Curd occupies an important place in the baby food menu. It is this product that contains a large amount of calcium and minerals. Cottage cheese can be offered to the child purchased, or you can make it at home. It is advisable to diversify the product with additives in the form of fresh berries, fruits, dried fruits, jam. Curd can be made from kefir or milk.
Necessary
Kefir 200 ml, banana, milk 300 ml, 1/2 teaspoon 20% calcium chloride, small saucepan, glass jar 150-200 ml, gauze
Instructions
Step 1
Fresh kefir must be poured into a glass jar. Boil clean water in a small saucepan over low heat, remove from heat and leave for a while. Dip a jar of kefir 2/3 into water and hold it in a water bath for about half an hour. You can cover the pot with a lid during this procedure. If kefir is simply poured into a saucepan and brought to a boil, then all the useful substances and nutritional properties of the product will be lost. Therefore, the most correct way to prepare curd is to get it in a water bath.
Step 2
After a while, drain the whey obtained in this way. Wipe the remaining mass (the curd itself) through a sieve so that there are no lumps left and the product resembles a cream in consistency. Put the finished product in the refrigerator.
Step 3
Curd can also be made from sour milk. To do this, bring the pasteurized sour milk to a boil in a small saucepan and remove from heat. Strain the milk through sterile gauze folded in four, the resulting curd must be squeezed out to remove excess whey.
Step 4
If possible, prepare a calcined curd. To do this, pour fresh milk into a clean saucepan or ladle, add calcium chloride, which is available in a free pharmacy, to the contents, heat the milk and immediately remove from the heat after boiling. Remove the resulting thick mass with a spoon and rub through a sieve, place in a glass jar and refrigerate for a day.
Step 5
Curd made from kefir is less bland than milk. You can use banana as a supplement. To do this, peel the ripe fruit, mash the pulp with a fork. Beat the mixture with a blender or whisk and add it to the curd, mix gently. In this case, the addition of sugar is not required, which is very important for baby food.
Step 6
You can add berries, chopped apple or peach to the curd, as well as grated carrots. Focus on the tastes of the baby, which curd he likes more - bland or sour, sweet or not. This provides new opportunities for improving the dish and its taste.
