Porridge : Healthy, Low Calorie, Wholesome Breakfast

Husband enjoying Poha, Porridge and Sweet lime juice in breakfast.

Porridge is an easily digestible wheat and milk preparation which can be taken for breakfast.My recommendation for a whole some breakfast is :

• One serving (200 ml.)Porridge.
• 0ne Boiled egg / Two serving   Poha/upama 
• One serving fruits (seasonal)/ fresh fruit juice 120 ml.

You can see Poha and Upama recipe in :

http://jyotsna-pant.blogspot.com/2011/10/poharoasted-pound-rice-cooked-with.html, http://jyotsna-pant.blogspot.com/2011/10/upama-salty-semi-dry-low-calori.html

This breakfast will provide  protein, carbohydrates,vitamins, and useful fat. I write this blog to fulfill my son in-law's demand., so he better follow it or else......

 Preparation Time : 30 min.
Cooking Time : 10 - 15 min.
Servings : 6 large servings


Material required for Porridge : -

• 100 gm. Wheat
• 500 ml. Milk.
• Sugar to taste.
• 100 ml. Water.

Direction To Make Porridge : - 

• Keep a wok on high flame and when hot put wheat in it and roast till the wheat turn brownish.

 

Roasted Wheat

• Grind the roasted wheat to coarse powder.

Roasted Wheat ground to coarse powder

• Take Milk in a pan and add roasted ground wheat to it and keep the pan on gas, on high flame.

Milk and Wheat powder being cooked together to make Dalia.

• Stir occasionally and cook Till wheat powder and milk make a fine homogenous broth, it will take 5 min. after the milk starts boiling.

• Add 50 - 100 ml. water in between to get the porridge of required thickness and cook for 5 min. 
• Remove from gas and add sugar.

Dalia(Porridge)

 Enjoy it with boiled egg. poha/upama/idly fresh fruits/fresh fruit juice.
Tips : -

• For those who intend to loose weight sugar should be avoided, egg white should be consumed, egg yolk should be discarded.
• Canned juices are not good for loosing weight so avoid them as far as possible and take fresh fruits if you find it cumbersome to make fresh juice at home.
• Since milk and fruits have got sugar in them so avoid sugar as far as possible.

Suggested Variations:

• In market coarsely ground wheat for porridge is available which is not roasted. Cook it in pressure cooker.
• For change of taste wheat can be replaced by roasted Semolina( suji) 
•  Dry fruits can be added to the porridge.