Broken wheat breakfast dish

This is a cross between dalia and  upma and I couldn’t think of a proper name for it. If any of you reading this can suggest a name, you are most welcome J

This is a great comfort food for me. It peps you up, lightens your mood and increases your energy, don’t ask me how. And it is very easy to prepare. 

Ingredients:

Broken wheat   - 100 gm (1 cup)

Water   - 2 cups

Jaggery syrup   - 1/3 to ½ cup, according to taste

Milk (optional)  - ¼ cup

Ghee    - 1 tbsp

Saunf (Fennel)              - ½ tbsp

Cashews, broken)        -1 tbsp

Kismis              - ½ tbsp

Method:

Soak the broken wheat for about half hour. Drain the water and keep aside.

Heat the ghee in a pressure cooker, add the saunf, stir, add the cashews and let it brown a bit.

Now add the soaked broken wheat, stir for a few seconds, add the water and pressure cook for 3 minutes.

Cool and open the cooker. Keep it on low flame; add the jaggery syrup and the milk.

Stir for one or two minutes and remove from fire.

While serving, you can pour a teaspoon of ghee over it to enhance the taste.

Note:

Since the jaggery contains some impurities, I make jaggery syrup by keeping jaggery with some water on fire and letting it dissolve. It is then sieved and poured into a container, cooled and stored in the refrigerator. It comes in handy for so many dishes, and saves time too.