I always prefer giving homemade foods than buying packed ones especially when you are introducing solids to babies. Also when you make it for your baby the happiness doubles and you get the satisfaction of feeding homemade food. Gugu loves homemade cerelac which I fed him often even at home till 1 year. Remember mothers feed is the best and its always good to exclusively breastfeed babies till 6 months then start with other food. This 4-5 months baby food recipes will help those who are not able to breast feed due to personal / medical conditions. Always consult your pediatrician before introducing any new food.
Poha Cereal
Poha Cerelac is a very healthy homemade mix made using poha or aval or flatten rice flakes. Instant Poha Cerelac is very useful to feed babies at homes and especially during travel. Ideal for babies starting from 5 months. This cereal mix keeps well for about 2 weeks in room temperature and for about a month in fridge. Ingredients For cerelac mix
1 cup poha (flattened rice flakes) 1 tablespoon jaggery
For making cerelac
2 tablespoon cerelac mix water as needed
Method
Wheat Cereal | Wheat Cerelac
Homemade instant wheat cerelac for babies is made by baking biscuits using wheat flour, butter & palm sugar then grinding it to powder. Your wheat cereal is ready now just mix with hot water to make instant wheat cerelac. Ideal for babies starting from 7 months. This cereal mix keeps well for about 1 week in room temperature and for 2 weeks in fridge. Ingredients for making cereal mix
1 cup whole wheat flour 1/4 cup chilled butter 1/4 cup panankalkandu palm sugar candy powder 1/4 cup milk
For making wheat cerelac
2 tablespoon cerelac mix hot water as needed
Mulitgrain Cereal | Cerelac
Multigrain wheat cerelac for babies is made by baking biscuits using multigrain wheat flour along with palm sugar candy powder, nuts powder, butter, raisins & cranberries then grinding it to powder. Your multigrain cereal is ready now just mix hot water to make instant cerelac. Ideal for 8-12 months babies. This cereal mix keeps well for about 1 week in room temperature and for 2 weeks in fridge. Ingredients
3/4 cup multigrain atta 1/4 cup whole wheat flour 1/4 cup butter 1/4 cup panankalkandu (palm sugar candy) powder 1/4 cup nuts powder 1/8 cup dried raisins 1/8 cup dried cranberries
For making multigrain cerelac
2 tablespoon cerelac mix hot water as needed
Method
Makhana Cereal Mix
Phool Makhana Cereal is a baby food made by roasting & grinding phool makhana to make a cereal mix. Then mix it with hot water to get instant makhana cerelac. Ideal for babies starting from 8 months. This cereal mix keeps well for about 1 week in room temperature and for 2 weeks in fridge. Ingredients For cereal mix
2 cups phool makhana
For making cerelac
2 teaspoon phool makhana porridge mix heaped water as needed a very tiny pinch jeera powder roasted
Oatmeal Cereal | Oats Cerelac
Oats Cereal Mix is a filling, healthy mix for babies made by roasting oats and blending it a cereal powder. Oats Cerelac is then made by cooking the prepared mix with hot water to desired consistency. Oatmeal Cereal Mix is an instant food ideal to make on busy & travel times. Ideal for babies starting from 8 months. This cereal mix keeps well for about 2 weeks in room temperature and for about a month in fridge. Ingredients For making oats cereal mix
1 cup oats
For making oats cerelac
2 tablespoon oats cereal powder 1 cup water 1/2 teaspoon palm sugar powder optional
Sago Cereal
Sago urad mix for babies is a baby food base ingredient used for making porridge for babies. Sago urad mix is a made by roasting sago & urad then grinding to form a powder. Sago urad porridge is then made by cooking the mix with hot water to get cerelac. Ideal for babies starting from 8 months. This cereal mix keeps well for about 2 weeks in room temperature and for about a month in fridge. Ingredients For cereal mix
1/2 cup sago / javvarisi 1/2 cup whole urad dal / mulu ulunthu
For making instant cerelac
2 teaspoon heaped sago porridge mix 1/2 cup water
Expert Tips
Make sure you buy clean jaggery powder / cane sugar if using sweetener. Use transparent small sago variety(nylon sago) for sago urad porridge. If there is even little moisture in the sago while roasting it will stick together, but that is ok keep roasting it will separate when it starts to puff up. Roasting is very important so roast in low heat without changing the color. While rolling the biscuit dough, make sure to roll it thin. The biscuits should be crisp, only then the shelf life will be more. If the biscuits are soft and chewy then while powdering you may not get a fine dry powder. So make sure to bake the biscuits until browned and crispy. Makhana is usually bland, so I added roasted jeera powder.You can try adding either sweet or some flavoring to this porridge. Keep changing the texture of the food, start with smooth purees and porridges slowly change it to coarse then biting texture so that the baby get used to eat varieties.
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