Hi Hetal,
I have a small question for you. When I cook daliya it's not mixed properly with water/milk. I've heard that it becomes kind of pasty when fully cooked. I generally cook it for 20-25 mins and soak it before cooking also....little confused whether it is properly cooked or not!!!

Hoping to get a sooner reply.
Thanks in advance
Sapna. nisha replied. hetal, hope this clears your confusion..
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its called cracked wheat, however in different languages dalia means roasted bengal gram dal. also in some language it means any cracked dal or grain. it dpends on which part of india,it is used.
i am south indian, we give it to babies with vegetables like lauki, sarrekaai,or brinjal. its healthy but its very gassy. so i gave to my 1st baby after he started eating all spices, after 1year and 4 months.

hope this clears all doubts. Hetal replied. hi,i dont think giving dalia/roasted gram dal is good idea as far babies below 8monhts are concerned,,its a very gasy dal..
also, when cooking, if it overcookes, it tends to get stciky and pasty which is normal,after all its gram flour and it has tendency to melt with water...
i cook channa dal for some curries and i cook it upto 4 whistles in cooker,with water proportion of 1cup dal:2.5cup water...or 2 the measure of your exact 2 grooves of middle finger,when dipped inside the cooker,upto level of dal...

so if you mean it as cracked wheat, same as above,but it wont melt,get sticky like dal as wheat is stronger seed than dal.

good luck....hp this helps Hetal replied. hello,
daliya, i just found out that dalia also means roasted gram dal in some other language, in US when i bought it, on the packet it was written dalia(bulgar cracked wheat)..
which one are you talking about ????
cracket wheat or roasted gram dal ??????????