Daliya ki Kheer (Metha Daliya)

Broken wheat and milk porridge cooked in Indian way

METHA DALIYA / DALIYA  KI KHEER- There are many young girls and boys who have just started cooking and need easy and healthy recipes,so today I am posting this very delicious and healthy daliya kheer recipe specially for them:)

Dalia is a popular breakfast cereal in North India and is made with whole wheat grits or broken wheat. It can be made either as a sweet dalia kheer or as savoury dalia.

•  Being a complex carbohydrate, the rate at which it gets digested it slow thus releasing glucose on a slow and sustained rate. This makes it an ideal food for diabetics, people wanting to lose weight or those who have high cholesterol levels.

• It has high fibre content, which not only helps in keeping the digestive system healthy but also keeps the hunger at bay for a longer time.

INGREDIENTS-
cooking time -30 min
serve-4

• Broken wheat/Daliya/ fada-1 cup
• Ghee-2 tbls
• Water-2 cup
• Milk-3 cup
• Sugar-3/4 cup
• Cardamom powder-1/2 t.s
• Almonds-10
• Raisins-2 tbls
• Pista-6
• Saffron-a pinch of

PROCEDURE-

1. Heat ghee in a pressure cooker and add broken wheat.
2. Roast on medium flame for approx 3 minute till it become golden in colour.
3. If you want to avoid ghee then dry roast in a pan for 5 minutes OR bake in oven for 15 minutes on 150 f.
4. Add 2 cups of water and roasted broken wheat in the cooker and pressure cook  for 4 whistles on low flame.
5. Open and add milk,mix well and cook on medium heat for 5 minutes.
6. Add sugar,saffron, chopped almond and pista.
7. Let it cook on low heat for 5-8 minutes.
8. Switch off the flame and add raisins and cardamom powder.(avoid adding raisins in the boiling milk as it may curdle due to the sourness of raisins)
9. Serve hot or cold.

Serving suggestions-serve for breakfast or as a dessert