Dinner Recipes For Toddlers 12-18 Months 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.

Year Old Kid Food Chart

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.

Meal Plan For Your Three Year Old (vegetarian)

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.

Easy Toddler Breakfast Ideas

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.

Kids Lunch Idea: Masala Macaroni

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.

Months Baby Food Chart

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.

Healthy Breakfast Recipes For Toddlers

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.

Healthy Fish Recipes For Babies And Kids

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.Raising children is a joyful yet challenging adventure; feeding them can be the most perplexing task! Every parent understands the importance of nutritious and balanced meals for their little ones. Whether you have a baby just starting on solids, a picky toddler, or a growing kid, I've compiled a list of the Best 15 Dinner Recipes that will satisfy even the fussiest eaters.

Sweet Wheat Dosa is a healthy dinner for toddlers and kids made with whole wheat flour, rice flour, and Jaggery as main ingredients. I have already shared wheat banana pancakes and savoury wheat dosa for babies and kids. You can serve this sweet wheat dosa Plain or with ghee, butter, Jaggery,  palm jaggery syrup,  dates syrup, or maple syrup

Homemade Baby Food Recipes

Quinoa Upma- easy and healthy breakfast recipe made with quinoa & vegetables. It is a nice variation to the usual upma varieties and tastes so great. 

Suji Upma/ Rava upma is tasty, wholesome and comforting food for babies. It's a quick-fix meal that can be served for dinner.

Indian-style wheat pancakes with jaggery are a yummy breakfast/Dinner or snack option for kids. I have made it baby friendly without baking powder & rice flour but with 100% whole wheat flour, jaggery & banana. The result was healthy, delicious, fluffy pancakes but with more nutrients.

Nuts Powder Recipe

Dalia Khichdi /Broken Wheat Khichdi recipe - is a healthy, wholesome, and comforting food for babies. I already posted sweet daliya porridge and this broken wheat khichdi is another delicious recipe that can be made with daliya or cracked wheat. It's a quick-fix meal that can be served for dinner.

Instant Sooji Uttapam/Sooji Cheela/Rava Cheela - Thick pancake-like dosa made with sooji/rava , curd/yoghurt, grated veggies and cashews. Dealing with fussy eaters as a parent is not easy, you might be trying more ways to include veggies in their diet for their nutrition. This sooji cheela is one such delicious recipe, there are only least chances for kids to say no to it ? This sooji cheela is very quick to make and tastes so delicious, it can be given to babies as finger food from 8 months and given as a quick evening snack for toddlers and kids. You can serve this sooji uttapam plain or with curd or any chutney or even sambar.

23 Easy Porridge Recipes - Porridge is an easily digestible nutritional food for people of all ages, and surely it makes deliciously healthy food for babies as it has a smooth structure and comforting to the taste buds of the little ones.

Indian Lunch Ideas For Toddlers (12 To 18 Months)

The time required to grind in mixie is very less and the cleaning job can be done in a jiffy. But we can grind only small quantities using mixie and the motor heats fast while grinding. Both grinder and mixie never disappoint me and always give soft Idlis & crispy dosas

Paneer Stir Fry with vegetables- easy, tasty and healthy dish for toddlers & kids made with cottage cheese aka paneer and mixed vegetables. This paneer stir fry can be perfect as a side dish