Kathmandu, Aug. 19 -- Durga Baral of Kathmandu Greenland says she gives satu to her daughters as a morning snack every day.

"It is not good to give children biscuits all the time. I usually give them satu as a snack," she said.

Baral said she and other members of her family also consume satu.

"We buy satu from a farmhouse. We can see them making it right in front of us. That makes us trust the product, so we buy and eat it from there," she said.

Made by combining roasted maize, soybeans, chickpeas and barley into a snack mix or a multigrain powder, satu was once a common source of nutrition, particularly for children and elderly people in villages.

In the modern era, however, the fibre-rich traditional food lost its charm as fast-mov...