KIDS LUNCH BOX #4 – Potato Spinach Pancakes + Sprouted Moong & Corn Salad+ Red Grapes
Disclaimer: I am not a nutritionist or a dietician, I am doing what is best for my kid to create a balanced lunch.
Some kids school lunch box ideas to try…
- Spinach Corn Sandwich + Orange + Almonds & Pistachios
- Carrot Rice + Cucumber + Fruittellas
- Mini Paneer Uttapam + Ketchup + Carrot Sticks
Here is what I packed for school lunch…
LUNCH – Potato Spinach pancakes or Aloo Palak Cheela – Simple, healthy, delicious breakfast recipe. You can call these cheelas an Indian version of potato hash browns.
Potato Spinach Pancake/Aloo Palak Cheela
Ingredients
Measuring cup (1 cup = 250 ml)
- 1 cup Shredded Potato or 2 large potatoes
- ¼ cup spinach (palak) chopped
- 2 tablespoon corn flour
- 2 tablespoon besan
- ½ teaspoon garam masala
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper powder
- ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 green chilli (optional)
- 2 tablespoon onion chopped (optional)
- salt
- oil for roasting
Instructions
- Firstly peel the skin and grate 2 large potatoes.[Appx 1 cup]
- Soak grated potato for 5 minutes in cold water so that starch of potato is separated.
- Squeeze excess water, else you end up adding more flour.
- Add chopped spinach leaves, salt, besan , cornflour , pepper powder, turmeric powder, garam masala powder, salt and mix well. Do not add water. Divide the mixture into two portions.If the batter is watery then add besan as required.
- Heat one teaspoon oil in a shallow non-stick pan, spread one portion of potato mixture on the pan thinly[square or round shape] and cook, turning sides, till crisp. Similarly prepare more cheelas with the remaining mixture.
- Serve hot with chutney to ketchup.
Notes
Nutrition
Snack – Sprouted Moong & Corn Salad
- Mix 1 cup of sprouts [ You may blanch it for a couple of minutes in case you don’t like the raw taste], ½ cups of corn and ¼ cup of diced cucumber, 2 tablespoon of diced tomato along with few dry raisins. [My kid loves raisins so I added].
- Add the juice of lime, some salt and pepper to taste and sprinkle chat masala.
- Toss well and serve.
Snack – Red Grapes – Wash grapes before packing into the box.
Prep Work For The Previous Evening
1. The sprouts need about a day’s time to get ready. Soak the whole green Moong for 4-6 hours. Drain the water, cover with a moist muslin cloth and set aside to sprout.
Notes
- Packed in a stainless steel tiffin box called Lunchbots which is Eco-Friendly, Dishwasher Safe, BPA-Free and is easily available on Amazon. Please avoid plastic lunch boxes to your kids.
- Any sprouts will be great for the salad, just play with them and pack the one which your kid likes.
- Always try to add seasonal fruits to your kids lunch box.
- You can increase or decrease quantity based on your child’s appetite.
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Pr@Gun says
Potato spinach pancakelooks nutritious ans yum too.
I have recenlty done a tiffin series, loved all your tiffin ideas.
Christina says
I love seeing so many diff and simple lunch ideas here. Is there anything I can replace the corn flour for? I have not seen this before.
Hiral says
The recipe says to serve hot. I am making it for my kids’ lunchbox. Would these pancakes taste good 3-4 hours after making them?
Bhavana Patil says
Hi Hiral. Yes Hiral they taste good after 3-4 hours.. just pack them like parathas.