Dalia Upma

About Dalia Upma

Ingredients

• Broken wheat (dalia) 1 cup
• Sunflower oil 2 tbsps
• Small onion, sliced 1
• Green chillies, chopped 1 tsp
• Carrots, peeled, diced and boiled ¾ cup
• Green peas, blanched ½ cup
• Salt to taste
• Fresh coriander leaves, chopped 3 tsps

How to Make Dalia Upma (Stepwise Photos)

Method

1. Heat oil in a non-stick pan, add onion and green chillies and saute till onion turns translucent.
2. Add carrots and green peas, mix and saute for 2 minutes.
3. Add salt and broken wheat and saute for 2-3 minutes.
4. Add 2½ cups water, mix well, cover and cook till broken wheat is done and all the moisture is absorbed.
5. Transfer into a serving bowl, garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.

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Chef Shantanu Gupte

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Chaitrali Deshmukh

Thank you for the amazing instructions.

I have success w/ my dosa but does not last long stored in the refrigerator.

Maybe I am fermenting for too long, or add the salt before the rise?

I also was wondering if it is important to blend separately or can it be blended all together?

Reply

Chef Saransh Goila

Hi Chaitrali,
Yes, cut down the fermentation time and add salt only to the required portion at the time of making the dosa. Also storing in smaller containers just enough for a day helps. Once the batter in a larger container is disturbed (by stirring or scooping out a little etc), I feel it turns sour faster. You can blend them together if you want. But we do it separately because we want the dal batter to become fluffy and the rice batter slightly coarse. Fluffy dal batter makes the dosas light and coarse rice batter makes them extra crispy without making the dosas hard. Hope this helps