Packing a healthy, delicious, and exciting lunch for your kid can sometimes feel like a daunting task. Between busy mornings and picky eaters, it’s easy to run out of ideas. But worry no more! Here are three easy-to-make recipes that are not only nutritious but also kid-approved, ensuring that your little one enjoys their lunch and gets the energy they need for the day.
Dal Chawal
Ingredients:
3 tbsp Ghee
½ tsp Heeng
2 tsp Cumin
2 Medium sliced onions
2 Green chillies (optional)
½ cup Chana dal
Salt to taste
2 cups of water
1 cup rice
How To Make
1. In a bowl, soak rice for at least 15 minutes. Also, wash the dal.
2. Take a cooker or pan and add ghee, heeng (asafoetida), cumin seeds, chopped onions, and green chilies.
3. Cook until the onions turn pink. Then, add washed dal and mix well.
4. Pour water and add salt as per your taste.
5. Let it boil and then add soaked rice. Mix everything and cover till everything gets cooked.
6. You can also opt for making dal and rice separately.
7. Once cooked, pack it with some green chutney or pickle.
Moong Dal And Palak Chilla
Ingredients:
3/4 cup yellow moong dal
½ cup chopped spinach
½ tsp ginger paste
¼ tsp asafoetida
¼ tsp turmeric powder
½ tsp crushed cumin seeds
Salt to taste
3 tsp oil
How to Make
1. Soak moong dal in enough water for at least 2 hours. After that, blend it in a mixer along with water until smooth.
2. Transfer the mixture to a large bowl and add finely chopped spinach, ginger paste, asafoetida, turmeric powder, cumin seeds, and salt. Mix everything well.
3. Heat a non-stick pan and apply some oil.
4. Pour a spoonful of the batter on it and spread it in a circular motion to make a circle.
5. Cook for 1 minute on a medium flame. Apply a little oil over it and along the edges.
6. Flip it and let both sides cook on medium flame till the chilla turns brown.
7. Pack it with some ketchup or non-spicy green chutney.
Oats Idli
Ingredients:
1 cup powdered oats
¼ tsp mustard seeds
½ tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp of urad dal
1 tsp chopped ginger
Curry leaves
½ cup semolina
Water as required
½ cup curd
Grated Carrots
Chopped coriander leaves
½ tsp baking soda
pinch of soda
oil as required
How to Make
1. Heat a pan with some oil and add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, and urad dal.
2. Then, sprinkle a pinch of hing and cook until the seed pops and the dal turns brown.
3. Once done, add chopped ginger, curry leaves, and semolina. Continue to saute.
4. After that, add powdered oats and salt. Mix everything and fry it on low flame. Later, keep it aside to cool.
5. Once cooled, add water, curd, grated carrots, coriander leaves, and lemon juice. Mix it and keep it aside for 10 minutes.
6. For steaming, apply a little oil to every idli plate and keep it aside.
7. Fill the steamer with a little water and let it boil. As it gets boiled add baking soda.
8. Pour the idli batter into the greased idli plates and steam for 10 to 12 minutes.
9. Pack it with sambhar or coconut chutney.
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