Healthy Dinner Recipes For Toddlers Indian

These breakfast recipes are for preschoolers and toddlers who are 2 plus. Indian cuisine has so many varieties of breakfast dishes from differentparts of the country. These are just few of the many recipes Indian cuisine has to offer.

Please note that I am not a dietician, these are some of the recipes which worked for our family. Use this just as reference and adapt to what works for your child.

Having Idli batter, Dosa batter will be very helpful. There are so many different ways we can serve these batters.If you eat Eggs, it’s a wonderful way of adding protein to your diet. You can give Indian breakfast and a boiled egg to keep them full for a long time.

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Let’s start with everyone’s favorite Dosa. I have regular dosa batter and dosa batter made with rice flour. Both these batter work great for these breakfast dishes.

Dosa made into small circles and roasted with ghee. Serve the mini dosa with onion chutney and sliced grapes ( do not give the toddlers whole grapes)

Day old dosa batter is mixed with onion, green chili, cumin and coriander and cooked in a special paniyaram pan. Full recipe can be found here – Paniyaram. I served the paniyaram with ghee and water melon.

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To makeuttapam, heat a dosa pan, pour small thick mini dosa and top it with finely choppedonion, grated carrot, coriander, salt and a pinch of red chili powder. Add oil and cook on both sides. I served theuttapam with peach.

To make the dhokla add 1.5 cups of besan (chickpea flour), ½tsp of sugar, ¼ tsp salt and ¼ tsp turmeric in it. Add about 1 cup of water and mix it well. Add 1 tsp of eno powder and 1 tbsp water to activate eno. Mix it and steam for 12 – 15 minutes.

Do the tempering by heating 2 tbsp oil, and add mustard seeds and let them pop. Add cumin seeds and saute for 30 seconds. Add about ¼ cup of water and little lemon juice and turn off the stove. Pour this on the dhokla and garnish with corianderleaves.

Healthy Gluten Free Recipes For Kids

Kids love bread and potatoes and this sandwich is a perfect combination. Take a sliceof bread and add some cheese, top with potato fry ( I used masala dosa potato fry) and add a little more cheese and close itw ith another bread. . Spread butter on both sides and toast or grill it light brown. Youcan find the full recipe here

Mini Idli are tossed in a tempering made of oil, mustard seeds, chana dal, urad dal cumin seeds, onion, green chili and grated carrot.Serve the tadka idli with orange and cheese.

Mini idli are tossed with chutney podi and ghee. I used chutney podi which is madewith roasted chana dal, dry coconut, red chili, cumin, salt and garlic. Served the Idli withstrawberry and cheese.

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Growingup when I didn’t want to eat Idli, my mom would make dosa with the idli batter. We call it attu in Telugu. It’s a little grainyand uses a day-old idli batter.Serve the attu with peanut chutney and fruit (orange).

This is a favorite breakfast recipe with both kids and adults. To makethe bread upma, heat oil in a skillet, add mustard seeds and let them pop. Now add chana dal (optional), cumins seeds and saute for 30 seconds. Add onion, bell pepper, green chili and ginger. Saute until the onion turns soft. Add tomato (not too much), salt and coriander powder. Cook until mushy. Add the cubed bread and toss it gently for 5 minutes. Finely add some lemon juice and chopped coriander.

Very popular in my home state Andhra Pradesh, this upma is soft and just melts in your mouth. It’s very similarto upma, but made with tomato.

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To make the tomato bath – In a skillet dry roast ½ cup of rava or semolina 5 to 10 minutes. Remove and in the same skillet heatghee and add ¼ tsp mustard seeds and let them splutter. Now add ½ tsp cumin seeds and saute for 30 seconds. Add some finely chopped onion, 1 slit green chili and little ginger. Saute till onions turn soft. Add 1 large tomato and salt and cook till mushy. Add frozen green peas and 1.5 cups water and bring it to a boil. Add the roasted rava and cook till done. Takes about 6-7 minutes. Finally add some lemon juice and coriander.

Indian Style Scrambled Egg Sandwich served with fruit (grapes). Here is the recipe for the Egg Burji Sandwich, just reduce the spices for the toddlers.

Egg Paniyaram are bite size egg bites, Indian style. Heat oil and add cumin seeds, finely chopped onion and ginger. Cook for 3-4 minutes. Add chili powder and turn off the stove. In a bowl whisktwo eggs, add these sautéed onion, salt and coriander leaves. Mix until well combined.

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Heat a paniyaram pan, drizzleoil and pour the egg mixture in the holes and cook on both sides. They cook very fast, in less than 5 minutes.

Quick and easy breakfast which can be a meal by itself or serve it as aside. Heat oil in a skillet and add chopped onion. Saute for 2-3 minutes, add two whisked eggs, salt, pinch of turmeric, chili powder and coriander powder and keep mixing until it’s cooked to your liking. Finally add some chopped coriander leaves.

Wonderful way of incorporating whole grains to the young kids. Pesarattu is a dosa made with green moong dal. This dosa does notrequire fermentation, you just need to soak it overnight. Here is the recipe for Green Moong Dal Dosa.

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Filling breakfast made with oats. Heat oil in a skillet and add the mustard seeds. Let the mustard pop. Add cumin seeds and let them sizzle. Now add finely chopped onion, ginger and green chili ( optional), cook till the onion turns soft. Add turmericpowder and oats and roast for 2-3 minutes. Add water and salt and cook until soft, not too thick.

If you tried any of these recipes or if you have any recipes to share, do leave a comment below. Would love to add more recipes in the future.When I was growing up, our family ate Indian food nearly every day of the week! It was part of our culture, and I loved the flavors and spices. These are my favorite Indian recipes for kids that have become my go-to recipes for my own kids now that I’m in charge of meal time!

My parents are both amazing cooks. Growing up, they would trade off cooking, and made the most delicious meals for us kids!

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When my husband and I lived close in the Bay Area, we used to have dinner with my family on a weekly basis and got to enjoy homemade, gourmet, Indian meals regularly.

These vegetarian Indian recipes are straight from my family, and represent what I think is Indian Home Cooking at it’s best: easy to prepare, really nutritious and good for you, but so flavorful you keep going back for seconds, and thirds, and fourths… you get the picture.

I’m sure your kids will love them as much as I did as a kid! They’ve now become some of my kids’ favorites too!

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These 9 tips have helped me raise young kids who love vegetables! If you follow these consistently over time, you’ll be able to change any picky eaters habits in your house!

This Curry Spaghetti Squash recipe is wonderfully spicy, delicious, and filling! It’s a good substitute for pasta, and a great way to enjoy an Indian pasta dish that’s totally low-carb! Topped with fire roasted tomatoes and chickpeas for added protein, it makes a healthy and satisfying dinner for the whole family!

This flavorful authentic Chana Masala recipe is an easy, Indian chickpea curry, with the perfect amount of spice and veggies! Served with creamy yogurt and cilantro, it’s healthy, naturally gluten-free and easily made vegan too!

Easy Indian Super Meals

A simple instant pot dal has a rich, creamy texture and is an easy, healthy and delicious weeknight dinner! Made with cauliflower, diced tomatoes, carrots, bell pepper, moong dal, and Indian spices, it’s a nutritious dish with only 25 minutes of hands on time. It’s great for sneaking in veggies for fussy kids who don’t like to “see” veggies in their meals. If you don’t have an instant pot, you can make this on the stovetop or in a regular pressure cooker too! Family-friendly and a one pot meal!

Indian Vegetables or Vegetable Sabji is best described as sautéd veggies with roasted Indian spices to amp up the flavor.It’s a delicious side dish, or can be a main meal when served with roti, daal, or plain yogurt for protein!

These homemade Samosa Wraps are super easy to make, vegan, easily made gluten-free and tastes great warm or at room temperature, packed in lunch boxes. It’s an incredible dish filled with spiced potatoes, green peas, protein-packed tofu, warm spices and fresh jalapeños all rolled into a soft, whole grain tortilla.

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This Indian Fried Rice (or vegetable khichdi) is wholesome, delicious, and packed with lentils and fresh veggies. It’s super easy to make, and is naturally gluten-free, vegetarian and