Sathu Maavu is a nutritious and healthy blend mix made of multi grains like Whole grains, Millets, Cereals, Pulses, Nuts etc. Sathu Maavu is made using ingredients which has good nutrition balance good for immunity building. Sathu Maavu or Health Mix is a must for growing kids. Let us get on to learn how to make Health Mix at home with step by step pictures and video.
Sathu Maavu or Health Mix is an Indian traditional food great for growing kids and adults too. Sathu Maavu has all the nutritious ingredients which include whole grains, pulses, cereals, millets, nuts and condiments.
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What is Sathu Maavu / Health Mix?
Sathu Maavu also called as Health Mix is a nutritious blend of ingredients roasted and grinded to a powder. Sathu Maavu is a great source of nutrition for all ages especially for growing kids. Sathu Maavu is a blend of grains, pulses, millets and nuts each roasted separately and powdered in a flour mill.
Sathu Maavu ingredients & method varies from region to region but essentially a mix which nourishes the needed nutrients for the body. Health Mix prepared at home widely differs from the ones available commercially at grocery stores as they have 75% millet or grain flour and rest of the cereals, nuts and pulses in very small proportions.
Health Mix prescribed here is a blend of carefully proportionated grains, pulses, millets and nuts which gives the nourishment for the body and as well as keep us filling.
Health Mix called as Sathu Maavu in Tamil is an alternative breakfast even prescribed by doctors for the kids & toddlers who leaves to school in the early mornings.
Sathu Maavu Video
Its a long time wish for me to post homemade sathu maavu powder. Amma usually makes a version with just multigrains but this version was shared by my neighbour. I made a batch of this saathu maavu powder for mittu and after that I am stocking this up regularly.
First when I started, I sprouted few grains then roasted and grinded. But later learnt that sprouts are best when had as such and it loses its nutrients after drying and roasting so after that I stopped sprouting the grains. In case if you wish you can soak and sprout wheat, finger millet, green gram, black chana and pearl millet then follow the steps.
This is sure time consuming process but worth the effort. It took me 3 days for making this Sathu Maavu as buying, measuring, washing, drying and finally roasting yes it takes a lot of time so start making only when you have time.
Check detailed post on How to make Sathu Maavu Porridge
You can feed this for babies after 1 yr and elders can also have it. We have it at least 2-3 times a week, sometimes as a sweet porridge with jaggery and sometimes as salt porridge with buttermilk. You can check out the porridge recipe here.
Each household has a different version of sathu maavu recipe and this one is my staple since 10 yrs. This comes to me handy for making many dishes apart from porridge.
Sathu Maavu Recipes
I know it is tough to feed babies / kids with porridges but trust me you can include this health mix in a number of other ways too. So other than porridge this health mix can be used to make porridge, kheer, puttu, idiyappam, cakes, cookies, pancakes etc.
- Sathu Maavu Kanji
- Sathu Maavu Idiyappam
- Sathu Maavu Kozhukattai
- Sathu Maavu Pancakes
- Sathu Maavu Puttu
- Sathu Maavu Laddu
Sathu Maavu Ingredients
These are the 17 ingredients I have used for this Health Mix. You can plus or minus as per your liking but make sure to keep a balance.
- Fingermillet / Ragi
- Wheat / Godhumai
- Black Channa / Karuppu Kondakadalai
- Green Gram / Pacha Payaru
- Pearl Millet / Kambu
- Foxtail Millet / Thinai
- Sago / Javvarisi
- Red Rice / Sigaparisi
- Maize / Makka Cholam
- Sorghum / Vella Cholam
- Barley / Barley
- Fried Gram Dal / Pottukadalai
- Peanuts / Nilakadalai
- Cashewnuts / Munthiri paruppu
- Almonds / Badam paruppu
- Cardamom / Elakkai
- Dry Ginger / Sukku
Sathu Maavu Recipe Step by Step
1.First write down the list and measures before shopping. Make sure to pick up ingredients that are fresh.
2.Measure the ingredients first using a weighing scale. Then check for specks in each grains if any and remove them. If you do not have a weighing scale then use the cup measures mentioned in the ingredients list.
3.First to a sieve add whole wheat.
4.Then rinse it well at least twice then spread it on a plate or tray. I used my baking tray.
5.Measure and take finger millet rinse it well then spread it on a tray to sun dry it.
6.Except for fried gram dal, cashews, almonds, peanuts, dry ginger and cardamom rinse all the other grains well and spread it on a plate.
7. Sun dry it at least for 5-6 hours or until it is almost dry without moisture. I use a netted cloth to cover the grains to protect it from dust, insects, flies etc.
8.When the rinsed grains and pulses are drying you can start roasting the other ingredients. First of all choose a wide kadai or wok that is deep also preferably iron. I chose wok so that with the handle it is easy to transfer the ingredients after roasting. Add 100 GRAMS FRIED GRAM DAL, dry roast until golden transfer to a plate and set aside.
9.Add 25 GRAMS PEANUTS. Dry roast until golden transfer to the plate and set aside.
10.Add 25 GRAMS CASHEWNUTS. Dry roast until golden transfer to the plate and set aside.
11.Add 25 GRAMS ALMONDS. Dry roast until golden transfer to the plate and set aside.
12.Add 15 PIECES CARDAMOM. Dry roast until golden transfer to the plate and set aside.
13.Add 250 GRAMS BLACK CHANNA. Dry roast until golden transfer to the plate and set aside.
14.Add 25 GRAMS BARLEY. Dry roast until golden transfer to the plate and set aside.
15.Add 25 GRAMS SORGHUM. Dry roast until golden transfer to the plate and set aside.
16.Add 250 GRAMS GREEN GRAM. Dry roast until golden transfer to the plate and set aside.
17.Add 50 GRAMS FOXTAIL MILLET. Dry roast until golden transfer to the plate and set aside.
18.Add 50 GRAMS PEARLMILLET. Dry roast until golden transfer to the plate and set aside.
19.Add 100 GRAMS SAGO. Dry roast until golden transfer to the plate and set aside.
20.Add 50 GRAMS RED RICE. Dry roast until golden transfer to the plate and set aside.
21.Add 25 GRAMS MAIZE. Dry roast until golden transfer to the plate and set aside.
22.Add 500 GRAMS FINGER MILLET. Dry roast until crisp then transfer to the plate and set aside.
23.Add 500 GRAMS PUNJAB WHEAT. Dry roast until crisp then transfer to the plate and set aside.
24.Add 10 GRAMS DRY GINGER to a hand mortar and pestle and crush it. Remove the hard skin part. So after removing the skin if you measure it would be around 5-7 grams.
25.Dry roast for 2 mins then transfer to the plate and set aside.
26.Once everything is roasted, spread it in a plate and let it cool down completely. I spread it in 3 separate plates so that it cools down quickly. After roasting you can dry it in shade inside the room itself.
27.Once cooled completely combine everything in a tray.
28.Transfer to a tall container.
29.I gave it to the flour mill for grinding. Sathu maavu is ready!
30.Cool down completely before storing in an airtight container.
Homemade Sathu Maavu or Health Mix is ready!
Making Sathu Maavu Porridge
Sweet Porridge – Check the detailed porridge recipe here
Salt Porridge
Health Mix porridge is very nutritious and filling for breakfast.
Expert Tips
- First check for any speck in each grain and remove them. Then rinse them well.
- It is really important to rinse all the grains and dry it before roasting it.
- Sticking with gram measures is best for health mix but if you do not have a weighing scale you can use the cup measures.
- I use a kitchen scale to measure each ingredient and as my neighbor suggested I am using only gram measures.If you don’t have a kitchen scale at home, then buy the ingredients in the exact mentioned quantity itself. I get millets and grains in bulk so had to measure individually.
- I usually change the millets variety each time you make this mix, like instead of foxtail millet, you can add kodo millet or little millet etc.
- Make sure you cool down completely after roasting. Once it cools down then store else it will let out moisture if you close and keep immediately.
- Adding cardamom is purely optional. We usually make both sweet and savory so add less whole cardamom in the mix to ground and add powdered elachi if needed while making sweet.
- Adding dry ginger powder helps in digestion.
- You can store in airtight container and keep it outside for 3-6 months then refrigerate it if you want to store for a longer period of time.
Storing Suggestion
Once the health mix powder is ready spread it on a plate and cool down completely before storing. I usually store in a clean airtight container in room temperature. I store half of it in fridge for storing for a long time and store the rest in room temperature. In room temperature Sathu Maavu keeps well for about 6 months if handled properly. In fridge it keeps well for 1 year.
FAQS
1.What is Health Mix / Sathu Maavu?
Sathu Maavu is a nutritious and healthy blend mix made of multi grains like Whole grains, Millets, Cereals, Pulses, Nuts etc.
2.Is Health Mix / Sathu Maavu healthy?
- Acts as a great immunity booster
- Healthy weight gain
- Improves health
- Antioxidant so fights against many diseases.
- Helps lower cholesterol levels etc
3.Is there any age factor for consuming this health mix?
From 1 year babies to 60+ elders all can consume this health mix. Even diabetics patients can have this health mix.
4.Can we make only porridge with Health Mix?
No other than porridge you can use this mix to make kheer, puttu, idiyappam, cakes, cookies, pancakes etc.
5.Can I alter the ratio of millets and pulses?
Yes definitely you can alter the ratio but make sure to have a balance of the pulses, grains and nuts accordingly.
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Sathu Maavu | Health Mix
Ingredients
TO BE SPROUTED AND ROASTED :
- 500 grams whole wheat 4 cups
- 500 grams finger millet 3 and 1/2 cups
- 250 grams black chana 1 and 1/2 cups
- 250 grams green gram dal 1 and 1/2 cups
- 100 grams pearl millet 3/4 cup
- 100 grams sago 3/4 cup
- 100 grams fried gram dal 1 cup
- 50 grams foxtail millet 1/3 cup
- 50 grams red rice 1/4 cup
- 25 grams sorghum 1/4 cup
- 25 grams maize 1/4 cup
- 25 grams barley 1/4 cup
- 25 grams cashew 1/4 cup
- 25 grams badam 1/4 cup
- 25 grams peanuts 1/4 cup
- 10 grams dry ginger 2 teaspoon dry ginger powder
- 15 numbers whole cardamom 2 and 1/2 teaspoon cardamom powder
The cup measures are approximated.
Instructions
- First write down the list and measures before shopping. Make sure to pick up ingredients that are fresh.
- Measure the ingredients first using a weighing scale
- First to a sieve add whole wheat.
- Then rinse it well atleast twice then spread it on a plate or tray. I used my baking tray.
- Measure and take fingermillet rinse it well then spread it on a tray to sun dry it.
- Except for fried gram dal, cashews, almonds, peanuts, dry ginger and cardamom rinse all the grains well and spread it on a plate.
- Sun dry it atleast for 5-6 hours or until it is almost dry without moisture. I use a netted cloth to cover the grains to protect it from dust, insects, flies etc.
- When the rinsed grains and pulses are drying you can start roasting the other ingredients.First of all choose a wide kadai or wok that is deep also preferably iron. I chose wok so that with the handle it is easy to transfer the ingredients after roasting. Add 100 GMS FRIED GRAM DAL, dry roast until golden transfer to a plate and set aside.
- Add 100 GMS FRIED GRAM DAL, dry roast until golden transfer to a plate and set aside.
- Add 25 GMS PEANUTS. Dry roast until golden transfer to the plate and set aside.
- Add 25 GMS CASHEWNUTS. Dry roast until golden transfer to the plate and set aside.
- Add 25 GMS ALMONDS. Dry roast until golden transfer to the plate and set aside.
- Add 15 PIECES CARDAMOM. Dry roast until golden transfer to the plate and set aside.
- Add 250 GMS BLACK CHANNA. Dry roast until golden transfer to the plate and set aside.
- Add 25 GMS BARLEY. Dry roast until golden transfer to the plate and set aside.
- Add 25 GMS SORGHUM. Dry roast until golden transfer to the plate and set aside.
- Add 250 GMS GREEN GRAM. Dry roast until golden transfer to the plate and set aside.
- Add 50 GMS FOXTAIL MILLET. Dry roast until golden transfer to the plate and set aside.
- Add 50 GMS PEARLMILLET. Dry roast until golden transfer to the plate and set aside.
- Add 100 GMS SAGO. Dry roast until golden transfer to the plate and set aside.
- Add 50 GMS RED RICE. Dry roast until golden transfer to the plate and set aside.
- Add 25 GMS MAIZE. Dry roast until golden transfer to the plate and set aside.
- Add 500 GMS FINGERMILLET. Dry roast until crisp then transfer to the plate and set aside.
- Add 500 GMS PUNJAB WHEAT. Dry roast until crisp then transfer to the plate and set aside.
- Add 10 GMS DRY GINGER to a hand mortar and pestle and crush it. Remove the hard skin part. So after removing the skin if you measure it would be around 5-7 gms.
- Dry roast for 2 mins then transfer to the plate and set aside.
- Once everything is roasted, spread it in a plate and let it cool down completely. I spreaded it in 3 seperate plates so that it cools down quickly.After roasting you can dry it in shade inside the room itself.
- Once cooled completely combine everything in a tray.
- Transfer to a tall container.
- I gave it to the flour mill for grinding. Sathu maavu is ready!
- Cool down completely before storing in an airtight container.
Video
Notes
- First check for any speck in each grain then Rinse them well.
- Its really important to rinse all the grains and dry it before roasting it.
- Sticking with gram measures is best for health mix but if you do not have a weighing scale you can use the cup measures.
- I use a kitchen scale to measure each ingredient and as my neighbour suggested I am using only gram measures.If you dont have a kitchen scale at home, then buy the ingredients in the exact mentioned quantity itself. I get millets and grains in bulk so had to measure individually.
- I usually change the millets variety each time you make this mix, like instead of foxtail millet, you can add kodo millet or little millet etc.
- Make sure you cool down completely after roasting. Once it cools down then store else it will let out moisture if you close and keep immediately.
- Adding cardamom is purely optional. We usually make both sweet and savory so add less whole cardamom in the mix to ground and add powdered elachi if needed while making sweet.
- Adding dry ginger powder helps in digestion.
- You can store in airtight container and keep it outside for 3-6 months then refrigerate it if you want to store for a longer period of time.
Veena Theagarajan
so healthy powder.. This can be used for so dishes..
Sreshta Uppalapati
Red rice means?
Bala Jayaseelan
Wow, nicely done! Is sago healthy?
Triveni Srinu
Sprouts Multigrain powder…!! I heard first time… Thanq. Can you post Jeera Rice…???
SHARMILEE J
Sure will post it by next week
Vaishnavi
Azing effort..kudos
Vaishnavi
Amazing effort. Kudos
Snow White
Thanks for the recipe. Can we use a blender to make this?
SHARMILEE J
I don't think our regular mixie can grind these ingredients finely to a powder.
sara
Hi sharmi wat is hot pack?.i am not understand first step for soaking channa and wheat.
Jayanthi Sindhiya
Very neat and helpful post. Beautifully explained. Great work!!
Sirisha Uppalapati
Where do we get red rice?
SHARMILEE J
It is available in most leading supermarkets….
Snow White
Sharmi, Can we make dosa with this powder?
SHARMILEE J
Yes but guess we need to mix with regular dosa idli batter ann try it…Havent tried making dosa with just this powder….
Keerthana
Hii
How much kg of sathu maavu we will get using the given amount of ingredients
Sharmilee J
Yields around 2 kgs of health mix powder
Agal
Hello,
Please tell me whether i can give this sathu mavu to my 9 month baby.
SHARMILEE J
It is advisable to feed only after a 1 yr as mentioned in my post…
prabhamadhan
Hi Sharmi ,
Whenever I make this powder with sprouted green gram the porridge becomes watery after cooking ,it never thickens is that something with proportions.
SHARMILEE J
I am really not sure as I have not tried with just sprouted green gram, I think yes the measures and proportions matters the most….
palk
Instead of black channa Can i use white channa?
SHARMILEE J
Yes you can….
Devansh Chaudhary
Helpful post
Devansh Chaudhary
My green gram sprouts turned sticky in roasting process they started leaving moisture. Where I did wrong. I dry them under fan also. Plz reply
SHARMILEE J
It should be completely dried in sun before roasting, even a little moisture in it will spoil it…
Jaya Dhir
Thank you so much for the recipe……i have made he powder…..but could you please tell me how to make porridge with this powder????
SHARMILEE J
Please search as sathu maavu koozh have posted it already
SAKSHI
hi sharmi
pearl millet and quinoa is same?
SHARMILEE J
No
s megala
Can we get this sathu powder in market (not manna or other)? I am working woman, it is hard to get enough time to do these type of extra work. If possible Pl. tell me where we can get. Thank you
SHARMILEE J
I haven't had experience other than manna so not really sure about it
Jigna Sachdev
Hi. Thanks for the healthy recepie. As for the sprouted kala chana I dried them in the sun for 2 days and then roasted them. But the sprouted roots got burnt during roasting. Is it ok? Should I dry them in the sun for longer? How do I know that the sprouts are ready for roasting? Thanks
SHARMILEE J
Yes it is absolutely ok, it will soon get curled up and browned while roasting.But do it low flame.
Unknown
Hi…..Thank you so much for letting us know abt such a highly nutritious recipe,devoid of any chemicals..I am fortunate enough to came accross this webpage as i was surfing abt whole grains recipe…absolutely wonderful in the way u presented the recipe to be made step by step….Grateful to you immensely to share ur superb knowledge with us…Looking forward for such nice articles from u…
Thank you
Regards
Navien Kumar
deep kiran
as grains & dry fruits already roasted then is it necessary to sathu powder boil for 2 min.with water/milk. instead of add powder directly in water or milk without boil on gas.
madhusudan pune
SHARMILEE J
The grains are just roasted so they need to cooked well
Unknown
My mom use to do this daily for breakfast healthier drink
Alboni - Boni's Healthy Twists
Love the way you make all the homemade powders.
rajan
You could have provided the tamil name for the ingredients….
Subha
Hi,
Is sprouting necessary? Can I make without sprouting ?
Sharmilee J
use you can just roast and grind.
Chithra
Healthy drink Sharmi but we dont need sundry the sprouts?
Sharmilee J
yes to get rid of the moisture content
VAISHNAVI
What wheat to be added? Punjab or samba?
Sharmilee J
I use punjab wheat.
madhumitha
can we make chapati with this powder skipping wheat? my daughter is allergic tho wheat
Sharmilee J
yes you can skip it and little more of ragi and millets
Revathy
Hi,
Thanks for the nice recipe! I was wondering if there is an instant variation of this recipe? That is, health mix powder that we can mix instantly in milk and drink.
Thanks
Revathy.
Sharmilee J
You can check out the poha cerelac for instant version.As thus has multigrain this needs to be cooked.
shalini
Hi,
Great recipe, is there a substitute for red rice?
Sharmilee J
You can skip it
Hema
Hi SHarmilee,
My son doesn’t like ragi that much. I have tried cookies and cupcakes also. Is it very important to add ragi to this powder?
Sharmilee J
It is the main ingredient as my neighbour said…but you can replace it with any other whole grain of your choice
Jeen
Can we skip wheat?..will it taste good?
Sharmilee J
You can skip it and try too
Prema
Just superb have reduced a lot of back pain after having thus regularly.
Too good for weight reduction too.
Healthy tasty too
Meena
Hi thanks for sharing this healthy recipe. Can we add flax seeds And seasme to the powder..and I Dont have ragi right now can we prepare without ragi. .instead black channa can I add white ones..Pls let me know thanks..
Sharmilee J
ragi is the main ingredient here not sure for replacement for that.Yes you can add flax seeds if you wish
Jos
Grains without sprouting to be rinsed and dried under sun or under shadow dear ?
Sharmilee J
Rinse well before sprouting
Kruthi
Hi there,
It helps to reduce the weight
Sharmilee J
No it does not help in weight loss or weight gain. It is nutritious and healthy to drink health mix in the morning.