Sweet Potato Chickpea Patties for Babies (7 months+)

Preparation

1. 1

   Use completely cooked, fork-tender sweet potato and fully cooked soft chickpeas. Remove any firm chickpea skins and mash everything until no whole round beans or hard chunks remain.

2. 2

   Mix the smooth sweet-potato-and-chickpea mash with oat flour. Let stand briefly so the flour hydrates, adding a little safe water if needed to keep the mixture moist.

3. 3

   Form small, thin, gently flattened patties rather than compact balls. Cook in a lightly oiled nonstick pan over low to medium-low heat, turning carefully, until the oat flour is cooked and the centre is heated through.

4. 4

   Cool, tear open a patty and test that it squashes readily without dry crust or a gummy dense centre; if it does not, offer as a spoonable mash instead.