Cereal Recipes for Babies | Homemade Cerelac Recipes

Cereal Recipes for Babies – Cereal Mixes are very useful for babies especially during travel or when you are outside home. You don’t need to cook this just add hot water to it, mix and feed just like cerelac but its homemade.

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

1. For making cereal mix : Add a cup of poha to a pan,roast in low flame.
   
2. Roast until it is crisp.Switch off and set aside to cool.Transfer to mixer jar,add jaggery powder to it.
   
3. Grind it to a fine powder.
   
4. For making cerelac : Take a tablespoon of cerelac to the bowl, add hot water to it,mix well.Adjust water according to the consistency you want. Serve hot or warm!
   

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

1. Take palm sugar in a mixer jar, powder it fine.Measure 1 cup wheat flour and take it in a mixing bowl.
   
2. Now add palm sugar candy powder.Mix well with a spoon.Measure chilled butter.
   
3. Melt it and add it.
   
4. Mix well so that it resembles bread crumbs then add milk and knead it.
   
5. Knead it to a slightly stiff dough.Take a butter paper,keep the dough in between 2 sheets.Roll with a chapathi roller to a thin sheet.Preheat oven at 180 deg C.
   
6. Prick with fork and cut into small squares.Lay butter paper on the baking tray,now carefully transfer the squares to the baking sheet.Bake in preheated oven for 15-20mins or until it gets browned.
   
7. Look the edges baked and browned quickly(in 12mins itself),so I collected them in a plate and baked the rest for the remaining time.Cool down the biscuits completely.
   
8. Take it in a  mixer jar and grind it,scrap the sides and grind till you get a semi coarse mixture.Spread it in a plate and cool down and then store.
   
9. Take wheat cerelac powder in a bowl, add hot water to it,keep adding till you reach the desired consistency. Feed warm.
   

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

1. Take palm sugar in a mixer jar, powder it fine. Measure 3/4 cup Multigrain Wheat flour and take it in a mixing bowl.
   
2. Now add palm sugar candy powder,then wheat flour,nuts powder.
   
3. Then add raisins and cranberries.
   
4. .Mix well with a whisk,Set aside.Measure chilled butter.Melt it and add it.
   
5. Mix well so that it resembles bread crumbs texture.Then add water.
   
6. Knead it to a soft dough like our chapati dough.Take a butter paper,keep the dough in between 2 sheets. Roll with a chapati roller to a thin sheet. Prick with fork and cut into small squares. Preheat at 180 deg C for 10 mins.
   
7. Lay butter paper on the baking tray,now carefully transfer the squares to the baking sheet.Bake in preheated oven at 180 deg C for 15-20mins.When the edges start to brown(mine got baked in 12mins itself),so I collected the edge biscuits in a plate and baked the rest for the remaining time until its browned.Cool down the biscuits completely.
   
8. Take it in a  mixer jar and grind it,scrap the sides and grind till you get a semi coarse mixture.Spread it in a plate and cool down and then store.
   
9. Take Multigrain Wheat cerelac powder in a bowl,add hot water to it,keep adding till you reach the desired consistency. Feed warm.
   

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

1. Measure and take makhana.Cut open each one and check if there is any worms or fungus…just check it.Then take it in a pan and dry roast it.Keep roasting in low flame, keep turning over for even roasting.
   
2. Roast it until  it is crispy and is slightly golden.If you try popping one in your mouth,it should be crisp and not chewy thats the right stage.switch off.Cool down and transfer to a mixer jar.Powder it fine.If you want you can sieve it.
   
3. It was fine only so I didn’t sieve it.Cool down then store in airtight container.Now while making porridge : Take 2 heaped teaspoon makhana porridge mix then add roasted jeera powder.
   
4. Add hot water,mix well until it forms a smooth porridge. Feed warm.
   

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

1. Dry roast oats for 3-5 mins in low flame.Cool down completely.
   
2. Transfer it to mixer jar and powder it.Cool down for a while then store.
   
3. Take oats cereal mix in a pan, add water to it and start cooking.
   
4. Cook in low flame. It will start getting thick.
   
5. Add sweetener if you are adding at this stage.Cook till the porridge coats the ladle, adjust consistency according to your baby’s preference. Serve warm!
   

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

1. Measure sago and whole urad dal without skin.It is recommended to use the smaller variety of sago which we use for payasam.Rinse sago well.
   
2. Wash it well then strain water,Set aside.Then take urad dal rinse it well, then strain water.
   
3. Spread in seperate plates and let it dry in scorching sun for atleast 30mins.Then first take urad dal in a pan,roast until golden,Set aside.
   
4. Now take sago and roast until it comepletely puffs up,it will give a crackling noise once it settles down and the transparent sago would have turned white in color by now, this is the right stage,switch off.Now spread in seperate plates and let it to cool down.
   
5. Now take urad dal ina mixer and powder it.Transfer to a siever then take sago in the same jar.
   
6. Powder it and transfer it to the siever.Sieve it atleast twice for even mixing.Spread in a plate and cool down for sometime then store.
   
7. To make the porridge : Take porridge mix powder in a sauce pan,add water.
   
8. Whisk it well and keep cooking in low flame until it starts to thicken.
   
9. It will become thick in a while,more like this a thick sauce.
   
10. Then it thickens further to coat the ladle like this.This is the right stage,add ghee and switch off. Mix it and feed warm.
    

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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