Broken Wheat Upma

#BrokenWheatUpma  #GodhumaiUpma  : We have already seen the preparation of Rice Upma 

and Kodo millet upma. Here let me present you the method of preparation of #Brokenwheat upma.

Upma prepared with the given ingredients is just enough for 2 persons.

Ingredients :

1 Cup                                     Broken wheat

2 Tsp                                     Salt

1                                            Onion, nicely chop

3 or 4                                     Green chilly, slit lengthwise

10 or 12                                 Curry leaves

1 Tsp                                      Ginger nicely chopped

Other nicely chopped Vegetables :

1 Tbsp                                     Carrot

1 Tbsp                                     Cabbage ( Optional )

1 Tbsp                                     Capsicum ( Optional )

1 Tbsp                                      Green Peas

To Temper :

1 Tsp                                      Mustard seeds

1 Tsp                                      Black gram ( Urad Dhal )

3 Tsp                                      Gram dhal

1 small piece                           Asafoetida ( Perungayam - Hing )

3 Tsp                                      Oil

Method :

Keep a heavy bottomed vessel or kadai on a stove with slow flame.

Add oil and crackle mustard seeds.

Then add asafoetida piece and dhals. Allow the dhal to become golden color.

Now add curry leaves and green chillies.

Saute for 1/2 minute and then add onion.

Saute onion until it turns to pale pink color.

Now add cabbage and carrots.

Keep stirring with a ladle for a minute.

Then add capsicum and green peas. Saute for 1/2 minute and then add 2 cups of water and salt.

Keep the fire at HIGH and add washed broken wheat when water started boiling.

Now reduce the fire and keep the vessel closed with a lid.

Allow to cook till the broken wheat become soft. It takes around 10 minutes to cook.

Keep stirring at regular intervals and close the lid.

Now the upma is ready.

Serve hot with coconut chutney

or any chutney of your choice


or pickle.

I like to have uppuma with jaggery.

Other recipes you may like to try

Rice Sundal

Kodo Millet Sundal

Kodo millet upma

Kuthiraivaali upma

Kodo venthaya kanji

For other tiffin varieties

Tiffin Recipes

Broken Wheat Pongal

#BrokenwheatPongal - #DaliyaPongal : This #pongal is more tastier than rice pongal.
The preparation is very easy and same as rice pongal [ venpongal ].
Let us see the method of preparing broken wheat pongal using an induction stove.

Serves 3 persons.

Ingredients :
Broken wheat [ Daliya ]             :  3/4 Cup
Green Gram Dhal (Pacha           : 1/4 Cup
                  Paruppu)
Cumin Seeds(Jeerakam)            1 1/2 Tsp
Pepper(Milagu)                          1 Tsp
Pepper Powder                          1 Tsp
Curry Leaves                             10 - 15 leaves
Salt                                             Approx. 1Tsp
Turmeric Powder                        1/4 Tsp
Water                                          3 1/2 Cups
garlic                                           3 cloves ( nicely chopped )

To Temper :
Cashew Nuts                             : 4 or 5
Cumin Seeds                             : 1 Tsp
Pepper                                      : 1 Tsp
Curry Leaves                            : 8
Ghee                                        : 2 Tsp

Method :
Take broken wheat and green gram dhal in a cooker.
Wash and add water.
Now add all the other ingredients.
Mix well with a ladle and close lid with weight on.

Keep on the induction stove.

Set temperature to 800 and allow 3 whistles.
Then reduce the temperature setting to 120 and set time to 5 minutes.
Then wait till the pressure goes off.
Open and mix well with the ladle.
Broken wheat pongal is ready!!

Now heat a kadai with ghee.
First fry cashews till golden color transfer onto prepared pongal.
Splutter cumin and then add pepper corns and curry leaves.
Transfer and mix well with a ladle.

Pour 2 tsp of ghee.

Enjoy hotty hot pongal with coconut chutny or pongal thuvaiyal 


or vengaya vadagam thuvaiyal or pickle 


or Coriander chutney sugar.

This pongal taste very good with curd also.



Other #Pongal varieties you might like to try


For other tiffin varieties

Tiffin - Breakfast / Dinner