Quick-Fix Indian Snacks for Kids

When in doubt, look homewards. If your children are refusing to eat anything except junk, make Indian snacks for kids – but with a twist. The same fruits, vegetable, cereals, and pulses that they refuse to eat, can be made into exciting snacks that the children would love to eat.

Here we tell you how to make simple evening snacks that are healthy and nourishing and yet you won’t have to run after your child all over the house to feed it to them. 

Whole Wheat Based Indian Snack for Kids

Wheat Cheela 


Yes, children don’t eat roti despite it being one of the most nourishing food in the world. But they must have the goodness of whole wheat which has carbohydrates and fibre in abundance. 

  • Mix atta with some besan and rawa. 
  • Add red chilli powder, jeera powder, turmeric powder, green chillies, coriander leaves and mix well using water. You can also use coconut water. 
  • Shallow fry with very little oil an. 
  • Serve wheat cheela with green and red chutney. 

Rice-Based Simple Evening Snacks

Rice Puff

  • Boil rice with some salt. 
  • Take out the starch. 
  • Mix with chopped onions and green chillies. 
  • Make different shapes like balls, cubes or any other forms that younger children may find interesting. 
  • Dry them for a few hours to let the water evaporate.
  • Take besan and mix with chilli powder, salt and turmeric powder.
  • Add water to make a thick paste. 
  • Coat rice puffs in the mix and shallow fry until brown.
  • Serve with red chilli, garlic and peanut chutney.

Pulses Based Indian Snack for Kids

  • Soak the dal your child prefers overnight. 
  • You can also take a mix of them. 
  • Drain and grind in a mixer. 
  • Add some besan. 
  • Mix very little red chilli powder, green chillies, salt and coriander leaves. 
  • Make tikkis of the mixture and shallow fry them.
  • Mix some ground peanut paste and curd. 
  • Saute some onion, garlic and jeera. 
  • Add the tadka to the curd and peanuts mix. 
  • Serve as a side to your dal tikki.  

Fruit Salad with Honey

  • Take 3-4 favourite fruits of your child. 
  • Chop into small pieces. 
  • Mix with cream and let them rest for some time. 
  • Pour very little butterscotch syrup and lots of honey over it. 
  • Top with cherries, raisins or some other dry fruits. 
  • Serve chilled to your child. 

These simple evening snacks will tempt your children to eat the cereals, pulses and fruits that they otherwise run away from. Another option of a healthy Indian snack for kids is packaged fruit snack that fulfils their requirement of fruits. 

So here’s to some healthy Indian snacking for your children!

Location: Maharashtra, India

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