VegetarianBreakfastNorth India
Jain Dalia
Jain Dalia is a vegetarian breakfast from North India. It is made with dalia, bottle gourd and moong dal. This recipe serves 4 and takes about 45 min. One serving has about 250 kcal, 10 g protein, 40 g carbs and 6 g fat.
Did you know? The Jain version of this dish is cooked without onion, garlic or root vegetables such as potato and carrot.
Updated · nutrition is an estimate per serving

- Diet
- Vegetarian
- Course
- Breakfast
- Cuisine
- North India
- Calories
- 250 kcal
- Protein
- 10 g
- Style
- Healthy
- Serves
- 4
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 30 min
- Level
- Easy
Ingredients (serves 4)
- 1 cup dalia
- ½ cup moong dal
- 300 g bottle gourd
- 2 tbsp ghee
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 tsp ginger
- 1 green chilli
- ¼ tsp turmeric
- ½ tsp salt
- 4 cups water
- 2 tbsp coriander leaves (optional)
Contains: dairy and gluten.
Main ingredients
- dalia









