Namkeen Dalia or Savory Porridge

Namkeen Dalia or Savory Porridge

Good time:  Breakfast as one go meal with

Tea/Coffee/ Lemon Honey Tea/ Butter milk/ Juice of choice

 It’s a very sumptuous, nutritious, good for weight watchers, Good for people love colorful and good looking meal, good for all ages (with minute alterations)

Ingredients:

Dalia 3 Cups

1. Cup Green Peas

1. Cup Cubed Potatoes

1. Cup Cubed Carrots

1. Cup Cauliflower cut into small pieces

1. Cup Tomatoes cut into small pieces

¾ Cup Beet root cubed and boiled seperately

¾ Cup Onion Garlic chopped

1 Tblspn. chopped Ginger

Tspn. cut Green Chillies

2 Tblspn chopped Coriander leaves

2. Tblspn. Olive Oil/ Sundrop Oil

2 Lemons

Spices:

1 ½ Tspn. Jeera (Cumin seeds)

1 ½ Tspn. Dhania (Coriander) Powder

¾ Tspn. Turmeric Powder

¾ Tspn. Chili powder (Flaky) or to taste

2 pinches Hing (Asfoetida)

Salt to taste 

Method:

Wash and soak Dalia for 5-10 minutes drain and boil in pressure cooker. Give one whistle and leave in cooker till pressure sets down.

Heat Karahi, add the refines oil or Olive oil. Add chopped Onion Garlic. Cook for 2-3 minutes add chopped ginger, green chili and all spices mentioned in this recipe. Stir cook for 2-3 minutes and add vegetables, the harder ones first followed by softer ones (those take lesser time for cooking). Add 1 ½ cups of water. Cover Karahi and cook for 5 minutes or till vegetables are tender. (Not soggy). Add the pre-boiled Dalia. Mix well cook for 3-4 minutes. Add another one-cup water. Add the separately boiled beet pieces. Check the consistency, if required add a bit more water.

Stir and see no lumps in Dalia.

Serve in deep dish, squeeze one lemon and garnish with

chopped coriander leaves and split green chili.

Options: may add 2 tblspn boiled corn.

Serve fried and mildly spiced Potato wedges as side dish.

Goes well with Tea/Coffee/Lemon Honey Tea/ Buttermilk/ Or Juice of choice

Added Corn

Ready to serve

Potato wedges for Kids