Homemade Cerelac/Sathu Maavu/Health Mix Powder for babies

Ingredients:
1) Legumes/Dal
Green gram dal - ¼ cup
Moong dal - ¼ cup
Black urad dal - ¼ cup

2) Pulses
Red rice or white rice - ½ cup
Broken wheat/Cracked wheat - ¼ cup
Barley - 2 tbsp
Sago - 2 tbsp
Horse Gram - 2 tbsp

3) Nuts
Fried gram dal - ¼ cup
Almonds - ¼ cup
Cashews - ¼ cup
Cardamom - 4 nos
Dry ginger - ½ inch piece or ½ tsp of dry ginger powder

Preparation
1) Measure all dals using a measuring cup and keep it ready. Rinse each dal separately in running water and sun dry them for an hour.
2) Measure all pulses using a measuring cup and keep it ready. Rinse each pulse separately in running water and sun dry them for an hour.
3) Measure almonds, cashews, cardamom & fried gram dal using a measuring cup and keep it ready along with dry ginger. No need to rinse the nuts.

Method
1) Heat a pan and start dry roasting urad dal and green gram together until brown. It may take 5 minutes. Remove from the pan once done and keep it in a wide plate. Let it cool down.
2) In the same pan add moong dal and dry roast it to a golden brown. It may take 5 minutes. Remove from the pan once done and keep it in a wide plate along with other roasted ingredients. Let it cool down.
3) In the same pan add rice, barley, sago and horse gram together and dry roast it until the rice is little puffed. It may take 5 to 7 minutes. Remove from the pan once done and keep it in a wide plate along with other roasted ingredients. Let it cool down.
4) In the same pan add broken wheat daliya and dry roast it to a golden brown. It may take 5 minutes. Remove from the pan once done and keep it in a wide plate along with other roasted ingredients. Let it cool down. Then add fried gram dal to the pan and dry roast it for 3 minutes. Remove from the pan once done and keep it in a wide plate along with other roasted ingredients. Let it cool down.
5) Then dry roast the almonds & cashews together until the nice aroma comes and cashews turn golden here and there. It may take 5 minutes. Remove from the pan once done and keep it in a wide plate along with other roasted ingredients. Let it cool down.
6) Take all the dry roasted ingredients in a blender except cardamom & dry ginger.
7) Blend everything together to make a fine powder. Finally, add cardamom and dry ginger and blend it for 30 seconds.
8) Sieve the powder using a sieve to collect the scrap i,e coarse mixture that is retained while sieving. Now blend the collected scrap in a blender and sieve it again. Repeat the process until you have no or fewer scraps while sieving. Once done, cool down completely and store it in an airtight container.

NOTES :
1) Use red rice instead of white rice which is more healthy.
2) You can double the ingredients and make it bulk and store it.
3) For small quantity of this powder, ground with a blender.
4) You can also dry roast each item separately
5) Keep the flame low to medium while dry roasting. Take care to not to burn the ingredients.
6) You can store this health mix powder in an airtight container and keep it outside or in a refrigerator. It stays well for 4 months.
7) Adding a small amount of dry ginger helps in digestion. Feel free to skip it if you think your baby may not like the dry ginger flavor.
8) Make sure you cool down completely after roasting & blending. Otherwise, it will let out moisture.
9) Always check with your pediatrician before introducing any new food.
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