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Home » Indian Lunch box ideas | Kids & Adults

Indian Lunch box ideas | Kids & Adults

Indian Lunch box ideas:

Indian lunch box ideas – two week’s kids lunch box and adult lunch box ideas with recipe links and pictures enough to inspire you!

For Kids

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Week 1
Day 1: Veg sandwich, Biscuits
An easy sandwich, that kids would love with cheese and vegetables. Choose fiber rich bread and digestive biscuits for healthier choice. You can choose any sandwich of your kid’s favorite from my recipe index page.
Prep time: 5 mins
Cook time: 5 mins

Grilled veg sandwich recipe
Day 2: Roti, Paneer butter masala, Cashew biscuits
Paneer with rich buttery gravy goes well with the soft rotis, that will be kid’s favorite!
Prep time: 20 mins
Cook time: 25 mins

Roti recipe
Paneer butter masala recipe
Day 3: Pav Bhaji, Jam biscuits
Mixed veggies cooked with masalas and topped with butter with pillow soft buns! You can chop the vegies the before day and use store bought burger buns.
Prep time: 20 mins
Cook time: 25 mins

Pav Bhaji recipe
Day 4: Channa pulao, Apples
Soak basmati rice and channa overnight and morning you can make this pulao easily! Healthy for your kids too!!
Prep time: 12 Hrs
Cook time: 25 mins

Easy Channa Pulao recipe
Day 5: Roti, Channa Masala, Waffer biscuits
Soak channa overnight, make atta, chop onion tomato while channa gets cooked and this lunch box will be ready! Healthy for your kids too!!
Prep time: 12 Hrs
Cook time: 30 mins

Roti recipe
Channa Masala recipe
Week 2
Day 1: Nutella Chapati, Apples
Another kids favorite nutella stuffed flat bread. If you want you can replace nutella with just sugar/ Jaggery and ghee mix. Tip to prevent apple from turning dark colour –
soak in cold water with a tsp of lemon juice for 10 mins. Drain and pack.
Prep time: 15 mins
Cook time: 10 mins

Nutella Chapati recipe
Day 2: Penne pasta with pasta sauce, mini banana
I soak my pasta 1 hr in warm water and cook the pasta quickly. Pasta sauce can be made prior or use store bought ones.
Prep time: 60 mins
Cook time: 10 mins

Easy Homemade Pasta Sauce Recipe
Day 3: Veg pulao, Cut apples
Mixed veggies can be cut prior. I make this pulao in kadai itself, so makes the job easier.
Prep time: 30 mins
Cook time: 25 mins

Kids indian lunch box idea 5

Veg Pulao recipe
Day 4: Poori, channa masala, Cream biscuits
I make mini pooris to make it more appealing for him, channa masala is his favorite for poori…
Prep time: 15 Mins
Cook time: 40 mins

Puri recipe
Channa Masala recipe
Day 5: Jeera rice, aloo gobi, Digestives
Jeera rice and aloo gobi makes an awesome combo and your kid will love it too
Prep time: 30 mins
Cook time: 40 mins

Jeera Pulao recipe
Aloo Gobi recipe

Lunch box ideas

Week 1
Day 1: Gooseberry pachadi, purple cabbage poriyal, curd rice
Tangy gooseberry curd pachadi mixed with ghee and rice, delicious purple cabbage poriyal and creamy curd rice with pickle. Cabbage can be cut a day before and refrigerated.
Prep time: 20 mins
Cook time: 25 mins

Indian lunch box ideas 1

Purple cabbage poriyal recipe
Gooseberry curd pachadi recipe
Curd rice recipe
Day 2: Keerai masiyal, Fryums, curd rice
Flavorful and healthy greens masiyal with curd rice, simple yet healthy. Can clean and keep the greens refrigerated the before night.
Prep time: 15 mins
Cook time: 20 mins

Indian lunch box ideas 2

Keerai masiyal recipe
Curd rice recipe
Day 3: Coriander thogaiyal, ladies finger curry, curd rice
Coriander leaves thogayal is very very handy if made prior day itself. Easily we can pack it by mixing with rice and sesame oil. Ladies finger also can be cut and kept the before day.
Prep time: 20 mins
Cook time: 25 mins

Kothamalli thogayal recipe
Ladies finger curry recipe
Curd rice recipe
Day 4: Mango rice, snake gourd kootu, curd rice
Mango rice can be packed for lunch when mangoes are in season. I gave snake gourd kootu to make it wholesome meal. Snake gourd can be chopped and refrigerated the before day itself. Next day pressure cook with dal along with rice in separate containers to make it fast.
Prep time: 20 Hrs
Cook time: 25 mins

Snake gourd kootu recipe
Raw mango rice recipe
Curd rice recipe
Day 5: Peas pulao, paneer butter masala, curd rice
If you have a big non stick kadai, pulao can be made in kadai itself provided rice should be soaked 30 mins in warm water. Goes well with this rich butter paneer masala!
Prep time: 20 mins
Cook time: 35 mins

Indian lunch box ideas 3

Peas pulao recipe
Butter paneer Masala recipe
Curd rice recipe
Week 2
Day 1: Paruppu podi rice, cabbage poriyal, curd rice
Dal powder mixed with sesame oil and rice, Simple cabbage poriyal and creamy curd rice with pickle. Cabbage can be cut a day before and refrigerated.Perfect for a lazy Monday morning.
Prep time: 15 mins
Cook time: 25 mins

Paruppu podi recipe
Cabbage poriyal recipe
Curd rice recipe
Day 2: Garlic kuzhambu, Banana stem poriyal, curd rice
Though you might think it will be tedious to pack this for lunch, I can suggest you to prepare this poondu kuzhambu before day evening, cool & refrigerate. Chop banana stem and soak it in butter milk, keep refrigerated, next day easy for you!
Prep time: 30 mins
Cook time: 30 mins

Poondu kuzhambu Recipe
Banana stem poriyal Recipe
Curd rice recipe
Day 3: Puliyogare, Aviyal, curd rice
Prepare the puliyogare paste and keep refrigerated. This can lend you hand when you are in hurry, you can pack this for lunch monthly once. Aviyal makes a good combo for this with all vegetables and mild gravy but you can keep it simple with fryums.
Prep time: 30 mins
Cook time: 30 mins

Indian lunch box ideas 4

Puliyodharai recipe
Aviyal recipe
Curd rice recipe
Day 4: Peanut rice, Arbi curry, curd rice
For peanut rice, we can powder and keep forenight and this lunch box can be made ready easily as arbi can be cooked along rice in same cooker with two different containers.
Prep time: 10 Mins
Cook time: 30 mins

Indian lunch box idea 5

Peanut rice recipe
Arbi curry recipe
Curd rice recipe
Day 5: Curry leaves rice, Plantain curry, curd rice
Flavorful and healthy rice along with spicy vazhakkai curry – flavor will linger in your mouth after lunch!
Prep time: 10 mins
Cook time: 30 mins

Indian lunch box ideas 6

Curry leaves podi recipe
Raw banana curry recipe
Curd rice recipe

Disclaimer :

These Indian lunch box ideas may not be balanced meals and may not contribute your everyday essential nutrients. This is just my family’s customized Indian lunch box ideas, so it will be obviously their favorites and mostly south Indian cuisine. I will keep updating few more ideas in recent future, so keep checking 🙂

Few tips :

*Some vegetables can be chopped and kept refrigerated the previous night. Even tomatoes can be chopped and kept. Onions should not be chopped and kept as it can easily pick up the bacteria.

*Always cool the rice and before mixing, otherwise it may become thick and cake like as it cools after packing. Plan ahead, which will make your packing easy and hassle free.

*Curd should never be added to hot rice as it may kill the live culture in the curd and all the goodness will be gone.

*Use aluminium foil for packing rotis and parathas, which keeps the breads fresh.

*Make sure you change your menu every week so that they do not get bored.

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