Spicy Bread Masala Recipe

Spicy Bread Masala is a snack dish of bite sized bread pieces tossed in a spicy, hot and flavorsome onion tomato masala. Got some leftover stale bread? Don’t know what to do? Make this yummy dish and I am sure you won’t regret. It requires only pantry staples and is easy to tweak to your taste buds.

About Spicy Bread Masala

This Bread Masala is a snack item from the cafes and street shops in India. It is made much similar to the South Indian style Bread Upma but the spices used are different so they both smell and taste completely different. This is a vegetarian version but does not use any vegetables like potatoes, carrots and peas.

To make a complete meal add those veggies and have a bowl of yogurt on the side. If you eat eggs, you can also scramble a few for a protein-rich dish. I once even made this with left over dhaba paneer and it tasted great. So get creative and make it with anything – a fresh onion tomato masala or a leftover curry masala. Just make sure the onion tomato masala is tasty and thick, not runny.

While I have used regular bread slices, you may use any kind you have including pav/ dinner rolls. A French baguette or a brioche is best as they can hold shape while soaking up the masala well. Avoid using thin slices of milk bread as they don’t go well in this.

In this post, I show how to make this from scratch without any premade/ leftover onion tomato masala. Like a zillion other Indian recipes, this one too starts with a cumin tempering, sautéing onions, ginger, garlic, chilies and tomatoes (for the tang).

This is flavored and spiced with red chili powder, garam masala and pav bhaji masala. If you do not have pav bhaji masala, simply omit it or use chole masala if you have. It is finished with a sprinkle of kasuri methi and into this goes the firm bread cubes that are tossed to coat. A generous amount of chaat masala and a sprinkle of chopped onions takes it to the next level.

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Step by step Instructions

1. Heat a pan with oil. Add some jeera.

2. When they begin to sizzle, add in the chopped chilies and onions.

3. Fry until the onions turn golden. Then add ginger garlic paste.

4. Saute until the raw smell goes off.

5. Add tomatoes.

6. Next add salt, chili powder, pav bhaji masala and garam masala.

7. Cook until the masala leaves the pan.

8. Pour 3 tbsp of water and cook further until the water evaporates.

9. Add kasuri methi and saute for 2 mins.

10. At this stage make sure there is no water and the mixture is thick.

11. Transfer the bread. Turn off the stove.

12. Gently mix and avoid over mixing as the bread gets mushy. Sprinkle coriander leaves. I did not have coriander leaves so I used parsley.

Serve masala bread immediately with some chaat masala and onions sprinkled over.

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