Photograph of the finished Beef and Pumpkin Porridge

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Beef and Pumpkin Porridge

45 min Hands-on time
EasyDifficulty
4 stepsSteps
Serves 4 Amounts follow along 4

What to get ready

  • Photograph of Rice Rice 80 g
  • Photograph of Beef Beef 100 g
  • Photograph of Pumpkin Pumpkin 160 g

Method

  1. 1 Simmer the rice in 250 ml of water over low heat for 30 minutes.
  2. 2 Mince the beef very fine and loosen it in two spoonfuls of cold water before it goes anywhere near heat — that is what stops it seizing into pellets.
  3. 3 Steam the pumpkin for 15 minutes and mash it.
  4. 4 Stir the beef into the simmering porridge and keep stirring for 5 minutes, then fold the pumpkin through. Beef is the best iron there is at this age, when the store a baby was born with starts to run out.
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