There are variety of Ready made Baby food available in the market. Still I prefer to feed my 15 month old the
self made one which is not only highly nutritious but also satisfies tasty buds
of little ones. The popular Nepali Baby food is called 'Lito' (ln6f]) which has many
kind of beans, maize, rice and dry fruits as the ingredients high in fiber and nutritional value. Mostly all of the Nepalese have tasted it in their
lives.
For my baby, my mother is always
there for me whenever i am out of stock of the power packed baby food 'Lito'.
While on the vacation, i have learnt with her how to prepare Nepali baby food
and stock it for at least 2 months period. It is not as difficult as i had
thought still requires effort for preparation. Here, i am presenting the step
by step guide to prepare 'Lito'.
When to start feeding Lito :
Every child is different. While
some may start digesting solids from 4 months onwards, it is recommended to
feed Lito to babies after completion of 5 months. It is because prior to 5 month
of age, introduction of solid to babies may cause constipation and digestion
problem. Lito can be fed to babies twice in a day.
How to start feeding Lito:
While you begin to introduce
Lito, like other solid food, make sure the paste is thinner and easy to swallow
for your baby.
Ingredients to prepare 'Lito' : Nepali baby food
- Rice (rfdn)
- Maize or Corn (ds})
- Gram (rgf)
- Soybeans (e6df;)
- Wheat (ux'F)
- Green Gram Beans (d'Fusf] bfn)
Dry Fruits
- Cashew Nut (sfh')
- Dates (5f]xf]8f)
- Almond (abfd)
Preparation process of Lito:
- Wash all the ingredients and let it dry in the sunlight separately. It will take 3-4 hours approx. to completely dry the grains.
- Meanwhile the grains are in the natural light of sun, Take out the seeds of Dates and cut into small pieces.
- Similarly Chop the Cashew nuts and Almonds in the pieces as well.
- Let the Frying Pan or Kadhai warm, then stir fry each dry fruits separately. No need of butter or oil, or else the Lito will not last for 1 month or longer. Adding Ghee, butter or oil will make it contaminated easily.
- After the grains are dried completely, stir fry them as well. Remember to fry each item separately. Otherwise, some of them will be burned and some will remain raw.
How long should the ingredients be fried for ?
When each of the ingredient of Lito starts to leave strong aroma (not of burning), that is the accurate time to stop frying. The point is neither of the items should burn.- Mix all the fried ingredients and make fine & smooth powder in the grinder.
- The powder should look like Wheat Flour after grinding.
- Make sure there is not any items remaining to be grind ed in the Lito Flour.
- Transfer Lito Floor in a Air Tight Clean Container/Jar. This is ready to be fed for 2 months of preparation. After 2 months, taste it yourself, if there is any sour taste, you need to make another Lito again.
This is the recipe of my mother and i will love to see your comments for any extra items needed to prepare Lito. See you in next post for the methods to prepare Lito. Have a nice day and thankx for the read.
That is great organic food for babies. It is always good to make your own as you know what is in it :) Good job girl...
ReplyDeletethank u dear M. Hope you will use it in near future.:-)
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DeletePreparing homemade baby food puree is a great idea for the health of your baby, and it is very simple to do.
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I hope so. I plan to be a good mother one day :)
ReplyDeletei am sure u will. your blogs are reflection of your caring nature. take care.
DeleteCould please tell us the quantity of each ingredients??
ReplyDeletethank you for your time. You can start with 100 grams approx.of each grain ingredient. But be cautious with dry fruits, as it can't be digested easily at initial stage, 1 fistful of dates are enough to begin with. so, begin only with Dates as it's good for digestion and please dont go overboard with ingredient initially. As Lito can be stored in air tight jar for almost 2 months, you need to make another one after it gets finished. Watch for your baby's potty though and begin with just 1/2 full spoon (runny is better).Hope i've answered your query. :-)
DeletePlease tell us the quantity as well. I am planning to make this for my son.
ReplyDeletethank you for your time. You can start with 100 grams approx.of each grain ingredient. But be cautious with dry fruits, as it can't be digested easily at initial stage, 1 fistful of dates are enough to begin with. so, begin only with Dates as it's good for digestion and please dont go overboard with ingredient initially. As Lito can be stored in air tight jar for almost 2 months, you need to make another one after it gets finished. Watch for your baby's potty though and begin with just 1/2 full spoon (runny is better).Hope i've answered your query. :-)
DeleteHi. . Can you please tell me the quantity or the ratio of all the ingredients please. .
ReplyDeletethank you for your time. You can start with 100 grams approx.of each grain ingredient. But be cautious with dry fruits, as it can't be digested easily at initial stage, 1 fistful of dates are enough to begin with. so, begin only with Dates as it's good for digestion and please dont go overboard with ingredient initially. As Lito can be stored in air tight jar for almost 2 months, you need to make another one after it gets finished. Watch for your baby's potty though and begin with just 1/2 full spoon (runny is better).Hope i've answered your query. :-)
DeleteI stumbled upon this post when i was searching for lito ingredients. i'm glad i found your post as it has good info for any new parents. Thank you for for taking time to do this. could you also post the proportion for each ingredient? couldn't be equal proportion for everything now could it ?
ReplyDeletethank you for your time. You can start with 100 grams approx.of each grain ingredient. But be cautious with dry fruits, as it can't be digested easily at initial stage, 1 fistful of dates are enough to begin with. so, begin only with Dates as it's good for digestion and please dont go overboard with ingredient initially. As Lito can be stored in air tight jar for almost 2 months, you need to make another one after it gets finished. Watch for your baby's potty though and begin with just 1/2 full spoon (runny is better).Hope i've answered your query. :-)
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ReplyDeleteThis can help the baby in the long run when he starts eating baby food like a toddler.
If the baby is almost a toddler, then you can cut the meat in little parts for him to chew.
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