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Lunch Box Recipes-Lunch Box Ideas-Lunch Recipes Indian

February 8, 2011 by PadhuSankar 35 Comments

Indian Lunch Box Ideas – Lunch Recipes

Lunch BoxRoti – Cauliflower curry(Gobi sabji) – Rice – Dal

Are you wondering what to pack for lunch? Here are a few Wonderful, Tasty, Healthy, Filling and Quick Lunch Menus that can be prepared in a jiffy. Make your lunch as wholesome as possible and stay away from processed food. I have given few pictures just for you to have an idea.

Peas Pulao – Carrot Raita
lunch box ideas

Sambar – Plantain Flower kootu -Vegetable – Curd rice

lunch box recipes

Capsicum Rice

Peas Pulao

Mint Rice with Paneer

Tomato Rice

Lemon Rice

Special Curd rice (with veggies)

Brinjal rice-Vangi Bath

Vegetable Pulao

Vegetable Pulao -2 (with tomato and ginger garlic)
Bisi Bela Bath
Aloo Parathas
Potato Sandwich

Methi Paratha
Methi Pulao
Paneer Pulao
Cauliflower Rice
Easy Vegetable Biryani with Mixed Vegetable raita
Carrot Rice
Baby Corn Rice
Red Beans Rice
Tamarind Rice (Puliyodharai)

Sesame Seed Rice

Coconut Rice

Vegetable Uthappam

Gobi Paratha

Idli with Chutney or Idli podi

Paneer Paratha with Chutney or curd

Rajma Chawal with carrot raita

Coriander rice with papads or raita

Mushroom Pulao

Moong Dal rice with chutney

Sambar Sadam with Onion Raita (South Indian Style)

Mushroom Biryani (easy recipe using pressure cooker)

Daliya Khichdi with pickle or plain curd

Moong Dal Khichdi and a quick potato gravy for it (under 20 minutes recipe)
Semiya Biryani  
Tomato Pulao
Potato Capsicum pulao
Mint Pulao
Bagala bath
Channa Pulao
Soya Chunks Biryani 
Corn Capsicum Pulao
Vegetable Khichdi 
Mushroom Paneer Biryani
Tawa Pulao
Beetroot Pulao 
Chapati Rolls with paneer sabji
Easy vegetable rice
Broccoli Rice
Mushroom fried rice 
Garlic Rice 
Mango rice 
Schezwan Fried Rice 

One pot easy Cooker Biryani 

Persian Dill rice 

Urad dal rice 

Curry Leaves Rice 

Double Beans Pulao 

Egg Biryani 

Tindora Rice 

Mochai Biryani (field beans biryani)

Panchratna Dal Khichdi

Dal Khichdi 

Kashmiri Pulao 

For more Recipes kindly check  Rice Recipes and One pot meals ideas and 100 Breakfast Recipes 

You can take even different sandwiches for lunch. You can check out my 100 Breakfast Recipes.


Indian Lunch box ideas Ghee rice –Vegetable Korma– Curd rice(with vegetables)


Lunch Menu Planner New!!

Lunch menu #1 – Garlic kuzhambu -Carrot stir fry–Radish greens stir fry–Curd rice

Lunch menu #2 – Vegetable Pulao – Brinjal gravy – Gobi 65 – Curd rice

Lunch Menu #3 – Quick moong dal rice – Quick potato gravy -Curd rice

Lunch Menu #4 – Radish sambar- Rice- plantain stem stir fry – keerai kootu- curd -ginger lemon pickle


Lunch menu #5 (North Indian Thali) -Ridge gourd dal ,roti , chawal ,tindora subzi, curd, pickle


Lunch Menu #6 Semiya Biryani – Curd Vermicelli -Mixed Vegetable Raita 

North Indian Lunch 

Henceforth lunch menu ideas will be updated in Lunch menu ideas page.


This page will be updated as and when easy Indian recipes for lunch box are posted. Hope you enjoyed browsing my site and my recipes.Thank you for visiting Padhuskitchen. Have a wonderful day!!

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Comments

  1. Kalpana Sareesh

    February 14, 2011 at 9:08 am

    Awesome post!!i always bang my head on sundays to prepare my weeks menu will take ur ideas..

    Reply
  2. Prathima Rao

    February 14, 2011 at 10:09 am

    This is a superb post…My dear mom is alwayz worried what to pack for my sis…This will sure be of immense help to her!!! Thx Padhu for sharing this with us..
    Prathima rao
    Prats Corner

    Reply
  3. Sunanda

    February 14, 2011 at 11:16 am

    Thnx Padhu.. this is an useful post for me as I have to plan every day wht to give in lunch box..

    Reply
  4. revathi

    February 14, 2011 at 12:16 pm

    What a lovely post…. makes the weekly menu planning so much easier… superb..
    Reva

    Reply
  5. schmetterlingwords

    February 14, 2011 at 12:47 pm

    This is a wonderful post!! Lots of ideas in one post… Very usefull.. Thanks Padhu !!

    Reply
  6. Vimitha Anand

    February 14, 2011 at 12:56 pm

    Filling a lunch box is one of the difficult task for me everyday… Thanks for the post.. Looks easier after reading this…

    Reply
  7. Madhu

    February 14, 2011 at 1:14 pm

    Awesome post Padhu. Booked marked this.

    Reply
  8. Priya Sreeram

    February 14, 2011 at 2:50 pm

    lovely post !

    Reply
  9. சாருஸ்ரீராஜ்

    February 14, 2011 at 2:55 pm

    nice ideas…

    Reply
  10. Faith

    February 14, 2011 at 4:08 pm

    Thanks for taking the time to put this together. I always loved indian food. The lunch box idea is really great. Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  11. cook from doha

    February 14, 2011 at 6:09 pm

    THANKX PADHU………SUCH A HELPFUL POST FOR ALL MUMMIES AND WIVES,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

    Reply
  12. Swathi

    February 14, 2011 at 7:38 pm

    Awesome collection of lunch boxes. love it.

    Reply
  13. kothiyavunu.com

    February 14, 2011 at 10:45 pm

    Excellent post padhu..

    Reply
  14. Malar

    March 23, 2011 at 5:43 pm

    wow…great recipes..love ur blog..very simple and neat

    Reply
  15. shree

    July 19, 2011 at 1:40 pm

    Hai Padhu,
    Superb website. Very Useful for me.. Thank you.. Today only i just saw your's.. and i recommended my friends too.

    Reply
  16. shree

    July 19, 2011 at 1:41 pm

    your way of presentation is just rocking

    Reply
  17. Nica

    November 3, 2011 at 1:58 am

    This is so helpful. My two kids will gonna love me more because of this. You may also check my homemade chicken broth recipes at http://chickenbrothrecipes.com/

    Reply
  18. Karthiga Anand

    November 6, 2012 at 7:05 am

    Awesome varities….

    Reply
  19. Ann

    December 13, 2012 at 4:14 am

    Dear Padhu
    The recipes are great. I am planning to try these recipes . Please post the cooking & Preparation time for each combos.

    Reply
  20. Geetha

    December 28, 2012 at 11:35 am

    Its nice.. Great recipes..

    Reply
  21. Latha Srimurugan

    March 19, 2013 at 6:42 pm

    your recipes are very simple and nice. They remaind me mother's cooking.very nice and keep it up.

    Reply
  22. MadhaviS Thakkar

    April 1, 2013 at 6:59 am

    easy to cook recipes,great to taste !!!

    Reply
  23. Rashmi

    June 9, 2013 at 11:24 am

    Lovely post. Great recipes Padhu. Do you have some recipes that can be packed for lunch for 5-6 year olds too?

    Reply
  24. Supriya Nair

    September 2, 2013 at 6:00 am

    These lunch box recipes rock. Thanks for sharing them 🙂

    Reply
  25. Kamble

    October 17, 2013 at 12:08 pm

    Hi Padhu…
    Thank you for this useful blog.. you know what…my wife goes to work early in the morning and i surprised her with your easy to make Peas Pulao – Carrot Raita… she felt happy…thanks to you..

    Reply
  26. INDHRA MAYA DEVI

    November 16, 2013 at 4:47 pm

    excellent guide yaar. pls send receipes regarding weight loss.

    indhra mohan

    Reply
  27. INDHRA MAYA DEVI

    November 16, 2013 at 4:47 pm

    excellent guide

    Reply
  28. Nini

    February 21, 2014 at 7:13 am

    Hi Padhu ! I am glad to write that I am a big fan of your recipes.. your blog is my first and favourite choice… great deal of nice recipes are posted here.. my cooking radically improved.. helped me to get appreciation from husband, parents and in-laws.. thanks for the service.. keep updating 🙂

    Reply
  29. sakthi

    September 14, 2014 at 12:56 pm

    do oil free recipes are there???????

    Reply
  30. ambiga313

    October 23, 2015 at 1:35 pm

    Hi .. Is there recipes without rice for lunch box?

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      October 27, 2015 at 7:39 am

      You have more than 100 breakfast recipes. You can take sandwiches, toast, millets anything you like for lunch box. You can substitute brown rice or millets or quinoa in place of rice. You can also check out the label named lunch box recipes.

      Reply
  31. Ann Stephanie

    June 2, 2016 at 6:28 am

    You always go for healthy food and since you have listed a lot of recipes with basmati rice, I wanted to ask. Is basmati rice a healthy choice?

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      June 2, 2016 at 7:03 am

      Though I have not updated in this post, you find many lunch recipes with millets, couscous, quinoa and other food grains. Being an Indian, I love rice but do not have it everyday. I alternate between various grains. Basmati rice (organic) in not unhealthy when eaten in moderation. You can substitute brown rice or quinoa in place of basmati rice or white rice. You get brown basmati rice also which is more healthier than polished ones.
      You can check my lunch box recipes label where you find dishes with different food grains.

      Reply
  32. Sonal Rane

    December 14, 2016 at 7:43 am

    I Padhu,
    I m searching for different and simple daal recipes in your web index.
    Pl guide have u post daal recipes.
    Thanks
    Sonal

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      December 15, 2016 at 2:40 pm

      This category has many recipes using dal. Search older post in this for dal recipes like dal tadka, lauki dal etc
      Dal Recipes

      Reply

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