Vegetable Daliya: A Healthy and Simple Porridge

Vegetable Daliya (or Namkeen Daliya) is my favorite breakfast. I find it easy to make and light to digest. Whenever I don’t feel like cooking a full lunch, I prepare this vegetable daliya upma with a side of curd.

What is Daliya?

People call Daliya broken wheat, cracked wheat, or Fada in Gujarati. It provides high levels of nutrition, fiber, and protein. Cooks use daliya for both sweet and savory recipes. We regularly make daliya ki kheer, lapsi, and daliya and moong khichdi and have posted those recipes on the blog.

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

This vegetable daliya upma tastes delicious and requires little effort. You can add your favorite vegetables in any quantity you prefer. If you are in a hurry, simply add tomatoes and frozen peas to create a delicious meal without extensive chopping.

It also helps with weight loss. Because the body digests it easily, it suits anyone recovering from an illness. It serves as a perfect recipe for breakfast, brunch, lunch, or tiffins.

Vegan Variation: Skip the ghee and use your regular cooking oil to roast the wheat. You can also make this version easily in an Instant Pot.

Texture and Serving

I prefer a soft texture, so I use a 1:4 ratio of daliya to water. You can create a drier or soupier version by adjusting the water quantity. Because daliya absorbs water, it tends to thicken over time. If the dish becomes dry, add some hot water, mix, and heat.

Top the dish with a teaspoon of ghee and serve it hot with chutney, dahi, pickle, or papad.

Pro-Tips for Perfect Daliya

Customize Veggies: Use any vegetables you have available.
Save Time: Use only tomatoes and peas for a faster version.
Watch the Grain: Thicker daliya takes more time to cook. Select medium-thick daliya for the best results.
Adjust for Cooling: If the daliya thickens as it cools, stir in hot water and reheat it.
Choose Your Pot: Use an Instant Pot or a heavy-bottomed pan if you don’t have a pressure cooker (just remember to add extra water for the pan method).
Go Plant-Based: Use vegetable oil instead of ghee for a vegan-friendly meal.

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Vegetable Daliya Recipe

Vegetable Daliya- healthy and easy to make porridge of broken wheat and vegetables

Prep Time10

Cook Time9

Course: Breakfast, Brunch, Lunch box Recipe

Cuisine: Indian Cuisine

Keyword: broken wheat recipe, daliya, daliya upma, fada upma, namkeen daliya, vegetable daliya

Servings: person

Calories: 153kcal

Author: Anjana Chaturvedi

Ingredients

1/2 cup Broken wheat / Daliya
1/3 cup Green Peas / Hari Matar
1/2 cup Tomatoes / Tamatar chopped
1/2 small Potatoes / Aloo cubed
1/4 cup Carrot / Gajar chopped
1/4 cup Bell Peppers / Capsicum / Shimla Mirch chopped
3 tbsp Corn Kernels / Makai Dana optional
1 tsp Ginger / Adrak chopped
to taste Salt / Namak
1/2 tsp Red Chilli powder / Laal mirch powder
1/3 tsp Turmeric Powder / Haldi Powder
2 tsp Lemon Juice / Nimbu Ka Ras
2 cup Water / Paani (1:4) ratio

tempering

1 tsp Cumin Seeds / Sabut Jeera
1/3 tsp Asafoetida / Hing powder
few Curry Leaves / Kadi Patta
2 Green Chillies / Hari Mirch

Instructions

In the pressure cooker add 3 tbsp ghee or cooking oil.
Now add broken wheat and cumin seeds and roast till it turn whitish and start giving a nice aroma.
Add asafoetida and curry leaves and stir for few seconds.
Now add all the powdered spices and salt , all the chopped vegetables and mix
Add 2 cups of water and mix well.(DALIYA AND WATER RATIO IS 1:4 )
Close the cooker lid and pressure cook for 2 whistles on medium heat.
When the pressure subsides only then open the lid and add lemon juice and chopped fresh coriander and mix .
Add a tsp of ghee on top while serving .
Serve hot with chutney, pickle or dahi

Notes

tips-

You can add any vegetables of your choice or availability.The quantity of vegetables can also be adjusted as per your preference, can add more or less.
Can also make this daliya by adding only tomatoes.
The cooking time also depends on the quality of the daliya, if you are using the thicker one then it may take more time to cook.
This can thicken when it become cold so add hot water and heat it again.
Can also make in a heavy bottom pan instead of pressure cooker , in that case you have to add some extra water.

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