Kuzhandaikalukku sathu maavu (Cereal health

mix for kids)

Ingredients
Kambu. (Pearl millet 100 gms ( wash it and dry inside the house or not in a place very hot)
Ragi. 250 gms ( sprouted and dried in a place not very hot)
Red rice ( kuruvai arisi) 100 gms
Small maize ( chinna cholam) 100 gms
Pea nuts 50 gms
Pottu kadalai 50 gms (roasted gram)
Broken uradh dhal 25 gms
Cashews 10
Badam 10

Procedure
In a sauce pan in low fire dry roast each item for a few minutes. let the grains cool then transfer
it into the vessel in which you take for grinding. While taking it for grinding take with you half a
kilogram or 1 kilogram of raw rice and grind it in the machine first before grinding the sathu
maavu inorder to make sure that the machine is clean from anything grinded before we grind.
Morning time is the best to feed the baby this porridge. From 6 months this mix is safe. Take
one and a half table spoon of this powder mixed in 50 ml of milk that you give the baby in a
sauce pan and in low fire make the porridge stirring continuously till it becomes semi solid. Feed
the baby the porridge in luke warm temperature. Little bit of sugar can be added if necessary.
Start with very very low quantity like a teaspoon on the first day and slowly increase the
quantity. This is the case for all food for kids. Start with very low quantity.
You can increase proportionately the quantity as per need and prepare the mix.If possible dont
store it long.