Homemade Multigrain Cerelac Recipe for 6-Month-Old-Babies

Easy way to make homemade multigrain Cerelac

Listed below are the common ingredients you can use to make a multigrain homemade Cerelac recipe easily at home.

Ingredients Required:

• Arhaar Dal (Tur Dal) – 1 bowl

• Moong Dal – 1 bowl

• Chana Dal – 1 bowl

• Masoor Dal – 1 bowl

• Rice – 2 bowls

• Nuts – 1 tablespoon (almonds, cashews, and walnuts)

• Cumin seeds – 1 tablespoon

• Hing – ½ tablespoon

Note: Here, 1 bowl refers to 50gm; you can take the appropriate quantities as per your requirement. Please remember that the rice and dal ratio should always be 2:1 for this recipe.

Steps to Prepare

Once you have kept all the ingredients ready, you can follow these steps to make a simple multigrain homemade Cerelac recipe for your baby —

• In a big vessel, wash the pulses and rice many times until the water turns clean. Soak all the contents in separate vessels for at least 5 hours.

• After 5 hours, drain the water and spread the contents on a clean cloth or plate. Allow the rice and pulses to dry thoroughly under the sunlight.

• In a pan, dry roast the nuts (cashews, almonds, and walnuts) for about 2 minutes. Allow them to cool for a few minutes before you blend the contents to a fine powder. Use a sieve to remove the husk and other impurities from the powder.

• When the pulses and rice have completely dried, it is time to dry roast them. It is important to dry roast the contents individually to avoid burning or over-roasting them. Keep roasting only until the colour changes slightly and you start getting a nice aroma.

• In the same way, dry roast the cumin seeds and Hing.

• Allow the dry-roasted contents to cool down completely, before you blend the same to a coarse powder.

• Add all the powders in a bowl and mix the contents well. Use an airtight container to store the powder to use whenever you need it.

When it is time to feed this multigrain homemade Cerelac recipe to your baby, here is what you need to do:

• Boil one cup of water. Add some boiling water to a small bowl. Mix one spoon of the homemade Cerelac mixture you have prepared to the boiling water.

• Keep stirring immediately to avoid any lumps. Add this lump-less mixture to the boiled water and continue boiling for about 5 minutes.

• Keep stirring till the mixture turns to a paste-like consistency. Switch off the stove.

• Add a spoonful of ghee to the mixture. Let it cool down completely before you feed the same to your baby.

Some variations you can try:

• Add a pinch of salt to the Cerelac mixture before feeding your baby.

• Mash a few vegetables of your choice (like carrots, potatoes, spinach, etc.) in the Cerelac mixture to make it a wholesome meal.

• You can also add soybeans and different millets to the multigrain homemade Cerelac recipe. However, check with your doctor to know if these variations will suit your baby’s gentle digestive system.

• Add some pepper with cumin seeds to help the immunity of your baby.

• Add some black urad dal along with the pulses mentioned above to make this recipe healthier for your baby.