Ideas for packing lunch for kids - daycare / school goers

Hi Priya,

You can pack milk in thermos food jar (keeps milk hot for almost 6 hrs). Other way is to give him ultra pasteurized organic milk cartoons (8 oz ones).

-Uma

 

Cucumber Rotti

Ingredients:

2 medium to small size cucumbers
½ cup rava/ sooji (fine)
½ cup idli rava
½ cup rice flour
2 tbsp wheat flour
Coriander leaves
4-5 green chillies
oil, salt
Preparation:
Peel the cucumbers and grate them. Retain the seeds of the cucumber but drain part of the cucumber water.
Chop up the green chilies very finely. Chop the coriander leaves.
Add the idli rava, rice flour, sooji, wheat flour, coriander leaves, and green chilies to grated cucumber and mix well. Add salt as required
Let this whole thing rest for about 30 minutes. Note that the mixture in this case will be coarse and not “gooey” or watery like a dosa batter.
Procedure:
Heat a griddle /tava and grease it a little bit. When the griddle/tava is hot, take a handful of the cucumber mixture and place at the center.
Pat the mixture using finger tips and spread it around starting from the center to form a circle.
Use little water to spread this out if it becomes hot to handle.
This spreading should not be either too thick or thin, make it as even as possible.
Make about 4-5 small holes around the periphery and center of the circle using a spatula.
Put about 1 tsp of oil around the pancake (rotti) and also 1 tsp into the small holes.
Cover this with a lid and let it stay for a minute or so on high heat.
After a minute take a peek and check to see if the backside of the rotti has a brown color.
If it has not, then let it stay for a while or the rotti will break when trying to turn it around.
If it has browned then, turn the rotti around, put some more oil around it and let it cook for a while.
This can be eaten as is or with little ghee or coconut oil.

 

u can give dry foods dear,. specialy childrens love dry grapes , pista and cashewnuts.
for a change try this dear

 

Make tiny/mini chappathis. Cook both the sides on the tava. Then add a spoon of grated carrots on top. u can also add honey or sugar for the sweet toothed kids. try to cook the chapathi crisp.

similarly u make mim dosas and add grated carrots on top.

 

Dear Moms,

I have a 9yr old and 6yr old child who always crave for creative lunch from me. I made them Tofu stuffed roti and they loved it. So you can try too.

Tofu Stuffed Roti (Protein packed)

Roti 4
Onion 1 medium thinly sliced
Extra Firm tofu 1 box
Curd 1/2 cup
chilli powder 1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
Garam masala 1/4 tsp
Dhana Jeera
powder 1/4 tsp
Amchur powder 1/4 tsp
Oil 2-3 tbsp

Squeeze and drain the water in Tofu and cut them in to thick bullions. Mix curd and all other masala together and marinate tofu for 3 - 4 hrs or overnight in refrigerator. Use a shallow pan, add oil and saute onions until golden brown. Add the marinated tofu and fry them with the oil in the pan, saute tofu occasionally without breaking them until they are browned on all sides for 10 - 15 min.

Place a roti in the work table, spread some ghee. Add one or two slices of tofu with the onions and wrap like a burrito. Pack it while it is hot so the vapor will keep the rotis soft for the lunch.


Cheers

 

Hi IL

U can try different roti fillings, sandwich, maggi noodles, bread butter jam, cheese items which are protien rich.

 

Hi all....

I just need receipes to pack for my hubby ....

He just moves to work by 6 a.m. ....

Give suggestions about easy cooking recepies .....

 

Hi All,

My Kid is 2.10 yrs old, started preschool I am fed with packing bread sandwich, nuggets, nuts, cheetos, grapes...

Any mom with 2.10 yr kid, what will be ur daily menu for ur kids, please post ur recipes....

 

what else can be used instead of tofu?
we dnt get tofu in our city ((

 

Hi Kinnari,

Panner is a good substitute for tofu. It is much more tastier but has more fat content than tofu.