Cracked wheat pongal

Cracked wheat upma was prominent dish in our menu... after some point we got bored....I tried many recipes like pulao in cracked wheat , cracked wheat lemon flavour and what not!!!! Finally I made this cracked wheat pongal..voila... it was so tasty.. this is an inspired dish from my fellow blogger site esp Sailu's...

Ingredients:

1 cup cracked wheat

1/2 cup moong dal

1/2 cup spinach

1 tsp pepper

1 tsp cumin

1" ginger

cashewnuts

1 tbsp ghee and oil

curry leaves

Preparation:

Heat ghee and oil in a cooker. Add pepper, cumin & grated ginger and fry for few minutes.. the kitchen will filled with pongal aroma!!!!..Add cashew nuts, saute till golden brown. Add moong dal, cracked wheat and spinach with 4 cups of water. Add salt. Cover and cook for two whistles. Remove from heat. Let it cool. Open the cooker, serve hot with coconut chutney!!!

Cracked wheat Idli

I am constantly looking for healthy breakfast items... even though we eat them at dinner... its better to have lit meal before sleep. Crack wheat is the most used grain in my house.. When i found this recipe featured in Madhuram's eggless cooking, I was instantly attracted to the recipe... The recipe was originally posted by Cham of Spice club.

Cham ur recipe is Tried, Tasted and Certified: Excellent.

Check out the original recipe here :D!!!!!

Ingredients:

Wheat rawa: 1 cup ( I powdered Cracked wheat)
Sour Yogurt:1 cup
Water: 1/2 cup
Salt: according your taste
Baking soda: 1/2 tsp
Cilantro & curry leaves: 1 tbsp chopped

Grated Carrot : 1 cup (I added it to make more healthy :D)

Seasoning:

Channa dhal: 1 tsp
Urad dhal: 1tsp
Mustard seed: 1 tsp
Cashew: 1 tbsp Broken (optional)
Grated coconut (optional): 1 tbsp
Oil: 1 tsp
Onion: 1 /4 minced finely

green chillies: 3 Finely chopped

grated ginger: 1 tsp ( Maduram suggested it in her post)

Preparation:

Heat oil and season with all the ingredients and fry the onion for 2 min! add to the dry ingredient (Baking soda,wheat, salt) mixture, pour the yogurt, water , Chopped green chilies , grated Carrot and mix into idli batter consistency (little thick).
Grease idlis mold, fill the idli mold and steam for 10 min. When you insert a toothpick, it should come up clean.

Note:

It is good to make the batter immediately before making idli. If u keep it for 1 hr, all the water will be absorbed by rava and it will be hard to make idlis.

This recipe is on its way to Show me your Breakfast hosted by Divya vikram of Dilse.

Cracked wheat Upma

Cracked wheat is a wheat product made from whole raw wheat kernels which are crushed into smaller pieces. It has great deal of nutrition and fibre, so it is added to healthy diets. U can get cracked wheat from Indian grocers. There are three varieties wheat#1, wheat#2, wheat#3. I prefer wheat#1 coz it will be exactly like rava consistency. U can make different varieties of upma from this cracked wheat. If u are dieting, cracked wheat will be great option to avoid rice. I have tried Pongal, Vegetable pilau, tomato upma ... etc in cracked wheat it tasted very good. Here i am gonna give basic upma recipe!!!

Ingredients:

1 cup Cracked wheat

1 onion chopped

1" ginger chopped

1 tsp mustard seeds

1 cup of vegetables chopped ( carrot, bean, peas, corn etc)

2 Greenchillies

2 tsp oil

salt to taste

curry leaves

11/2 cup water

Preparation:

In a non- stick vessel, pour oil wait until hot. Add mustard seeds, leave it to splutter. Add, ginger and curry leaves, saute for few minutes. U will get wonderful aroma of ginger, add onions and greenchillies. Saute until the onion turn golden color. Add vegetables ( I usually add frozen mixed vegetable) and saute till water evaporates. Add cracked wheat and fry for 5 mts. Pour water to the mixture and mix well. Sprinkle salt, cover and cook till all the water evaporates. Finally u can add 2 tsps of oil but its optional. Sprinkle coriander leaves and serve it with pickle or chutney!!!