Description

Heera Wheat Coarse 1.5KG goes by dalia in North India and godhuma rava in the South, and it is a different thing again from the semolina sold on the same shelf. The name on the bag says none of that, which is why it needs saying here.

Dalia is breakfast food in a lot of Indian households, cooked sweet with milk and jaggery or savoury with vegetables and a tadka, and it is what people are given when they need something plain and filling. Because it is a cracked whole grain it takes fifteen to twenty minutes rather than five, and it stays chewy.

Is dalia the same as semolina? No. Dalia is cracked whole wheat with the bran still on it, cooked in pieces. Semolina is the milled inner part of the grain. Dalia takes three times as long to cook and stays chewy where sooji goes soft.

Sweet or savoury? Both are normal. Sweet means milk, jaggery or sugar and a little cardamom, and it is usually a breakfast. Savoury means a tadka, onion, vegetables and turmeric, closer to an upma, and it is a light dinner.

For milled semolina instead, TRS coarse semolina at the same weight is the one you want, and the whole of this aisle hold the attas and ravas. Vegetarian. Keep it sealed and dry, and look through the pack before you use it, because rava draws weevils faster than flour does. Order online at Panjab Supermarket for same-day delivery across Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Leidsche Rijn, Vleuten, Maarssen, Zeist, Bunnik, IJsselstein, Vianen, and Culemborg. Free delivery on orders over 49 euros.