of washed white rice.

7. Add some water or homemade stock (I'll NEVER be that organised.)

8. If using rice, cook for 20 minutes, otherwise 10 should be fine.

9. I use a wee tiny bit of coconut cream (is that allowed for babies?) and a big spoon of full-fat Greek yoghurt or full fat milk at the end to make it creamy.

10. Serve with a few finger sized bits of naan bread.

If you make loads, add extra spices and milk, water or stock to turn it into a tasty soup for yourself! The Other Half won't touch fish, so I ladled out The Bairn's 2 portions worth at the end and mixed the fish in then.

It's flipping yummy, I'll tell you that much! And you can just adjust it to whatever you have in the cupboard.

Hope you and your babies enjoy it!

PS of course, shamefully my leftovers are sitting taking up hunners of space in the fridge rather than nearly organised in the freezer. See even I'm not 100% perfect. More like 97.56% perfect.