Homemade cerelac porridge or sathu maavu koozh is a healthy weight gaining food for babies. It can be done in jiffy when you have a stock of this homemade cerelac powder/sathu maavu. It’s a wholesome meal which keeps your baby’s tummy full for a long time. You can make either sweet or salty version as per your baby’s preference. My baby prefers sweet version over salt version.
This homemade cerelac porridge can be given to babies of age 8 months plus. When you introduce this porridge to your baby for the first time, start with a tsp. Follow 3 days wait rule and if no allergic symptoms are seen, gradually increase the quantity. Please check the notes section for the points to consider before making this porridge to your baby. Here is how to make porridge with homemade cerelac powder/sathu maavu / health mix powder: sweet & salt version.
How to make porridge using homemade cerelac powder for Babies |Sathu Maavu Kanji
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Homemade Cerelac Porridge - Healthy homemade cerelac or multigrain porridge (sweet and salt) for babies using homemade cerelac powder/sathu maavu.
Author: Kalyani
Recipe type: Baby Food
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
For Sweet Porridge:
- Homemade Cerelac Powder/Sathu Maavu - 2 tbsp
- Powdered jaggery - 1.5 tbsp (optional)
- Water - ¼ cup + ½ cup
- Boiled milk - ½ cup ( don't add for babies under one year )
For Salt Porridge:
- Homemade Cerelac Powder/Sathu Maavu - 2 tbsp
- Water - ¾ cup
- Jeera Powder - a pinch
- Salt - a pinch (not recommended for babies below one year)
- Thin Butter milk - ¼ cup (made from 2 tbsp of curd & water)
Instructions
Preparation
- Sterilise the bowls and spoons used for feeding your baby in a vessel with hot water for five minutes and keep it immersed in the same vessel until use.
- Boil milk (if using) in a sauce pan and keep it ready.
For Sweet Porridge :
- Take 2 tbsp of homemade cerelac powder in a saucepan. In another cooking vessel, add 1/4 cup of water to the powdered jaggery and boil until it melts completely. Then filter out the jaggery water using a strainer.
- Add the jaggery water to the sauce pan along with ½ cup of water. Whisk it well without any lumps. Cook the porridge in medium low flame until the colour of the porridge changed to brown and shiny. Keep stirring while cooking. This may take 5-7 minutes.
- Now add ½ cup of milk (Skip adding milk if you are preparing this porridge for a baby under one year ) to the sauce pan and mix everything slowly with a whisk. Boil the porridge in low medium flame. Stir it continuously while cooking otherwise porridge may stick to the vessel. Boil the porridge until it becomes thick. Remove from the flame once done and cool it down. The porridge becomes thick after cooling down. So switch off the flame accordingly.
For Salt Porridge :
- Take 2 tbsp of homemade cerelac powder or sathu maavu in a saucepan and add ¾ cup of water along with salt and jeera powder. Whisk it well without any lumps. Heat it up and cook it with continuous stirring.
- Cook the porridge in medium low flame until the porridge gets cooked completely shiny. Keep stirring while cooking. This may take 5-7 minutes. Once it becomes shiny and thick, switch off the flame and let it cool down. Finally add buttermilk to the porridge and mix well.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 2
Preparation :
1. Sterilize the bowls and spoons used for feeding your baby in a vessel with hot water for five minutes and keep it immersed in the same vessel until use.
2. Boil milk (if using) in a sauce pan and keep it ready.
Procedure :
For Sweet Porridge :
1. Take 2 tbsp of homemade cerelac powder in a saucepan. In another cooking vessel, add 1/4 cup of water to the powdered jaggery and boil until it melts completely. Then filter out the jaggery water using a strainer.
2. Add the jaggery water to the sauce pan along with 1/2 cup of water. Whisk it well without any lumps. Cook the porridge in medium low flame until the colour of the porridge changed to brown and shiny. Keep stirring while cooking. This may take 5-7 minutes.
3. Now add 1/2 cup of milk (Skip adding milk if you are preparing this porridge for a baby under one year ) to the sauce pan and mix everything slowly with a whisk. Boil the porridge in low medium flame. Stir it continuously while cooking otherwise porridge may stick to the vessel. Boil the porridge until it becomes thick. Remove from the flame once done and cool it down. The porridge becomes thick after cooling down. So switch off the flame accordingly.
For Salt Porridge :
1. Take 2 tbsp of homemade cerelac powder or sathu maavu in a saucepan and add 3/4 cup of water along with salt and jeera powder. Whisk it well without any lumps. Heat it up and cook it with continuous stirring.
2. Cook the porridge in medium low flame until the porridge gets cooked completely shiny. Keep stirring while cooking. This may take 5-7 minutes. Once it becomes shiny and thick, switch off the flame and let it cool down. Finally add buttermilk to the porridge and mix well.
Healthy homemade cerelac porridge/Sathu Maavu kanji is ready to feed your baby.
Notes :
- Instead of jaggery, palm sugar can be used.
- Use heavy bottom vessel and stir continuously while cooking. Otherwise the porridge will stick to the bottom and lumps will be formed.
- Adjust the consistency of the porridge as per your preference.
- Add butter milk to the porridge only after the porridge cooled down completely.
- Skip milk if your baby is under a year old.
- Adding salt is not recommended for babies below one year.
- Always check with your pediatrician before introducing any new food.
- I use 24 mantra organic jaggery powder for my baby porridge’s.
- Increase the water quantity to 1 cup and make the porridge watery when you are introducing this porridge to your baby.
- Offer this porridge plain when you start. Try to avoid jaggery/ palm sugar/ palm jaggery or any kind of sweetener at least till one year, Add very little amount than mentioned or prefer sweet tasting fruits/vegetables like apple, banana, carrot etc or dry fruits like dates or raisins.
Unknown says
September 20, 2015 at 3:47 pmIf we don't have jaggery powder we use jaggery
gkfooddiary says
September 20, 2015 at 4:32 pmYes u can use any sweetner of ur choice.. Jaggery, Palm jaggery, Palm sugar etc
anoopa a.s says
March 23, 2016 at 4:05 pmI successfully prepared sathu powder and I gave him the porridge now..he had it fully!!! Am so happy!!!thank u gk food recipes!!!! 🙂
anoopa a.s says
March 23, 2016 at 4:05 pmI successfully prepared sathu powder and I gave him the porridge now..he had it fully!!! Am so happy!!!thank u gk food recipes!!!! 🙂
gkfooddiary says
March 23, 2016 at 5:00 pmI am very much delighted to hear this. Thanks for letting me know. Keep visiting ?
Neha Pandey says
April 26, 2016 at 10:37 amNice. But can you share recipe for preparing sattu mava at home. Thanks.
gkfooddiary says
April 26, 2016 at 1:56 pmI have given the link above to make powder.
Pasting it here:
https://gkfooddiary.com/homemade-cerelac-for-babies-sathu-maavu/
Anonymous says
May 30, 2016 at 9:10 amCan this be given in the evening at round 6?
gkfooddiary says
May 30, 2016 at 7:17 pmYes
Jenifer Juliya says
July 20, 2016 at 6:49 amFor 16 month baby how much power should we use… I'm using a spoon which comes with ceralac pack.. Im taking 2 spoons.. Will the be sufficient?
Jenifer Juliya says
July 20, 2016 at 6:49 amFor 16 month baby how much power should we use… I'm using a spoon which comes with ceralac pack.. Im taking 2 spoons.. Will the be sufficient?
gkfooddiary says
July 20, 2016 at 2:08 pmYes that should be sufficient.
SHRINIDHI says
June 21, 2017 at 7:08 pmCan i feed this twice a day. What is the quantity to be fed at a time to my 1 year old son.
gkfooddiary says
June 22, 2017 at 12:39 amYou can prefer this once a day. Quantity depends on baby, maybe approximately 2 small bowls
SHRINIDHI says
June 22, 2017 at 3:44 pmCan i feed this cerelac twice a day to my 1 year baby.
gkfooddiary says
June 23, 2017 at 1:49 amOnce a day should be fine
Sangeeta says
July 3, 2017 at 2:06 pmCan we prepare this cerelac like ready made cerelac instead of boiling
gkfooddiary says
July 3, 2017 at 10:32 pmNo it needs cooking as mentioned in the post
Rupali says
September 5, 2017 at 6:21 pmis it ok for 2 + year old baby
gkfooddiary says
September 6, 2017 at 4:57 amyes
Bhavya says
January 24, 2019 at 4:57 amFor rice,ragi,green gram porridge…shall I provide the porridge without adding buttermilk … or is it necessary to add ..
Kalyani says
January 24, 2019 at 5:05 amnot necessary