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broken wheat upma recipe

DALIA UPMA

Smitha Kalluraya
A healthy and wholesome upma made using Broken wheat
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Course Breakfast
Cuisine south indian
Servings 2 people

Ingredients
 

  • 1 Cup Broken wheat/ Dalia
  • 2 - 2 3/4 cup Water, ( Refer Notes )
  • 2 medium size onion, Chopped
  • 1 medium size tomato, Chopped
  • 3 - 6 numbers Green Chillies, Chopped ( as per your spice level)
  • 1 cup Chopped Mixed vegetables, like beans,carrot , peas etc ( Optional )
  • a handful Green Peas/ Corn, ( optional )
  • Soya nuggets / Soya chunk, few pieces (optional )
  • 1 Lemon
  • few springs Coriander leaves
  • 1 tsp Turmeric powder
  • Salt, as per taste
  • 1 tsp Sugar

For tempering

  • 2 tbsps Oil
  • 1 tsp Mustard
  • 1 tsp Black Gram/ Urad Dal, ( optional )
  • 1 tsp Bengal Gram /Chana Dal, (optional)
  • 1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds /Jeera
  • 1 Bay leaf / Tej patta
  • Few springs Curry Leaves

Instructions
 

  • In a pan / kadai take dalia and roast it without oil till its fragrant and starts changing its color .Switch of the flame .Transfer the dalia to another plate as some times due to the heat of the kadai it might get over roasted.
  • Soak nuggets in warm water for about 10-15 mins. Drain and squeeze out extra water. Keep aside.
  • Keep water to boil . By the time our tadka n dalia mix is ready water would have boiled.
  • Mean while ,in a pressure cooker , take oil. Add all the ingredients mentioned under tempering except curry leaves.When mustard splutters add curry leaf and haldi.Then add onion,tomato and green chillies. Fry till onion turns translucent.
  • Then add mixed veggies,green peas and nuggets.Saute for 2-3 mins.
  • Next is roasted dalia. Saute them for 1- 2 mins.
  • Finally add hot water , salt , sugar and chopped coriander leaves. Mix well .Close it with lid and cook for 2 -3 whistles.
  • Open the lid when the pressure reduces.Squeeze lemon juice and mix gently. That's it healthy ,tasty n filling cracked wheat upma is ready to relish.Enjoyy hot.
    broken wheat upma recipe

Notes

  • Normal proportion for cooking dalia is 1 : 2 or  1 :2 1/2 or 2 3/4. ie.if u like your dalia upma to be dry and non sticky , use 1 glass Dalia and 2 glass of water .If you prefer it to be little mushy and well cooked , use the latter . I normally use 2 1/4 glass of water for 1 glass of dalia.
  • Roasting dalia is optional but is recommended to enhance the taste.. In case you are in a hurry , you can skip that step.
  • Broken wheat takes time to cook. So its better to cook them in pressure cooker.If you want you can cook in kadai or open pan too.
  • If you want you can omit onions and add finely chopped ginger. Nwhile adding lemon add grated coconut.
  • can a tsp of If you want you can add garam masala , red chilli powder too.
  • You can omit all veggies n nuggets n make it plain with onion / ginger. But to make it more nutritious i ve loaded with veggies.