- Serves
- 4
- Portion
- ≈200 g
- Time
- 30 min
- Texture
- Soft grains
- Season
- All year
- Dosha
- Vata
- Pitta
- Kapha
Balancing
Ingredients
What you need
| Done | Ingredient | Household measure | Quantity (4 servings) | Café batch ×5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broken wheat (dalia) | 1 cup less 1 tbsp | 150 g | 750 g | |
| Carrot | ½ | 60 g | 300 g | |
| Green peas, fresh | ⅓ cup | 60 g | 300 g | |
| French beans | 5 | 40 g | 200 g | |
| Ghee (cow) | 1 tbsp | 15 g | 75 g | |
| Cumin (jeera) | ½ tsp | 1 g | 5 g | |
| Bay leaf (tej patta) | 1 | 0.5 g | 2.5 g | |
| Ginger, fresh | 1½ tsp | 8 g | 40 g | |
| Turmeric powder | ⅛ tsp | 0.5 g | 2.5 g | |
| Water | 2½ cups | 600 ml | 3000 ml | |
| Rock salt (sendha namak) | ¾ tsp | 3.5 g | 17.5 g | |
| Lemon juice | 2 tsp | 10 ml | 50 ml |
Method
How to cook it
Step 1: Roast dalia 3 minutes in 1 tsp ghee.
Step 2: Temper cumin, bay leaf, ginger; add vegetables 2 minutes.
Step 3: Add dalia, water, turmeric, salt; pressure-cook 3 whistles.
Step 4: Fluff; add lemon.
Nutrition
Per serving, estimated
187kcal
Energy
5.7g
Protein
4.5g
Fat
31g
Carbohydrate
6.2g
Fibre
0.9g
Salt
Where the energy comes from
Protein and carbohydrate × 4 kcal/g, fat × 9 kcal/g
Estimated from IFCT 2017 / USDA composition tables; not for clinical use.
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