Traz: i dun puree liao, i chop, much faster and i can control the texture ad consistency of the veggie.
As for lotus root, i will give it to her straight from our soup, just mash and give. Rae likes to suck on it, i think she prefers lotus root as teether than bellamy! (I will ask MIL dun add any salt and seasoning when cooking, after that, potion out for her before we add salt to our portion. But now that Rae is taking our soup, we have stop adding salt and surprsingly, the soup very tasty liao (cos use pork to cook mah).
If u have ay problem pureering any food item, just add a bit of water/stock etc, with the liquid, its much easier to blend.