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Poached egg for infants

I live by the golden rule that 'An egg a day keeps every illness away'. And someplace, I did read an ad released by the National Egg Co-ordination Committee which said, 'Tasty treasure of mighty minerals'. Rudra ate his first egg when he was about seven months old. Some of my mommy friends felt its too young an age to eat egg. But it's done now and the boy is three plus years of age and three and a half feet tall. Am only happy about my son's progress upwards and across, but is it because of all the eggs? Can't assure an answer there. Well, I did not boil the egg. I poached only the albumen (egg white) in water. The result was extremely soft, firm and jelly like egg that was easy to eat for the baby. Recipe: Ingredients: - One Egg of course, only the white and no yellows for babies below one year of age - Water - 2 cups - A hint of pepper and a touch of salt Method: Boil the water in a deep dish till it is bubbling over furiously. Make