Anonymous wrote:Masala dosa and coconut chutney

Who’s going to be standing there turning out fresh dosas?

We used to love tandoori chicken when we were kids. Serve it with naan and some salad.

And everyone loves a samosa. And some kind of chaat.

Mango lassi too.

Mine would eat madras lentils, butter chicken and naan. Of course, this was washed down with a mango lassi.

Loves
samosas
Chicken Tikka Masala
naan
tandoori chicken
gulab jamum
kheer

buen provecho

Anonymous wrote:My picky 8yo likes (assuming not too spicy/hot)

Rice
Naan
Butter chicken
Tikka masala
Tandoori chicken
Chicken korma
Chana masala

And all the desserts.

This is my picky kid’s happy list, too.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:tandoori chicken
seekh kebab
bhel
veggi pakodas

Seekh kebab is a good idea. Meat + finger food is a winning combo.

+1 my DD doesn't really like Indian food (the rest of us do), and can't handle spice. But she likes the tandoori dishes, and the basmati rice. Samosas are good, too, but they may be spicy.

The first Indian dishes my kids enjoyed - I called them our gateway foods - were chicken tandoori, chicken tikka masala / butter chicken, veggie pakora, any meat served on a stick, anything they could dip in that sweet tamarind sauce, and of course tons of rice and naan. Later they moved on to lamb curries, biryani, lentils / chickpeas, and the various paneer dishes.

Masala dosa and coconut chutney

Anonymous wrote:Poori, chollry, halwa. Navratri food.

Cholley not Chollry

Poori, chollry, halwa. Navratri food.

Butter chicken,
Fried cauliflower (gobhi bhujia) or gobhi pakoda
Kali maah daal
Peas pulao or jeera pulao
Naan or parantha

Kathi rolls. Mix the mint chutney with ranch dressing as the dipping sauce.

So much depends on what kind of foods these friends have been exposed to: you could be dealing with fairly sophisticated palates or a chicken nugget, mac and cheese crowd. I would advise not killing yourself cooking and then watching the kids expectantly as they eat or don’t. Ask your kids what they think. I second going heavy on the garlic butter naan and chicken tikka.

Butter chicken (without too much sauce) or chicken tikka and naan. Some like samosas too. Especaily ones that aren't too spicy.

I would do chicken tikka. No masala. Or offer them a choice of one or the other.

At one point, my kids preferred non-mixed food, and would have balked at butter chicken and masala, but would wolf down chicken tikka. So I would do chicken tikka, plain rice, and naan.