Dalia Upma With Veggies – Cracked Wheat Vegetable Upma

Dalia Upma With Veggies is an easy and delicious vegan dish that you can have for breakfast or as an evening snack. This upma made with broken wheat is light yet satisfying. The vegetarian breakfast dish is loaded with fresh and colourful ingredients with each spoonful delivering a burst of flavour.

Dalia is packed with a range of health benefits. Made with broken wheat, Dalia is nutritious and easy to digest. It’s high in fibre and aids in weight loss. So go ahead and add Dalia to your diet with this delicious recipe.

Dalia Upma with Veggies Recipe:

Jazz up your regular upma with this colourful dalia recipe. It’s loaded with veggies and has a hint of citrus flavour. Dalia upma is definitely a quick and tasty option when you want a healthy, satisfying meal. So get your fix with this nutritious, flavourful, warm dalia breakfast recipe.

For this nutritious breakfast upma recipe, take a cup of dalia.

Dry roast it for about 5 minutes over medium heat till you get a nice aroma.

Then transfer the roasted dalia into a pressure cooker.

Add 1.5 cups water and a teaspoon of salt. Pressure cook on high for two whistles.

Remove from heat and keep the cooked dalia aside.

Meanwhile, peel and chop the onion, carrot and slit the chilli. Keep the green peas and sweet corn ready. Chop the coriander leaves. Keep aside.

Heat oil in pan. Put in the cashews and fry them to a golden brown. Remove and keep aside.

Next drop in the peanuts and fry them till they pop.

Remove and keep along with cashews for later use.

Now temper the oil with mustard seeds and cumin seeds.

Once they splutter, add the chopped onion, green chilli and curry leaves.. Sauté for 2-3 minutes.

Then add the chopped carrot, green peas and sweet corn. Mix well and sauté for 2-3 minutes, till the rawness goes away.

Next add the spices – salt, turmeric powder, red chilli powder.

Mix well so that the masalas are well combined.

Now tip in the cooked dalia.

Stir gently to combine.

Drizzle fresh lemon juice and mix well.

Stir in the roasted peanuts and cashewnuts.

Garnish with coriander leaves and remove from heat.

Transfer the broken wheat upma to a serving dish.

Serve Dalia Upma With Veggies steaming hot with a chutney or curd as a side.

If you are searching for more upma recipes, then do try out Idli Upma

Cracked Wheat Vegetable Upma details below:

Vegetable Dalia Upma

This hearty dalia upma tastes surprisingly fresh and light. Made with broken wheat, savoury Dalia Upma is bursting with fresh veggies and is a hearty, healthy and delicious recipe. It’s full of fibre and infinitely customizable!

Course Breakfast/Snack

Cuisine South Indian

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 15

Total Time 25

Servings 4

Calories 195kcal

Author Shil

Ingredients

For the dalia:

1 cup dalia
1.5 cups water
1 tsp salt

For the upma:

1 small onion
1 green chilli
1/8 cup carrot
1/8 cup peas
1/8 cup sweet corn
½ tsp mustard
½ tsp jeera
1 sprig curry leaves
1 tbsp peanuts
1 tbsp cashew nuts
¼ tsp tumeric powder
¼ tsp red chilli powder
1 tsp lemon juice
½ tbsp coriander leaves
1/8 tsp salt
1 ½ tbsp. oil

Instructions

For this dalia upma recipe, firstly dry roast the dalia for about 5 minutes till you get a nice aroma and it turns a light brown.
Then transfer the roasted dalia into a pressure cooker. Add salt and water and cook on high for two whistles. Turn off the heat and set aside.
In the meantime, chop the onion, carrot and coriander leaves. Slit the chilli and keep the green peas and sweet corn ready.
Next heat oil in a kadai over medium heat.
Add the cashew nuts and fry them to a golden brown. Remove and keep aside. Next put in the peanuts, fry till brown and remove.
Add mustard seed and jeera to the same oil pan.
Once they start to crackle, add the curry leaves, chopped onion and green chili. Sauté over medium heat till the onion turns a light brown.
Now add the veggies – carrot, peas, corn and sauté for 2- 3 minutes on high.
Next sprinkle salt, turmeric powder and red chilli powder. Mix well and cook for a 1-2 minutes for all the flavours to mix well.
Then add the cooked broken wheat to the seasoned sautéed veggies. Combine well.
Mix in the roasted peanuts and cashews.
Drizzle lemon juice and gently mix.
Garnish with freshly chopped coriander. Gently mix.
Serve hot Dalia Upma with any chutney or raita.