Wheat Daliya: The Easy, Healthy Breakfast Cereal

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Wheat daliya (dalia) or broken wheat has always
been an integral part of Indian kitchens,
versatile beyond belief. With the world waking up
to the benefits of a wholesome breakfast which
includes whole grains, vegetables, fruit and
protein, the spotlight is shining on daliya with
renewed brilliance. Breakfast kickstart your
day right Moms the world over have always told
their kids that breakfast is the most important
meal of the day. Modern medicine now endorses
this fact. Its not that doctors are finally
listening to their moms there is hardcore
research that shows that a healthy breakfast
gifts you with innumerable health benefits.
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Eating a healthy breakfast helps to give you a
more nutritionally complete and fulfilling
diet. It gives you the strength and energy needed
to physically go through your day. It improves
concentration and performance. The American
Dietetic Association says that children who eat
breakfast perform better in the classroom and on
the playground they can focus better, their
problem-solving skills are greater, as is their
hand-eye coordination. A healthy breakfast
consisting of whole grains helps in weight-loss
as it makes you feel full so that you dont binge
at other meals. Lets understand here that we are
talking about a HEALTHY breakfast not doughnuts,
not heavily sugared, refined, and ready-made
breakfast cereals touting all sorts of health
benefits, not white bread, deep fried puris..so
what are we talking about?
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Wheat Daliya A Wealth of Health Wheat Daliya is
an age-old cereal in India daliya recipes have
been around in Indian kitchens from time
immemorial. There is now a sort of health
renaissance that has brought this easily
available, easy-to-cook whole grain to the
breakfast forefront not just in India, but in
many parts of the world. It contains all the
goodness of wheat it is rich in calcium,
magnesium, potassium, sulfur, chlorine, arsenic,
silicon, manganese, zinc, iodide, copper, vitamin
B, and vitamin E. These are essential minerals
and vitamins needed for health, and can prevent
and control a host of ailments like anemia,
mineral deficiencies, gallstones, breast cancer,
chronic inflammation, obesity, asthenia,
tuberculosis, pregnancy problems, and
breastfeeding. In addition, wheat daliya is made
from whole wheat kernels and thus contains the
rich outer wheat bran, the nourishing wheat germ,
and good amounts of dietary fibre.
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Whole grains for Wholesome Health Complex
Carbohydrates like wheat daliya are the ideal
energy-givers to start your day and endure
through it. They give you a feeling of fullness,
so you eat less and binge less. You do not crave
that potato chip or that sinful cupcake or that
bag of salty God-knows-what! Start your day with
daliya, walk the talk, and stay slim and
trim! Fibre means slower digestion, so those
unhealthy blood sugar spikes stay in check. Wheat
daliya, especially as breakfast, is great for
people with type 2 diabetes as also for
preventing it. Fibre also means freedom from
constipation. Eating at least one serving of
wheat daliya can lower the risk of high
cholesterol, high blood pressure, and heart
disease by 21! It also protects you from
stenosis and atherosclerosis, so your blood can
flow free and easy through your veins and
arteries.
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Breakfast Bounties Wheat daliya is easy to cook
and versatile. Its an easy way to reap the
benefits of whole wheat. Mixing dough, kneading
it, rolling it out one painful roti at a time,
cooking them- all of it can be avoided with no
loss to nutritional health. Daliya is easy to
cook and tasty when you know how. There are also
many sizes of daliya to choose from fine, medium
and large. Choose the size depending on the dish
and your preference. Heres an easy-to-make and
popular wheat daliya breakfast recipe
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Wheat daliya upma ½ cup wheat daliya (Tip 1make
it organic for the best of the best. Tip 2 use
the medium sized) 1 cup chopped vegetables like
beans, carrots, peas and potatoes 1 small onion
chopped ½ tsp of chopped ginger1 small green
chilli, minced ¼ tsp mustard seeds ¼ tsp cumin
¼ tsp urad dal (split and dehusked black gram), 1
tbsp oil salt to taste 1½ cups water. Method
Add the oil to a pan/cooking vessel. Heat. Add
cumin, mustard seeds and urad dal. When mustard
seeds crackle add onion, green chilli and ginger.
Sauté till onion turns pink. Add vegetables and
the water. Cover bring to a boil and cook till
the vegetables are partially done. Add the
daliya, salt, stir well and bring to a boil.
Cover and simmer on low heat till the water is
absorbed and the daliya is cooked. Your
delicious, healthy, daliya upma is ready. Love
your veggies? Simply add more. You can add ¼ cup
lentils like moong dal or masoor dal and,
(voila!) you have wheat daliya khichdi with added
protein-power! Or add a handful of peanuts to the
upma ingredients.
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This is a quick-fix healthy breakfast with all
the essential food groups. Its also ideal for
just your own plate or for the many platefuls
that make up a nuclear or extended family! It
refrigerates well too unlike rotis. So you can
make a little more than one meal and heat it up
when you feel like it. Start your journey to
health and fitness now! When you are on to a good
thing, NEVER wait till tomorrow. Make sure that
you buy the best. Go organic to avoid all the
chemicals that go into growing food today and
reap the best benefits. Also, make sure that your
brand of organic wheat daliya is packed well, is
fresh and free from pests. There are many brands
in the market which claim to be organic. Look for
the NOP and NPOP certification to make sure that
you are getting what you are paying for. Or just
come to us at Terra Greens Organic for a serving
of health and wellness.