This recipe, flavoured with mild curry and coconut sauce, is very popular. Children often surprise us with what they like to eat at a young age and it’s often easier to get little ones to accept a variety of flavours when they are young.

Recipe adapted from the New Complete Baby and Toddler Meal Planner (Ebury Press)

Method

• Mix together the ingredients for the marinade and marinate the chicken for at least 30 minutes. Cook the noodles according to the packet instructions, drain and rinse under cold water.
• Heat the oil in a wok or frying pan and stir fry the spring onions, garlic and chilli for about 2 minutes .
• Add the chicken and marinade and continue to stir fry for 2 minutes .
• Add the curry paste, chicken stock and coconut milk and cook for 5 minutes
• Add the curry paste, chicken stock and beansprouts and cook for 3 to 4 minutes . Add the peas and baby corn and cook for 2 minutes more.
• Add the noodles to the pan to heat through.