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Bread upma recipe | How to make bread upma

By swasthi , on May 15, 2020, 27 Comments, Jump to Recipe

Bread upma is a South Indian style breakfast or snack made with bread &  spices. It is a super quick way to use up your left over bread and can be done in just 15 mins. Upma is a Indian breakfast made with semolina. Bread upma is a variation to the basic dish and is most commonly served in South Indian Tiffin centers.

bread upma

It is made with white bread and is quite delicious if made properly. This can be served as a Breakfast or Evening snack. I make this sometimes when I am left with only a few slices of bread.

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I have used brown bread, however white bread, baguette or pav can also be used. If using brown bread, then do not skip toasting the bread otherwise it doesn’t taste good.

Apart from removing the raw smell of bread, toasting also prevents the chunks of bread from turning mushy. Bread upma is best served hot, immediately after preparing.

Preparation

1. Toast the bread until crisp either on the tawa or in a toaster. If you are making use of more than 2 slices, it is convenient to do it in a oven.

Do not skip this step if you are using brown bread or whole meal bread or sprouted flour breads. You can skip toasting if you are using pav, white bread or french baguette.

toasting bread to make bread upma

2. Cool completely and cut to cubes.

cube bread to make bread upma

How to make bread upma 

3. Heat oil in a pan. Add cashews or peanuts to the hot oil and fry until golden. Set these aside with bread.

toasting cashews to make bread upma

4. Add mustard and urad dal. Saute until the dal turns lightly golden.

popping mustard frying dal to make bread upma

5. Then add green chilies and curry leaves. Saute until they turn crisp. Add hing.

frying green chilies
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6. Add finely chopped onions.

adding chopped onions for bread upma

7. Saute until they turn golden. Add ginger paste.

adding ginger garlic paste to make bread upma

8. Next saute just until you get the aroma of ginger. Do not over fry, ginger turns bitter.

9. Add tomatoes, salt and turmeric. Saute until the tomatoes turn completely mushy.

adding tomatoes salt to make bread upma
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10. Next put in chili powder and little sugar.

adding red chilli powder sugar for bread upma

11. Saute for another 2 mins.

12. Add 3 to 4 tbsps water.

13. Cook until the masala turns thick. Check the taste and adjust salt and spice if needed.

cooking onion tomato masala for bread upma

14. Add bread and cashews.

adding cashews bread to make spicy bread upma

15. Mix everything well till the masala clings on to the bread pieces well. Do not stir a lot, bread gets mushy. Add some coriander leaves.

tossing bread in onion tomato masala to make bread upma

Serve bread upma hot with some lemon juice sprinkled on top.

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bread upma recipe

Bread upma

Bread upma is a upma variety made with bread, spices and herbs. This spicy bread upma is a quick way to use up your left over bread. It can be had for a breakfast or snack.
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Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time15 minutes
Servings1
AuthorSwasthi

Ingredients (1 cup = 240ml )

  • 2 to 3 slices bread (prefer brown bread)
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • ½ tsp mustard seeds
  • ½ tsp urad dal (skip if you don’t have)
  • 1 sprig curry leaves
  • ¾ tsp ginger paste or grated
  • 1 green chili slit or chopped
  • 8 to 10 cashew nuts split or peanuts
  • ¼ cup onions chopped finely (1 medium)
  • ½ cup ripe tomatoes chopped finely (1 large) (adjust as needed)
  • Salt as needed
  • 2 pinches turmeric or haldi
  • ½ tsp chili powder (less spicy variety)
  • ½ tsp sugar (skip if using milk bread)
  • 3 to 4 tbsp water
  • 2 tbsp coriander leaves chopped finely
  • Lemon juice to serve (optional)
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Instructions

Preparation

  • Heat a pan and toast the bread until crisp on both the sides. Cool completely. Cut them to small cubes and set aside.
  • Pour oil to the same pan and fry cashews or peanuts until golden. Set these aside with bread.
  • Add mustard and urad dal. Saute till urad dal turns lightly golden.
  • Next add green chilies and curry leaves. Saute until the leaves turn crisp.
  • Sprinkle hing. Add onions and saute until they turn golden. Saute the ginger paste as well.
  • Next add tomatoes, salt and turmeric. Saute until tomatoes turn soft and mushy.
  • Then add chili powder and sugar. Saute for 2 mins until the raw smell goes off.
  • Pour 3 to 4 tbsp water and mix.

How to make bread upma

  • Cook until the mixture turns thick. Check spice and salt. Add more if needed.
  • Add bread cubes and cashews. Mix to coat the spice mixture to bread.
  • Sprinkle coriander leaves.
  • Serve bread upma hot. Sprinkle some lemon juice if desired.
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Alternative quantities provided in the recipe card are for 1x only, original recipe.

For best results follow my detailed step-by-step photo instructions and tips above the recipe card.

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NUTRITION INFO (estimation only)

Nutrition Facts
Bread upma
Amount Per Serving
Calories 433 Calories from Fat 153
% Daily Value*
Fat 17g26%
Saturated Fat 1g6%
Sodium 651mg28%
Potassium 599mg17%
Carbohydrates 58g19%
Fiber 8g33%
Sugar 12g13%
Protein 11g22%
Vitamin A 1305IU26%
Vitamin C 79mg96%
Calcium 161mg16%
Iron 5.9mg33%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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  2. Shuba says

    August 27, 2020

    5 stars
    Tasted great! Love the addition of roasted cashews. Tip to toast the bread was definitely worth the effort! Thanks for the recepie.

    Reply
    • swasthi says

      August 28, 2020

      Welcome Shuba
      Glad it tasted good. Thank you!

      Reply
  3. Sampoorna Gonella says

    June 20, 2020

    Hi! I really enjoyed your recipe and I doubled it with 2 large onions and 2 tomatoes. Unfortunately I was not able to get the fine paste that you got because a lot of my onions remained as individual pieces. Can you give me some tips to get the paste that you obtained?

    Reply
    • swasthi says

      June 21, 2020

      Hi Sampoorna
      I think the onions and tomatoes needed more water to soften and turn mushy. Next time, keep adding more water as needed and cook until you get that smooth and mushy mixture.Hope this helps

      Reply
  4. Manjula says

    May 26, 2020

    5 stars
    Very simple and tasty recipes

    Reply
    • swasthi says

      May 26, 2020

      Thank you!

      Reply
  5. Winnie says

    May 22, 2020

    5 stars
    Tried this recipe today with a few slices of leftover bread. Toasted the slices using little butter. It was so very tasty. Perfect evening snack with tea.

    Reply
    • swasthi says

      May 26, 2020

      Thanks Winnie
      Glad to know!
      πŸ™‚

      Reply
  6. Min says

    May 16, 2020

    Hello
    Can you try and keep the option, send recipe to google home? It would be really helpful.
    Thanks
    Min

    Reply
    • swasthi says

      May 16, 2020

      Hi Min, are you using google nest hub?

      Reply
  7. Snehalatha Kulkarni says

    April 29, 2020

    5 stars
    Recipe is good. Poha tastes good and easy to prepare.

    Reply
    • swasthi says

      April 29, 2020

      Thank you

      Reply
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  9. Snehalatha Kulkarni says

    April 29, 2020

    5 stars
    Nice recipe. Easy to prepare and tastes good.

    Reply
  10. Iti says

    April 21, 2020

    5 stars
    I was searching for a good bread poha recipe since 7 years(yes u read it right 7 years). My husband is a big fan of bread poha which he used to have outside his hostel in college days…… And when I made poha using your recipe he was so happy and he is said this is better than Ramu Da’s Poha πŸ€£πŸ˜‰ Thanks a lot

    Reply
    • swasthi says

      April 21, 2020

      Hi Iti
      Glad to know your husband liked it! You are welcome.Thank you so much for the comment
      πŸ™‚

      Reply
  11. Priyanka Pritee says

    January 7, 2020

    4 stars
    Hi Ma’m
    I like all yr recipes nd i tryed also many more…
    I love cooking nd everyday I’m trying something new nd yr recipes r really help me a lot …Pls help us to post many more πŸ˜ŠπŸ˜ŠπŸ‘πŸ»πŸ‘πŸ»
    Thanks πŸ™πŸ»

    Reply
    • swasthi says

      January 28, 2020

      Hi Priyanka,
      You are welcome! Thank you so much. Glad you like them. Yes sure will post more recipes.

      Reply
  12. Archana says

    December 1, 2018

    Today I made this recipe for breakfast and believe me it was awesomeπŸ‘βœŠπŸ‘, it was little bit tikha but still my 2 n 1/2 yrs son ate with great tasteπŸ‘…

    Reply
    • swasthi says

      December 1, 2018

      Hi Archana
      So glad to know your kid too enjoyed it. Thanks for the comment.
      πŸ™‚

      Reply
  13. Mrs F A Amiri says

    November 26, 2018

    5 stars
    I tried 2 of your recipes..
    Handi Chicken n Palak Paneer…..Must say Swathiji… they turned out to be better than expected !! As i am not a very gud cook. So A Million Thanxxx to U !!!

    Reply
    • swasthi says

      November 29, 2018

      Mrs. F A Amiri
      You are welcome. Thank you so much for the comment. Happy to know the recipes turned out good.
      πŸ™‚

      Reply
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  15. Luke says

    September 28, 2018

    5 stars
    Delicious and quick recipe, thank you! Now I know how to use up my stale bread

    Reply
  16. Christa Nice says

    September 22, 2018

    5 stars
    Thank you Swasthi! I just made this for a light healthy breakfast. The flavours are wonderful! Now I know what to do with the hard ends of French bread.

    Reply
    • swasthi says

      September 22, 2018

      Welcome Christa Nice,
      Glad to know you liked it. Yes a good idea to use up bread. You can also scramble some eggs if you like. Thanks for trying

      Reply
  17. vadivel loganathan says

    January 20, 2018

    Its very simple and yummy… Thanks for sharing…

    Reply
  18. Loreto Xavier says

    July 30, 2017

    5 stars
    Hi Swasthi
    Simply great recipes. Just reading them makes one want to cook. I m a fan of ur laddoo recipes.
    Well done!!☺

    Reply
    • swasthi says

      August 2, 2017

      Thanks Loreto Xavier
      Very happy to know you like the recipes. Oh yes ladoos!! we love them at home so I keep sharing!
      Thanks again
      πŸ™‚

      Reply

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