Shaswati Dalia Khichdi is a years old breakfast dish, which, for some reason gained popularity recently. This is a great choice for breakfast as it is tasty, healthy and gives a lot of energy to start your day.
Dalia is actually coarsely broken wheat. The size of its granules differs with brands, but its property remains more or less same.
Grains size of dalia impose a effect on its cooking style. Like smaller dalia grains are easy to cook and feels like more smooth and tasty. Its a personal preference though.
The main ingredients of Dalia Khichdi is dalia and lentils or dal. But the base taste depends on spices and the process of cooking.
Khichdi, itself a full meal, even you could count it in one pot meal. The most important thing of a khichdi is its ingredients.
Although khichdi is a meal item, Dalia khichdi is more popular as breakfast.
Personally I have some key rules for my breakfast, my breakfast should be easy to make, easy to digest, light, tasty and obviously healthy.
And dalia khichdi is fits there perfectly. Even you could find more delicious breakfast recipes in my blogs, so keep in touch with recipeonplate.
INGREDIENTS
*1 cup-240ml; *1 tablespoon – 15ml ; *1 teaspoon – 5ml ;
- Dalia / Broken wheat – 1/2 cup
- Yellow lentils (Moong Dal) – 2 tbsp.
- Beans (chopped) – 1/4 cup
- Onion – 1 medium size
- Potato – 1 medium piece
- Carrot – 1 medium piece
- Tomato – 1 medium size
- Green chili – 2-3 pieces
- Ginger paste – 1/2 tsp
- Coriander leaves – 1/4 cup
- Cumin seeds – 1tsp
- Bay leaf – 1 piece
- Dried red chili – 1 piece
- Cumin powder – 1tsp
- Coriander powder – 1 tbsp.
- Sugar – 1 tsp
- Salt – 1 tsp or as per your taste
- Ghee / clarified butter – 1 tbsp.
- Water – 3 cup for pressure cooker and 4 cups for normal kadai
- oil – 1 tbsp.
Equipment
- Normal Fry Pan
Notes
How to make Dalia Khichdi
Step 1: Firstly we need to chop all our vegetables. So chop the potato, carrot, tomato, beans, onion, green chilies, coriander leaves and chilies into small pieces.
Step 2: Now take a pan and preheat it. Then add the yellow lentils into it and dry roast for 1-2 minutes. It is a good practice to dry roast the lentils before using it for several recipes.
Step 3: Using the same pan, add 1 tbsp. of oil into pan and then add 1 tsp of cumin seed, red chili & 1-2 bay leaves. Wait for cumin seed splutter.
Step 4: At this point add chopped potato pieces into the pan. Fry the potatoes for 2-3 minutes or till it get little brown in color.
Step 5: When our potatoes are fried properly then add all veggies (carrot, beans, green chilies) one by one into the pan. Fry them for another 4-5 minutes.
Step 6: Now the veggies are fried properly. So I am going to add chopped onions and fry it for another 2-3 minutes. similarly I will add tomatoes and ginger paste into the fry pan and cook it for a minute. We need to fry all our veggies till nice brown in color, otherwise they might release raw smell in the khichdi.
Step 7: My veggies are ready. So I am going to add all spices (turmeric powder, coriander powder, cumin powder, sugar and salt), lentils and Dalia (broken wheat) into it. Roast them all for another 2 minutes. Your roasted homemade khichdi masala is ready.
Step 8: Now take 3 cups of water in a normal pressure cooker and let it be boil. Then add all the roasted spices into the pressure cooker. Wait for boiling and cover the lid of it.
Step 9: Cook for till 1 whistle on low flame. Switch off the stove and wait for 10 minutes to cool down the khichdi.
Step 10: Now open the lid of the pressure cooker, add chopped coriander and 1 tbsp. of ghee into it. Stir them gently and your Dalia Khichdi is ready to be served.
I am very hopeful that you will like the taste a lot.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is dalia Khichdi good for weight loss?
Dalia khichdi is a light dish, it is easy to digest and obviously a healthy food.
Yes you can include it into your weight loss diet chart.
Which is better Dalia or rice?
Both are contain carbs and starch. But compatibly dalia is little healthier then rice.
Rice has its own benefits, but if you are a health conscious then go for dalia.
What is dalia made from?
Dalia is made from wheat. It is none other than but broken wheat.
Now a days dalia is considered as a very healthy food.
Can I eat raw Dalia?
No, you can’t eat Dalia in raw stage. You have to cook it before having it.
You can make several dishes by this dalia.
Is dalia and rava same?
No dalia and rava both are completely different from each other.
Rava is mainly made from rice and dalia is made from wheat.
Should Dalia be washed before cooking Dalia khichdi?
Its not required to wash dalia before using it for dalia khichdi or any other recipes.
But yes you need to roast them in pan without oil or fry it with veggies.
Roasting helps to decrease the raw smell from it.
