Cooking for kids can be a daunting task as kids prefer something new and different each time. As a mother of a 6 year old fussy and picky eater, I deal with this challenge on a daily basis where I scout internet for new recipes for her.
Here are 55 Indian Breakfast, Snacks and Lunch Box Ideas for kids.
1. Home Made Pizza Buns
Megha of Me In Blogland gives us a perfect recipe for Pizza Buns where she includes the recipe for home made buns as well. Is there any meal idea for kids better than home made bun and home made pizza filling?
Full recipe here.
2. Vegetable Masala Sandwich
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Eggless French Toast (L) and Vegetable Masala Sandwich (R) |
Kids love spicy food and Manjula of Desi Fiesta makes the best use of this knowledge in this masala vegetable sandwich. You can use any number or combination of vegetables for making the masala.
Full recipe here.
3. Eggless Sweet French Toast
The sweet and eggless version of French Toast is what you see on the left side of the picture above. It uses honey as a sweetener. Simple to make and good for kids who have sweet tooth.
Full recipe here.
4. Chilli Cheese Toast
5. Bread Upma
6. Disco Fried Egg Omelet
7. Instant Bread Pizza
Full recipe here.
8. Caramalized Onion and Green Apple Grilled Cheese
A recipe that doesn’t sound Indian but can be made using all Indian ingredients and it does taste very well. The green apple adds a tingy taste to it while the caramalized onions make it taste a little sweet. Overall a nice khatta-meetha sandwich for kids is here.
Full recipe here.
9. Spicy Jingle Bells
10. Crunchy Bread Rolls
Full recipe here.
11. Bread Sandwich Rollups
12. Vegetable Mayonnaise Sandwich
13. Bread Rawa Toast
14. Easy Cheese Garlic Bread
15. Samosa Stuffed French Toast
16. Oats Tikki
17. Cup Pizza
Full recipe here.
18. Baked Bread Rolls
19. Bread Dahi Chaat
Sharmilee of Sharmi’s Passions gives us numerous ideas to make food interesting for kids. This bread dahi chaat is one of them. Check out her blog for more such innovative recipes. Bread dahi chat is an out come of trying to reproduce dahi poori cutting down the deep frying and potatos alone. So instead of bread you can use pooris too.
Full recipe here.
20. Grilled Chocolate Sandwich
Full recipe here.
21. Masala Pav
22. Sweet Corn Fried Rice
23. Mushroom Fried Rice
24. Fruit Sandwich
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Full recipe here.
25. Vegetable Cutlet
26. Corn Cutlets
27. Oat Pancakes
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28. Hara Bhara Kabab
29. Cornflakes Bhel
30. Masala Pasta
31. Baked Eggs Spinach Tomato
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Full recipe here.
32. Scrambled Eggs
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33. Yummy Ice-cream Sandwich
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34. Vegetable Hakka Noodles
35. Spicy Vegetable Toast
36. Bread Pancakes
Another one from Nidhi. Bread pancakes or bread Uttapam are a very healthy and tasty option for breakfast. It is one of my favorite breakfast recipes. These Bread Pancakes always remind me of Sundays when I was a kid. This was a very popular breakfast in our house.
Full recipe here.
37. Batata Poha
38. Vegetable Upma
39. Instant Rawa Dhokla
40. Poha Aloo Tikki
A modified and healthy version of typical aloo tikki. Just add soaked Poha to it. A great way to make your fussy eater kids eat poha.
Full recipe here.
41. Banana Peanut Butter Sandwich
My absolute favorite. It tastes delicious and takes only 2 minutes to make.Keep mid-morning hunger pangs at bay with this nutritionally balanced breakfast toastie.
Full recipe here.
42. Chocolate Cheese Sandwich
Full recipe here.
43. Malai Sandwich
A totally desi approach to sandwich making. Mix the ingredients in malai and enjoy. Malai Sandwich is a simple, healthy and light snack that you can munch anytime of the day. A big hit among the kids.
Full recipe here.
44. Vegetable Paratha
45. Besan Chilla
46. Boiled Egg Cheese Sandwich
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This is one of my favorite sandwich recipes. I add black pepper powder to it for added flavor.
Full recipe here.
47. Scrambled Egg Sandwich
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48. Dabeli
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49. Stuffed Bread Pakora
50. Egg Parantha
Full recipe here.
51. Green Beans Fries
54. Spinach and Ricotta Cheese Pancake
What better than combining spinach and cheese? Both are healthy; both taste good. But kids prefer one and seem to dislike the other. Try this recipe out.
Full recipe here.
55. Suji Ki Kachori
Kachoris made of suji or semolina is not only a different version of the typical kachoris but also a healthier version. Try it out.
Full recipe here.