Have you heard about the incredible benefits of homemade Sathumaavu powder or homemade cerelac for your little one’s health and weight gain? It’s one of the best nutritious foods you can offer your baby.
Now, I know there are plenty of commercial Sathu maavu preparations available in the market, and they’re not bad at all. But let me tell you, preparing this health mix at home has its own perks. You get to customize the ingredients according to your baby’s specific needs.
You might think making these powders is a daunting task, especially for moms in nuclear families. But trust me, it’s not as complicated as it seems. I managed to complete the entire process, from roasting to grinding, in just one hour. Here’s a tip: keep all the ingredients ready, and roast them in two kadais on two burners. Make sure not to burn them; once roasted, transfer them to a plate to cool. By the time you finish dry roasting the last ingredient, the others would have cooled down to room temperature, making it easier to grind everything in a jiffy.
Now, if you plan to grind the mix in a power mill, here’s a little trick to ensure hygiene. Before grinding this health mix, give the power mill 1 kg of wheat or rice to grind first. This will help clean out any masala, chili, or other residues that might contaminate the baby health powder.
With just a little effort, you can prepare a wholesome and nutritious Sathumaavu powder that will keep your baby healthy and happy!
Sathumaavu Health Mix Recipe Video
How to make Home made Cerelac or Sathumaavu or Health Mix for Babies?
Start by introducing 2 tablespoons of the Sathu Maavu or health mix porridge on the first day and gradually increase the quantity over time. This allows your baby’s digestive system to adapt to the new food gradually and reduces the risk of any discomfort or digestive issues.
Ingredients
Here are some additional ingredient options you can consider for your Sathumaavu or health mix:
- 1.5 cups White/Brown Rice
- 1 cup Black Urad Dal
- 1 cup Green Gram
- 1 cup Roasted Gram
- 1 cup Moong Dal
- 1 cup Masoor Dal
- 1 cup Wheat Dalia
- 1/2 cup Sago
- 1/2 cup Horse Gram
- 1/2 cup Corn
- 1/2 cup Almonds
- 1/2 cup Cashew
- 10 pods Elachi
Feel free to adjust the quantities based on your preferences and dietary requirements. You can explore variations by adding other nutritious ingredients like flaxseeds, sesame seeds, dried fruits, or other types of lentils and grains. Customize your health mix to create a wholesome and nourishing blend for your baby.
Other ingredient options
Ragi – I didn’t add ragi because I use sprouted Ragi separately to make Ragi Powder & Ragi porridge.
Peanuts
Bajra
Jowar
Barley
Ajwain and Cumin instead of Elachi
Pearl millet
Soya Beans
Chana Dal
You can also employ the same method for larger quantities. The ingredients can also be sprouted, dried, roasted and powdered. The sprouted version is very healthy and nutritious but is a time-consuming process. You need at least 2 days to complete the process.
Check the Detailed Step by Step Sprouted Homemade Health Mix or Homemade Cerelac Recipe
While making this sathumaavu powder, use clean dry utensils or the powder will get spoiled soon.
Method
Soak the ingredients in water for 10 minutes, then rinse and thoroughly dry them to remove any impurities.
1. Dry roast all the ingredients by following these steps:
a) Roast the rice until it becomes slightly puffed and crispy.
b) Roast the dal until it turns golden brown.
c) Roast the sago until it becomes dry and crispy.
d) Roast the wheat daliya until it turns golden brown.
e) Roast the horse gram until it becomes dry and crispy
f) Roast the roasted gram until it turns crispy, giving it a delightful crunch and enhancing its taste.
g) Roast the green gram until it transforms from a vibrant green color to a gentle brown, enhancing its nutty flavor and aroma.
h) Roast the corn kernels until they turn golden brown or start crackling, ensuring a delightful crunchiness in each bite.
i)Roast the almonds and cardamom until they exude a fragrant aroma, indicating that their natural flavors have been enhanced
j) Roast the cashews until they turn a delightful golden brown color, releasing their rich aroma.
2. Allow them to cool for a few minutes until they reach a safe temperature for further processing
3. The roasted ingredients can be easily powdered using a blender, mixer grinder, or a powerful mill.
4. Sift the ground flour to make it more finer.
5. The sifted flour can be stored in an airtight container for at least 4 to 6 months.
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Learn how to prepare Sathumaavu/Health Mix Porridge for Babies
To prepare a nutritious Sathu Maavu/Health Mix porridge for your baby, simply mix 2 tablespoons of Sathu Maavu powder with water until smooth. Cook the mixture over medium flame for a minimum of 10 minutes. For added sweetness, you can incorporate fruit purees into the porridge. Discover the goodness of this homemade baby food!
Learn how to prepare Sathumaavu/Health Mix Porridge for Adults
- For a creamy porridge, mix 2 tablespoons of Sathu Maavu powder with a cup of milk, half a cup of water, and cook it on low flame until well-cooked. Add sugar to taste and serve hot.
- For a refreshing version, add 2 tablespoons of Sathu Maavu powder to a cup of water, mix well, and cook over medium flame. Once cooked, add buttermilk and a pinch of salt, and serve warm.
To enhance the nutritional value of the Sathu Maavu porridge, you can incorporate Dry Fruits Powder after cooking. This adds extra goodness to the baby’s meal.
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If you have any questions about making Sathu Maavu Powder, check out our comprehensive FAQs section for helpful insights and answers.
Enjoy the goodness of Sathu Maavu/Health Mix Porridge and provide a nourishing meal for yourself or your loved ones.
Nutritional information of Sathumaavu powder
| Ingredient | Nutritional Information |
|---|---|
| Rice | Good source of dietary fiber & carbohydrate |
| Black Urad Dal | Rich in protein, Vitamin B complex |
| Masoor Dal | Packed with protein, fiber, iron and folate |
| Horse Gram | 1/4th of it contains protein, good source of iron, calcium, molybdenum |
| Wheat Dalia | It is rich in carbohydrate, protein and magnesium |
| Green Gram | It is rich in protein, dietary fiber, Iron and magnesium |
| Sago | It is rich in carbohydrate, and has high calorific value |
| Corn | It has high carbohydrate content and protein, vitamin B6, is an antioxidant |
| Cashew | It is rich in good fat and magnesium, vitamin B6 , protein |
| Almond | It is high in fat and proteins, calcium and magnesium |
| Elachi | It is rich in dietary fiber and Iron |
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Home Made Cerelac/Health Mix Powder/Sathu Maavu Powder for Babies
Ingredients
- 1.5 cup White/Brown Rice
- 1 cup Black Urad Dal
- 1 cup Green Gram
- 1 cup Roasted Gram
- 1 cup Moong Dal
- 1 cup Masoor dal
- 1 cup Wheat Dalia
- ½ cup Sago
- ½ cup Horse gram
- ½ cup Corn
- ½ cup Almonds
- ½ cup Cashew
- 10 pods Elachi
Instructions
- Soak all the ingredients in water for 10 minutes, rinse and dry them.
- Roast Rice till they become little like puffed rice.
- Roast Dal golden brown.
- Roast Sago till they are little dry and crispy.
- Roast Wheat Daliya golden brown.
- Roast Horse Gram till dry and crispy.
- Roast roasted bengal gram till crispy.
- Roast Green Gram till the color changes form green to mild brown
- Roast corn golden brown or till they crackle.
- Roast Almonds and Elachi till they leave aroma.
- Roast Cashew till golden brown
- Let them cool for few minutes.
- The roasted ingredients can either be powdered by blender or mixer grinder or in power mill.
- Sift the the ground flour to make it more finer.
- The sifted flour can be stored in an airtight container for atleast 4 to 6 months.
Hi there,
The comments for this article are closed. You can read the Frequently Asked Questions on the preparation of SathuMaavu Powder for all your doubts and queries
Can we add salt in place of jaggery syrup?
Hi Pooja,
Yes you can add for babies older than 1 year
Thanks a lot for the recipe.. Tried it and my baby loved it…..
Glad your baby liked it 🙂
hi
We don’t get the black urad dal here can I use the normal one, urad dal w/o skin?
Thx
Hi elsa,
Yes it can be used
Hi
Thank you very much for this recipe. I would like to know whether I can give this to my 9 month old son with down’s syndrome as I’m told that he might have digestive issues.
I have already started him with rice and moong dal.
Hi Fathima,
You can try 1 tablespoon first, if he is able to tolerate then you can go ahead
Hi, my daughter is 7.5 months old. She has eaten only green gram and tuver dal till now. Is it fine if I give all the grams together before trying them individually?
Hi Boscy,
Yes you can try 1 tablespoon of porridge first and follow the 3 day rule
I’m a not-at-home Mom and so I bought the home-made sathu maavu powder from Little Moppet.. It was neatly done and packed.. My baby who’s 1 year old is a fussy eater didn’t have inhibitions to taste this one.. Very much contented with the buy 🙂 Thanks Hema and Kavitha 🙂
Thank you Tina 🙂
Hi Dr Hema,
I wanted to ask you i am currently in UK ….thus unable to find traditional round dalia that we get in india however i could find the broken wheat version of that. Its basically wheat grain cut into small small peices…..can I use that for this health mix? Looking forward to your reply!!
Thanks
Hi preeti, yes you can use them too, but roast them nicely
I tried to make fine powder of Cashew and Badam, which became paste. Can I mix this paste with the remaining ingredients powder? Please suggest
Hi Satya, you can store them separately and add while making the porridge
When will she get teeth she is 11 months now. one more thing is she eats sleeping on my laps how can I make her sit and feed. is it good to buy walker for my daughter. If not how can I encourage her walk. Talk
Hi Gouthami,
Each baby is different, my son got teeth at 9 months and my daughter got it at only 15 month, so don’t worry about it, get a high chair and make her sit, walker are not advisable, you can buy that traditional wooden one that your baby can push and walk
Hi hema
thank you so much
for ur valuable information I am very grateful.
thank u for ur patience u answer every doubt.
god bless you hema.
I love you.
🙂
She is not chewing anything as she do not have teeth yet when I feed her any porridge or purees with spoon she is not taking in with her upper lip I had to just pour it in her mouth she is not drinking water with the glass but few days ago she ia drink nicely with the help of glass.
Please tell me what should I do
Hi Gouthami, don’t worry it is a just a phase, babies tend to pass through food strike as like this frequently, try to place in new foods every day and ignore what she odes with the food, she may play first and the slowly start eating later
Hi hema
my daughtet now is 11 months can I give fruit and vegetable purees now as I havent given her till now because there was no one tell me wat to feed and what not
ur blog helped me a lot but apart fron health mix and raagi porridge she not eating anyything
I have slowly started giving slowly mango yogurt idli dosa but what ever I feed ahe is keeping it on her tounge and vomiting she is not chewing just swallowing.
Hi hema
the sprouted version of health mix can I soak all the ingredients together to get them sprouted
Hi gouthami,
No you should not soak all ingredients together,a s each of them take different duration for sprouting
Hi hema
thank u for such nice recpie (health mix) the thing is my daughter does not eat anything apart from health mix and raagi porridge. Please tell me what else I can give her apart from these two things to gain weight.
Hi Gouthami,
You can check this link for more weight gaining foods https://www.mylittlemoppet.com/20-super-healthy-weight-gain-foods-babies-kids/
Till how many months I can feed health mix powder. My baby does not have teeth though she has 11 months
Hi Gouthami,
You can feed this till they go to school and even after that also you can make pancakes, laddu with this powder
Hi hema
thank you so much for ur wonderful health mix recepie. My daughter likes it very much she is eating it very well.
only thing is since her anna prasanna she ate cerelac that is purchased outside. as I said earlier she vomited everything she ate other than celerac. So apart from cerelac and breastfeeding she dis not eat anything.
Since 1 month I am giving her raagi porridge and from past 1 week I am giving health mix.
Hema please suggest me what other foods I can start. And how to prepare them.
Hi Gouthami,
you can check this chart for ore recipes https://www.mylittlemoppet.com/diet-chart-for-6th-month-babies/
I have mixed d1 spoon of dates syrup in cerelac yesterday she ate it but after 1 hour she vomited.
Hi
my daughter she is 10 month old going to be 11 months in a week .
The thing is she is eating only ragi porridge along with lassi In the morning’s.
Afternoon and evenings she is eating cerelac stage 3 purchased from shops and I mix some sweet lemon or orange juice or apple puree and ghee and lassi again. can I mix juices like that in cerelac
If I feed anthing besides celerac she is vomiting.
can I give her sprouted health mix powder along with dry friuts powder mix.
please suggest what should I do.
I don’t encourage cerelac ususally, if not all you need to give, do not add juices, you can add fruit or vegetable purees. Yes you can give health mix with dry fruits Mix. When you start, feed in the mornings if your baby is tolerating well then you can give in the evenings.
Try adding dates syrup in porridges.
I dont add sugar in juices while adding it in cerelac. I have added dates syrup but She vomited. I more thing she do not have teeth till now
Hi Gouthami, try adding jaggery syrup
hi hema garu I have started giving health mix powder with dry fruits adding jaggery syrup. She is eating it. Can I also add any fruit juices in the porridge without adding sugar.
Hi Gouthami,
I have never tried with fruit juices, instead of juice you can add fruit puree, that is nutritionally more good
What is quantity in 1 cup in gms and ml
Hi Aparan, 1 cup is equal to 200 gms or 236 ml
Do v get sathu maavu powder in stores????
Hi karishma, we have sell homemade sathu Maavu at our store, you can buy through this link
http://www.shop.mylittlemoppet.com
Hi Hema..
My pd has said not to give nuts till one year.i want to giv my 7month child sathu navy.can u plz tell me how to go about it as sathu Manu has nuts
Hi,
You can prepare sathu maavu powder without nuts
Thank u so my much mam….
🙂
Hi.. After preparing this with water or milk..for how long can we use it? If I want to go out for few hours.. Can I prepare this and take it? Will it remain fresh?my son is 15 months old..
Hi Soumya, yes you can use it till about 4 hours after preparation
hi
my son is 11 months old. i am planning to make the sprouted version. i have emaied you regardng this. can you send me a detailed procedure for the sprouted one?
thanks,
nithya
Yes, the same ingredients, you can soak in water overnight, rinse and remove water then wrap them in a soft cotton cloth , allow the sprouts to arise , dry them in sun and dry roast them and powder it, I wills send a detailed mail
hi,
i still have not done the sprouted version since i have a lot of doubts. do we sprout the white rice, roasted gram, sago too? if i sprout 2 ingredients at a time, can i dry roast and wait until i sprout everything else…or will they get spoit?
while roasting the sprouted ingredients, does it take the same time as non sprouted or can we roast it for shorter time?
If possible, it would be very helpful to have a detailed procedure for the sprouted version.
thanks
nithya
Hi Nithya , i posted the sprouted version 2 weeks back, you cna check this link for recipe https://www.mylittlemoppet.com/sathu-maavu-powder-for-babies/
Hi,
Please tell me in terms of gms how much shud i buy, im going to shop now 😀
As Im planning on grinding this tomorrow.
Bye, Madhu
Hi Madhumitha,
They approximate conversion is 1 cup = 240 gm, you can correct it to 250 gms, so if its 1.5 cup then it is 325 gm, hope your doubts are cleared 🙂
HI
Thanks for such a nice recipe, green gram and moong dal seems to be same from the items list. Can we also add toor dal to the above items
Thanks
Mary
Hi Mary, No Toor Dal wouldn’t give a good taste, so it is better to avoid it
Hi hema i have started this porridge for my 14 month son and he is doing loose motions. What’s the reason?
Hi, Ginny, you can stop for a few days and restart it again after a month or so
Thanks for the recipe. I am a big follower of all your recipes. I will make health mix powde very soon just one query is it safe to give almost 7 month old baby so many items at a time without worrying about allergy or something else. waiting for yr reply as i really want to make this health mix powder for my daughter. keep blogging and thanks a lot
Yes you can give 7 month baby, start with 1 tablespoon of powder in water then slowly increase the amount
hi ur blog is amazing i have seen ur 3day rule , before giving this cerelac do i have to test each of the pulses seperately for my baby’s suitability
Hi triveni, You don’t hav eto do that, just start with a 15 ml of porridge then slowly increase it
Hi HemaPriya,
My son is 17months now and I’ve been giving Sathu maavu porridge(using just 1 tbsp powder) along with cooked rice daily (as lunch) since he was 8 months old. I give normal curry with rice for dinner.
He really likes the taste of Sathu maavu porridge and eats the lunch quickly. but I am not sure if this food can be given every day for such long time and whether I should continue. Would you pls reply me if its okay to give this as I am giving OR should I limit ?
Thanks a lot.
Satya
Hi Satya, There is no harm in giving sathu maavu daily but don’t give with rice, give it separately as porridge
Thanks Doctor for the clarification.
I exclude rice when making the porridge. So is it okay to give along with rice as I am not including rice there?
Make rice powder seperately and add to this powder, do not give with steamed rice
Dr. Hemapriya , I am new in your site, and I was searching for a homemade cerelac recipe , and suddenly I found ur site. Thanks for the recipe Dr. Today I had made Sathu Maavu powder and Dry Fruits powder both. Since last day I washed and sundried all the items and today roast and powdered it. I have a quary how many times in a week I can give the Sathu Maavu powder to my 9 monthes girl? And what is the quentity of per servings?
Hi Priya, I am giving daily to my 1 year old daughter since 7 months , you can give half to 1 cup per serving 🙂
Dr. Thanks for this recipe..its mentioned that all ingredients have to be soaked. ..do v hv to soak all 13 ingredients. Is it necessary to wash and soak.
Hi Sabina, It is not necessary to soak, you can wash and dry the ingredients
Thanks for your quick reply Hema. I have a concern. my baby goes to sleep after lunch at 3pm and wakes up at 5:30pm. Normally I give him about 150ml of milk and some fruits. and at 7:00pm i start giving him dinner. If I give this porridge at 5:30pm, I have to skip his evening milk. My pediatrician advised me to give him 4 times milk of 150ml each which i have cut down to 3 times. now when this porridge takes over, i have to cut down to 2. Can you please help me where i can manage the milk and this porridge.mornings might not be possible coz i give him breakfast like idli or dosa at 8:30am. he sleeps between 9:30 and 10:00am & wakes up for lunch at 12:00pm.
Hi Sravanthi,
You can make this porridge in milk, add 2 tablespoon of this powder to a cup of milk, so his milk needs are also met
Hi Sravanthi,
You can use half cup of bajra and jowar, what I did is I made another powder of bajra, jowar and mixed a half teaspoon to this powder while cooking the porridge. You can give him 100 to 150 ml of porridge daily
Hi Hema,
a small doubt.The ingredients listed under the Other category, do all of them amount to a cup or individually one cup each coz i believe jowar and bajra are too heavy to digest. also I have a 13month old boy. how much amount of this porridge can i offer him as an evening snack.
Sorry, Nidhi I was offline since yesterday morning as it was my daughter’s first birthday, it won’t become as a full puffed rice but will have a crunchy look and feel, if it is not burnt but just roasted nicely, you can add to the homemade cerelac
Hi Hema,
Great work. I am a big follower of all your receipes. Just wanted to confirm the quantity of rice to be used. Is it 1.5 cups or 5 cups to be used for the Home made cerelac? I can see two different figures on the website. Thanks
Hi Deepti, thanks for pointing it out, it was copy paste mistake, it is 1.5 cups only
Hi,
I washed the rice and dry roasted it but they did not puffed and they have turned golden brown . Can i use the golden roasted rice still in my cerelac or i have to throw it way . Else can i use puffed rice directly after roasting them a little. Please reply soon as i am in thr middle of making it.
Thanks.
🙂
Thank you for your reply
Hi Mabel, you can use 1 cup of other ingredients except cumin or ajwain.
Could you please give the measurement for the “other ingredients “that you have mentioned above.
What is the shelf life of this powder?
If stored in a air tight container, it can be kept for 6 months, you can also store in a refrigerator
Did you washed allthe ingredients? After washing, do i have to dry them or can roast directly?
Yes, you can wash and dry them and then roast
Hi can i give this mixed with hot water without cooking..?
Hi Pavithra, No it should be cooked over stove, as there many ingredients
Hi priya…my daughter is 10 months old
.she is having fevr right now..wat r t foods should I give her nw?
Breastfeed as much as you can and give khichdi for lunch for another one or 2 days
hi,
will it be ok if i do not soak the ingredients only dry roast and grind.
Yes, you can do without soaking too, it is done just to remove the impurities
Thank you so much… u r just superb… I suggest so many mom’s to read your blog… I read so many blogs and put some question but no one give me answer properly but u reply me all time once again thank you so much…
Happy to be of help 🙂
Thanku for your reply… 1 more question
U add so many ingredients in this food it is safe to add so many ingredients for 6 mnths baby .kya vo easily digest ker paega
It should not be started as weaning food, it can started after giving rice, dal separately,there wont be any issues with digestion as you are going to use only a spoon of this powder for porridge.
Kya ye food main apne 6 months baby ko de sakti hun.. aur kya ye salty b bana sakti h baby k liye
Hi piya, this link will help you know about the food varieties to be given to a 6 months baby https://www.mylittlemoppet.com/diet-chart-for-6th-month-babies/, It is better to avoid salt atleast till the first year of the baby.
Ok… Please suggest me how can I make ceralac at home be coz my family didn’t allow ceralac.. my mother In low said that make it at home with rice, daal almond and cashew… Please suggest me more ingredients to make this home made food tasty and healthy for my 6 month baby
You can check this link https://www.mylittlemoppet.com/sathu-maavu-powder-for-babies/, you can add or decrease the ingredients as per your choice
Hey dear.i m really very gratefull to you. My daughter 8 month. And i am very possesive for her health. But i want to know about sprout version. How can i make it with sprout method?
The sprout version is same as this, except that you have to sprout all the ingredients separately and then dry it, roast and grind it, do mail me your id at [email protected], will send you the process of making sprouted version.
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thanks for reply :). my son 14 months old, I am giving many things to him.<br />I will try this with sprouted version :)<br />
Thanks for reply. one more doubt its safe na to add so many items at a time? have you tried this ?<br />I found this very good still have some doubt so trying to clear it.
Yeah it is ok, i gave my son this cerelac from 8 month onwards, so no worries, already you would have started rice and dal for him na, so he will easily adapt to this food….
If I used sprouted things for making cerelac. Then I need to freeze this right?<br />should I use this without freezing which is prepared with sprouting process.
After sprouting, dry and roast them , freezing not required…. Sorry for the late reply 🙂
If pealing, then do let me know the procedure to peal the skin.<br />Hi I needed to know hoe do u roast the almonds. i.e With skin or pealing it off.<br />If pealing then let me know how to peal.<br />( I have always soaked almonds in warm water and removed the peal) but in case cant do that as it will turn sticky when being grounded.<br />Pls reply asap.<br />Thanks In Advance<br />
I roasted almonds with skin, you can soak in water overnight or in warm water, peel the skin and dry it well, then roast it and grind it,
Is there a similar recipe which can be given by directly adding milk for travel purposes.? Like cereal or nestum
Hai Swetha, thanks for dropping by, Lots of readers are requesting travel recipes, so i am exploring the possibilities, will post the recipe soon
Excellent recipe. I really like it. My child is 3.5 month old. Please let me know fromwhat age I can give her the same.
Hai Arpita, Thanks for dropping by, You can give this after 6 months and after you have introduced rice and dal for your little one….
Hie<br />Thank you for posting this mixture.<br />Will be making it soon. <br />Had a query though.. Can't I make this porridge in milk instead of water?
Cow's milk is not advised for infants below 1 year, that is the reason why i have made the porridge with water, if your baby is over 1 year, you can add milk Nilambari