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Daliya Upma /Cracked wheat and vegetable pulao

Daliya Upma- A healthy delicious upma/pulao made with broken wheat and vegetables

Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Total Time25 minutes
Course: Breakfast, Tiffin recipes
Cuisine: North Indian Cuisine
Keyword: daliya, daliya upma
Servings: 3 people
Calories: 812kcal
Author: Anjana Chaturvedi

Ingredients



  • 1 cup Broken wheat / Daliya/ Fada
  • 1/2 cup Carrot / Gajar chopped
  • 1/2 cup French beans chopped
  • 1/2 cup Green Peas / Hari Matar
  • 8 Cauliflower /phool gobhi florets
  • 3/4 cup Tomatoes / Tamatar chopped
  • 1 tbsp Green Chillies / Hari Mirch chopped
  • 1 tsp Ginger / Adrak chopped


  • 2.5 tsp Lemon Juice / Nimbu Ka Ras
  • 2 tbsp Fresh Coriander / Cilantro / Hara Dhaniya
  • 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder / Haldi Powder
  • 1 tsp Red Chilli powder / Laal mirch powder
  • 2.5 cup Water / Paani
  • To Taste Salt / Namak

Tempering/ Waghar



  • 2.5 tbsp Cooking oil or ghee
  • 2 tbsp Cashew Nuts / Kaju
  • 1 tsp Mustard Seeds / Rai *
  • 1/3 tsp Cumin Seeds / Sabut Jeera
  • 1.5 tsp White lentil/urad daal
  • 1/4 tsp Asafoetida / Hing powder
  • 10 Curry Leaves / Kadi Patta

Instructions

  • Heat oil or ghee in the pressure cooker.Add all the tempering ingredients and cashew pieces and let them crackle on medium heat.

  • Now add daliya and saute for 2-3 minutes on medium heat.

  • Add all the spices ,vegetables(except lemon juice and fresh coriander)and water.

  • Pressure cook on medium heat for 2 whistles.Let it cool down completely.

  • Then open the cooker ,add lemon juice and chopped coriander and fluff gently.

  • Serve hot with yogurt,raita or chutney

Notes

NOTE-
-Daliya is available mainly in two sizes,fine and coarse so use the thicker variety for making this Upma/ pulao.
2- Amount of water and cooking time may depend on the quality of the daliya so adjust accordingly.
3- You can add any vegetables of your choice or make it simple and just add tomato.
4- Leach the tomato or just skip using for kidney patients

Nutrition

Calories: 812kcal | Carbohydrates: 138g | Protein: 43g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 10g | Trans Fat: 0.05g | Sodium: 519mg | Potassium: 4977mg | Fiber: 44g | Sugar: 35g | Vitamin A: 4714IU | Vitamin C: 830mg | Calcium: 426mg | Iron: 11mg