Godhuma Annam

I am posting something, which does not appear in any restaurant menu or for that matter, it is not commonly prepared one, even at our homes. It is not one of those fancy food items or mouth watering or lip smacking delicacies. Godhuma annam is healthy and probably people (from Andhra) might have heard it and may even prepare it if they have a diabetic at home. I have some one who is dear to me who is diabetic and personally know how hard and significant it is to maintain a diabetic diet regime. So, I had to post this.
South Indians' staple food is rice, since it is grown there. Their main source of carbohydrates is rice (primarily white rice) and they eat rice in almost all of their meals. But the same white rice remains no longer a friend, once you turn diabetic. Sometimes diabetics are advised by doctors to completely stop eating rice. Then the poor souls have to look out for other options. The next preferable, common choices are wheat and ragi. Among the wheat products, apart from the wheat flour (for rotis), semolina & vermicelli (for upmas), people have been using cracked wheat in place of rice from a long time. Cracked wheat is cooked and eaten just as rice.
 
Ingredients:
Cracked wheat – 1 cup
Water – 2 cups
Salt – ¼ tsp

Cooking: It tastes bland compared to rice when cooked. So, add salt. Cook in a pressure cooker (or as you wish) as you do with rice. This can be eaten (like rice) with pickles, sambhar, curries and rasam. A really healthy option for diabetics.
By the way, godhuma is the telugu (a south Indian language) word for wheat. Annam is the cooked rice.Wheat is cooked as rice and hence the name.

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