Daliya (Cracked Wheat) Salad
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If you’re running out of healthy and satisfying lunch ideas, try this delicious Cracked Wheat (Daliya) Salad. Don’t let the term “salad” fool you. This one will keep your tummy happy for a while. Enjoy!
Ingredients
- Cracked Wheat (Daliya) – ½ cup
- Broth (Vegetable or Chicken) – 1 cup
- Pine Nuts – 1 Tbsp
- Sliced Almonds – 1 Tbsp
- Olive Oil – ½ Tbsp
- Onion – 1 cup, finely chopped
- Green Chilies – to taste, finely chopped
- Bell Pepper – 1, diced small
- Tomatoes – ½ cup, diced
- Black Pepper – ¼ tsp
- Salt – to taste
- Lime/Lemon Juice – to taste
- Dried Apricots or Cranberries or Raisins – 1 Tbsp
- Cilantro (Coriander Leaves) – 5 sprigs, chopped
Instructions
- In a medium size saucepan, add Cracked Wheat and Broth. Bring to a boil, lower stove to a simmer, cover and cook for 10 minutes. Fluff with a fork and remove into a mixing bowl. Allow to cool to room temperature.
- In a small skillet, dry roast Sliced Almonds and Pine Nuts lightly. Keep aside.
- Heat Olive Oil in the same skillet.
- Add Onions and Green Chilies. Cook until onions are translucent (2-3 mins). Keep aside in a mixing bowl and allow to cool to room temperature.
- To the cracked wheat and onions, add remaining ingredients – Bell Pepper, Tomatoes, Black Pepper, Salt, Lemon/Lime Juice, Apricots, previously roasted nuts and Cilantro.
- Mix well