I love reading Madhulika’s posts on Facebook. In her Facebook posts, she shares her watercolours of flowers in her garden, writes about her travels, and woman botanical illustrators. Her posts about life during the pandemic lockdown always provided respite.

She is an author of historical fiction cinema and travel.

I especially love her posts about the geography-based parties she threw for her daughter, LO (short for Little One). Her love for LO and her effort to introduce her to various types of cuisines while being suitable for a child’s palate is evident in these posts.

Her descriptions of the dishes, LO’s favourites and the joy of a family gathering are a scrumptious treat. The posts describe LO’s delight, her funny quips and impressions, and these are my favourite parts.

I wanted to share some of these beautiful recipes with my readers and to that end, I wrote Madhulika. She kindly shared three beautiful recipes from around the world that children can take in their lunchboxes. They are from Korea, Afghanistan and Lebanon. The recipes have easy-to-follow instructions, with interesting notes.

A lunchbox is a parent’s way of saying I love you every day to their children. Clichéd as it may read, only love prompts parents to wake up in the early hours of the morning and prepare their children’s lunchboxes. I hope you enjoy these lunchbox recipes by Madhulika Liddle.

I hope you try out these recipes for your child’s lunchbox and share their responses in the comments section.

Until then, Bon Appétit.

If you love these recipes you could pick your copy of Lockdown Lunches: The world on a plate by Madhulika Liddle.

Talking about her book she says, “This book is all about how my little family—I, my husband, and our daughter (who turned six in January 2020)—did a culinary trip around the world, sitting at home. We ate food from twenty-six different countries (one country a week, for fifty-two weeks), and each time we virtually visited a country, we also explored it in other ways: by listening to its music, by talking about its history, and so on.

Why am I focusing on the food? Because, after all, all said and done, it was the food that spurred each of these twenty-six parties. While we discussed politics and history, while we listened to music, the central, focal point of the party was always the food.”

You can also read Madhulika’s blog posts at

Madhulika Liddle.