How to make date syrup for babies.👶👶

Benefits of dates

• Loosens bowels and fights constipation
• Rich source of iron, prevents anemia in babies
• High in minerals like calcium, potassium and magnesium as well as in Vitamin A
• Good source of dietary fiber

Ingredients

• A cup of water
• A cup full of dates

How to Make

• Wash the dates and deseed them.
• Once deseeded, chop them.
• Put these chopped dates in a bowl and add boiling water to it.
• Cover the bowl with a lid and leave it for a couple of hours so that the dates get soft and tender.
• After the dates are soaked well, take them out and mash them.
• Take another bowl and place a muslin cloth onto it tightly and pour the mashed dates into it squeezing well.
• Add water to the squeezed pulp as required.
• Put this in a pan and bring it to a boil. Let it continue boiling over medium heat until the solution starts thickening. Stir occasionally to avoid any chance of burning the base.
• Once it starts getting thick and dark in colour, resembling honey you can turn off the flame. Allow the solution to cool down. Get a glass jar and pour the date syrup into it, closing it tightly.

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