Dalia Upma (Broken wheat upma )

This is a tasty and healthy recipe using dalia or broken wheat.This is a nutritious form of eating wheat as it is not refined and does not loose out on any of the nutrients that are present in whole wheat. It is a good source of the daily requirement of fiber and manganese in your food. 
Ingredients :-

• Broken Wheat Rava or Dalia- 1 cup
• 1 onion finely chopped
• 1 tomato finely chopped
• 1/4 cup boiled peas
• Few Curry leaves
• 1 tablespoon Ghee
• 1 tablespoon Mustard seeds
• 1 tablespoon Cumin seeds
• 1 green chilli finely chooped
• Salt- to taste
• 1/2 table spoon turmeric powder.
• water 3 cups

Method :-

• In a pressure cooker add 1 tablespoon of Ghee and add dalia and roast it for 5 minutes,   then add 3 cups of water.Cook it for about three whistles.
• Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, green Chilli and curry leave, cook it for about 1 minute.
• Add onion and fry till golden brown, now add turmeric powder and salt to this mixture.
• Add chopped tomatoes and boiled peas to this.
• Add the roasted Dalia to this and fry for about 5 minutes.
• Mix it well and fry for another couple of minutes.
• Dalia is ready.Serve hot and enjoy.

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