Broken wheat upma or dalia upma recipe with step by step pictures – healthy, delicious and nourishing breakfast. Dalia is made from a special kind of whole wheat and has high nutritional values including fiber that comes from the bran or husk of the wheat. It is also referred as cracked wheat or samba rava or broken wheat and is called as godhuma rava in Telugu.
It is often used to make halwa, khichdi, upma, pulihora, puliyogare and other dishes. The most common preparation in North India is to prepare dalia with just vegetables to a semi solid consistency.
In some states it is also used to make dalia khichdi with moong dal and veggies. This recipe is just another variation of south Indian upma but made using broken wheat or dalia. You can also make this to a porridge like consistency.
Broken wheat upma can be prepared in a pan,handi, kadai or pressure cooker. It turns out soft and delicious even in pressure cooker.
Broken wheat upma is healthier than the semolina or Rava upma or rice rava upma. I have used only carrots, potatoes and peas. Veggies like beans, spring onions, capsicum & cashews too can be used. Just try out with your favorite veggies. I like to use a fat pinch of turmeric to give a good color to the upma.
More upma recipes, check
Aval upma
Oats upma
Idli upma
Semiya upma
Broken wheat upma or dalia upma
Broken wheat upma
For best results follow the step-by-step photos above the recipe card
Ingredients (US cup = 240ml )
- 1 cups broken wheat or dalia
- 3 cups water
- 1 small onion chopped or sliced
- ¼ cup green peas
- 1 medium carrot chopped
- 1 potato peeled and cubed small
- 2 green chillies slit (adjust as per the taste)
- 1 sprig curry leaves
- Pinch asafoetida or hing
- 1/8 tsp turmeric or haldi (optional)
- ½ tsp mustard or rai
- ½ tsp jeera or cumin
- Salt to taste
- 2 tbsp oil
Instructions
- Dry roast rava on a medium heat till you get a nice aroma. Set aside.
- Heat oil in a pan or kadai. Add mustard, jeera, and curry leaves.
- Allow them to splutter. Then add hing , onions, potatoes, carrots, peas and fry for 3 to 4 mins.
- Pour water. Then add turmeric & salt. Taste the water and add more salt if needed.
- Bring the water to a rapid boil. Regulate the flame to medium.
- Add broken wheat in a slow stream stirring with one of your hands. Stir well and close the lid.
- Cook till the veggies are cooked fully or pressure cook for 1 to 2 whistles on a low flame. If you are not making it in a pressure cooker, then just cook it till it is fully done and the water is absorbed.
- Once the pressure is down, mix well broken wheat upma and serve with your favorite side. A chutney or pickle or sambar or pappu podi goes well.
Notes
Alternative quantities provided in the recipe card are for 1x only, original recipe.
For best results follow my detailed step-by-step photo instructions and tips above the recipe card.
NUTRITION INFO (estimation only)
© Swasthi’s Recipes
Broken wheat upma or dalia upma – step by step photos
1. Dry roast dalia till you begin to get a good aroma. Set this aside to cool. Add oil to a pan or pressure cooker and heat up. Add mustard, jeera and curry leaves.
2. When they begin to crackle add hing, and vegetables of your choice like onions, potatoes, carrots, peas and fry for about 3 to 4 minutes.
3. Pour water, add turmeric salt, bring the water to boil.
4. Add dalia or broken wheat slowly stirring with one of your hands. Stir well to break any lumps. Cover and cook, if using pressure cooker close the lid.
5. Let it cook till dalia is soft cooked, you can add more hot water as needed if you want a porridge like consistency. Keep the pan covered for about 5 to 10 minutes. If using a pressure cooker, let it whistle once or twice on a low flame. When the pressure goes down, mix well and serve broken wheat upma. Trying to show that it doesn’t get burnt at the bottom.
Hi Swasthi!
I’d love to try this recipe. One question – Did you use fine or coarse broken wheat? Thank you!
Hi Priyanka
I used medium broken wheat. In Singapore, we get fine, medium, coarse and large broken. This medium rava is larger than the upma rava. I have the step by step pictures below the recipe card. Please take a look at it.
The recipe is yummy.
Thanks.
My dalia upma turned to be mushy & not grainy, pls let me know where I went wrong.
Also tell me why my dalia upma didn’t turn to be as white as shown in your video.
Kindly reply
Hi Deepa
Not sure which recipe you followed. But I don’t have a video for this post.
I was talking about broken wheat upma which was sticky & mushy, I failed in making this recipe plus it wasn’t white as your’s.
Otherwise, all recipes that I learn from you are really awesome.
Thanks.
Hi Deepa,
Sorry since you mentioned about the video I thought you commented in a wrong place.Not sure why it turned sticky. After cooling down it should look exactly like shown in my pictures. May be it is the kind of rava. Usually broken wheat doesn’t turn sticky as there is a lot of bran. Try reducing water next time.
Made this last night and came out so good! A much healthier substitute for rice with loads of veggies.
I just have oone question, the nutritional values you have posted, is it per serving?
Hi Sam,
Thank you so much for trying. It is for each serving. Most of the calories come from Dalia(about 300) and then from potato. Hope this helps.
Hi. I can only find something called Fada in my local store. Is that the same as daliya, and can I use it for this recipe?
Hi Krista
Yes fada is the same thing as daliya. You can use it to make this recipe
Hi, Can we prepare broken wheat / wheat rawa at home using whole wheat grains & if so how?
If you have a grain miller at home you can make it. But not in the grinder
Hi,
This is a nice post for preparing sooji Upma. However, Daliya is made from broken wheat and Upma is made from sooji and method of preparation are also different.
Hi,
Dalia is just a kind of broken wheat. It can be used to make khichdi, porridge,kheer or upma. In the south these days many ppl are using broken wheat/ daliya for upma and are not using sooji since it is a refined food and not healthy to eat often. Hence this post.
Tasty
perfect healthy and tasty upma!
simple and healthy breakfast / dinner
Thanks much.. this is first time I have ever tried this dish and its really nice
Thanks for your lovely comment!