Mango dalia (broken wheat) dessert

Dalia (broken wheat) 1 cup

Mango pulp 3/4 cup

Brown sugar/jaggery 3/4 cup

Milk 1/2 cup

Vanilla essence 2-3 drops

For serving:

Cream (optional) 1 tbsp 

Thinly sliced almonds/pistachios/cashews/walnuts

Cook the wheat in a pressure pan with plenty of water. Blend the mango pulp and milk together in a blender. Heat a pan/wok and add the cooked broken wheat to it. You could optionally add 1/2 tbsp of ghee/butter to this. Add the sugar/jaggery to the wheat and let dissolve on low heat. Take off the heat and add mango pulp to the wheat, adjusting the quantity depending upon how sweet you want the dish to be. Add the vanilla essence.

If you have vanilla sticks, soak one of them in 2 tbsp of hot milk for 10-15 minutes. Remove the stick, wash and dry before storing away for reuse. Add the milk to the mango pulp.

To Serve:

The dish could be poured in bowls, topped off with whipped cream and nuts and served right away. Alternatively it could be cooled in the refrigerator for around 30 minutes before serving. The dish could lose moisture if refrigerated for long, so watch out for that.

The dish would go very well with vanilla ice cream, but being hard on the body as it is, ice cream is not my personal choice.

Alternatives:

Mango pulp could be replaced by crushed pineapple, banana or other pulp from suitable fruit. You don't want to heat the dish once the fruit is mixed in if you care about its nutrient value.